Oscars 2026: The 14 Nomination Curse is Broken: Inside Paul Thomas Anderson's Sweep Dive into the Oscars 2026 as Paul Thomas Anderson shatters the 14 Nomination Curse. Discover the historic sweep and what it means for cinema.

Oscars 2026: The curse is finally broken! PTA takes home the top prizes for one Battle After Another!

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Oscars 2026: Paul Thomas Anderson conferred with Best Director for ‘One Battle After Another’ Los Angeles, March 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson was lionised with the Academy Award for Best Director at the 98th Academy Awards for ‘One Battle After Another’. This is his first victory in the Best Director category after multiple previous nominations during his career. ‘One Battle After Another’ is a political thriller that examines ideological conflict, activism, and the personal costs of political movements.

Oscars 2026: Paul Thomas Anderson conferred with Best Director for ‘One Battle After Another’ #OscarsPaulThomasAnderson #BestDirector #Battle #socialnewsxyz

Best Director | Paul Thomas Anderson | One Battle After Another

✨ Congratulation to Paul Thomas Anderson. Winner of the Oscar for "Best Director" for One Battle After Another at the 98th Academy Awards.

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Soo, I guess I have to give ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER another go. Honestly, as much as I recognize PTA as an incredible filmmaker, I just didn't find myself caring about the characters (or disliking them enough to be vested) and shut it off after 35 mins.
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I knew it! Congrats again #PaulThomasAnderson
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Heartfelt moment from PTA. They didn't cut HIM off. #BestDirector #Oscars

paul thomas anderson winning over ryan coogler huh… @TheAcademy??

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#AMPAS’s OG, predominantly White Director membership voters gives Paul Thomas Anderson a Time-in-Service #BestDirector award. Ryan Coogler was Robbed 😡 #Oscars2026

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THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS PTA MEETING #AcademyAwards #BestDirector

Should’ve been Ryan Coogler.
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Now I’m getting an attitude… even with my “we are disappointed every year” post early.

Give Ryan Coogler ALL THE THINGS!😡😡😡 #Sinners #Oscars #BestDirector

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Ranked Best Director winners of expanded ballot era A list of 17 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Parasite (2019), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), Nomadland (2020), Oppenheimer (2023) and Gravity (2013).

Ranked #BestDirector #Oscars winners in the expanded era #OneBattleAfterAnother #PaulThomasAnderson: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/li...

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#Hamnet gets my vote for
#BestPicture
#BestActress
#BestDirector
This movie is sensational!
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Our votes for Best Director are in... and it was quite the spread!

Who would get your vote in this category? Let us know!

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Why I’m Predicting Ryan Coogler Will Win the Best Director Oscar: If 16 Nominations for ‘Sinners’ Aren’t Enough, What Will Be? Ryan Coogler’s record-breaking ‘Sinners’ could make history as the first Black best director Oscar winner, but will the Academy follow through?

"Why I’m Predicting #RyanCoogler Will Win the #BestDirector #Oscar: If 16 #Nominations for ‘ #Sinners’ Aren’t Enough, What Will Be?"

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2026 Oscar Predictions: Best Director & Screenplay - For Your Consideration YouTube video by Perri Nemiroff

Today on #FYC, @moviemantz.bsky.social, @pnemiroff.bsky.social, and Jeff Sneider hitting 3 categories, #BestDirector, #BestAdaptedScreenplay, and #BestOriginalScreenplay. Will all 3 categories come down to #PaulThomasAnderson and #RyanCoogler, or an #Oscars upset?
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🎥 DIRECTORS, STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT! 🎥
The Best Director winner of the 72 Hour Shootout takes home a bonus prize of 2 VIP tickets to Batsu! in NYC!
Vision, leadership, and a VIP seat to celebrate. 🎬🔥
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TRAIN DREAMS' Clint Bentley Wins Best Director at the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards: Putting goodness into the world. 💛 'Train Dreams' director Clint Bentley accepts the award for Best Director at the #SpiritAwards.

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#Connecticut State Senator #SujataGadkarWilcox won the #BestDirectorAward at #MumbaiShortsIntlFilmFest for her documentary "#Chaya" on female leadership and Indian activist #ChayaKakade.

#BREAKING #IndianAmerican #BestDirector

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‘Sinners’ already set one Oscars record — is it positioned to set more? Ryan Coogler’s box-office-smash also smashed the AMPAS nomination record yesterday

Ryan Coogler instant-classic #Sinners obliterated #Oscars records, nabbing 16 noms including for #BestPicture & #BestDirector.

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Were highly critical of #AMPAS (which is why we do #TheMiaouscars after the #AcademyAwards every year), but this is a big win for #movies

Oscar Blitz 2026 – Best Director Hello, everybody! Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, welcome to the 2026 Oscar Blitz! We have five weeks chock full of analysis as we count down to the 98th Academy Awards, and it’s …

Night 1 of this year's #OscarBlitz takes a look at #BestDirector! Read on for analysis of #ChloeZhao, #JoshSafdie, #PaulThomasAnderson, #JoachimTrier, and #RyanCoogler!

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Why, hello! You're the type of discerning BlueSkier that reads the alt-text, and good on you. That's where I really cook, because the character limit is, like, 2k in here. If you're just trying to get an idea of what image I've chosen, it's a horizontally-oriented movie poster for the movie Hamnet, directed by Chloe Zhao. I'm hearing nothing but good things, and F1 was literally the worst Best Picture nominee I've seen since Crash. Jesus. Sometimes, #OscarsHomework is a bit of a drag and an endurance game, and how I parcel out these homework-films plays a huge part in how many I'll manage to see and review and how comprehensively I will know this year's round of Awards-Season films going forward. Of course, you can always do Oscars Homework. Anyway, I'm glad you're bothering with the alt-text. Occasionally, I'll exhort other people with a hashtag to give it a glance, but they hardly do. You guys, I know, are special, because I hadn't even mentioned the alt-text. Y'all are just here. Good on you.

Next up in #OscarsHomework watch (& we're getting a jump on things, bc #TheAcademyAwards is March 15) is #ChloeZhao #BestPicture & #BestDirector nominee #Hamnet.

My eldest #cat @bomani-hamletcook.bsky.social is literally named for the #Shakespeare character. This = my wheelhouse 😤

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2026 BAFTA nominations for Best Director

• Yorgos Lanthimos - ‘BUGONIA’
• Chloé Zhao - ‘HAMNET’
• Josh Safdie - ‘MARTY SUPREME’
• Paul Thomas Anderson - ‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’
• Joachim Trier - ‘SENTIMENTAL VALUE’
• Ryan Coogler - ‘SINNERS’

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Alfred Hitchcock didn’t win a #BestDirector #Oscar for #Psycho, but you know who else is unfairly overlooked? His wife, Alma, who was played by the glorious Helen Mirren in the biopic Hitchcock. #AcademyAwards Listen to our #Hitchcock episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/3OiM...

Oscar 2026 puts the spotlight on visionary directors redefining global cinema. From Hamnet to Sinners, these films showcase bold storytelling and cinematic excellence. Who deserves Best Director this year? #Oscar2026 #Oscars #BestDirector #FilmTwitter #Cinema #MovieAwards #FilmLovers #GlobalCinema

Oscar 2026 puts the spotlight on visionary directors redefining global cinema. From Hamnet to Sinners, these films showcase bold storytelling and cinematic excellence. Who deserves Best Director this year?

#Oscar2026 #Oscars #BestDirector #FilmTwitter #Cinema #MovieAwards #FilmLovers #GlobalCinema

2026 Oscar nominations - Best Director:

• Chloé Zhao, ‘HAMNET’
• Josh Safdie, ‘MARTY SUPREME’
• Paul Thomas Anderson, ‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’
• Joachim Trier, ‘SENTIMENTAL VALUE’
• Ryan Coogler, ‘SINNERS’

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If I Voted for the #Oscars: #BestDirector
Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another 🏆
Clint Bentley: Train Dreams
Ryan Coogler: Sinners
Jafar Panahi: It Was Just an Accident
Chloé Zhao: Hamnet

Paul Thomas Anderson's Best Director Golden Globes speech honors his supporters and crew #Shorts: Paul Thomas Anderson knows that movies like 'One Battle After Another' can't be made alone. They start with the vision… #GoldenGlobes #PaulThomasAnderson #OneBattleAfterAnother #filmmaking #BestDirector