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Rothkopf: One day, Fiennes will unleash another dazzling “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” another “A Bigger Splash,” and I hope AMPAS, in all its questionable wisdom, will honor him for his Sturges-worthy speed and humor, which are unparalleled.

Columnist Glenn Whipp and film editor Joshua Rothkopf sat down to discuss the pros and cons of AMPAS’ latest walk-on part: an Oscar to celebrate a long-unsung aspect of moviemaking.

While acknowledging the academy’s “long‐standing support of Ukraine,” the Ukrainian World Congress, a nongovernmental organization, sent a letter to Academy President Janet Yang and AMPAS’ board of governors on Monday, asking them to explicitly reject films funded by “Russian oligarchs or other enablers of Russia’s genocidal war on Ukraine” and to “review eligibility” of “Top Gun: Maverick,” starring Tom Cruise, for participation in this year’s Academy Awards.

On 3 May 2018, Ampas stripped both Polanski and Bill Cosby of their memberships, following what the organisation earlier this week called a “fair and reasonable process”.

In papers submitted to the Los Angeles Superior Court in response to a motion made by Polanski against them this April, Ampas said: