The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Oscars are widely considered to be the most prestigious awards in the film industry. [...] [read more]

David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 15, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Considered one of the most important filmmakers of his era, Lynch was often called a "visionary" and was acclaimed for films often distinguished by their surrealist and experimental qualities. In a career spanning more than five decades, he received numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion [...] [read more]

Although German sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld popularised the word ‘transvestite’ and co-wrote the first explicitly gay film, Different from the Others (1919), before supervising the first sex reassignment operations, there is little which might be called transgender cinema before the 1960s, disregarding cross-dressing farces such as I Was a Male War Bride (1949) or Billy Wilder’s [...] [read more]