If Adrien Brody manages to repeat his success at the Golden Globes to win the Oscar for best actor, he can break a recent trend at the Academy Awards.

Ahead of next week's announcement, BBC Culture's film critics forecast the likely contenders – from a musical about a trans crime boss to an architectural epic with Adrien Brody.

After winning Best Drama at the Golden Globes, it can be certain that “The Brutalist” will be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars and will probably be the top contender for the prize. “The Brutalist” stars Adrien Brody, who won Best Actor in a Drama at the Golden Globes, and Felicity Jones.

Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman arrive for the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly ... Wladyslaw Szpilman in "The Pianist," a role that earned him an Academy Award for best actor that same year.

While accepting Best Actor at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Adrien Brody honored Palisades Fire first responders: 'I want to thank and commend the bravery of the first responders.'

While the New York Film Critics Circle Awards took place in the Big Apple ... residents and killed at least five people so far. Adrien Brody, upon winning best actor for The Brutalist, delivered ...

Adrien Brody has heard the cliched line plenty of times about how a fellow actor was “born” to play a role. Usually those pronouncements come in the leadup to awards season, when performers are angling for critical praise as they hope to add an acting trophy to their mantlepiece.

Adrien Brody was moved to tears during his emotional ... and it is expected to pick up several high-profile nominations for the Academy Awards when they are announced later this month.

Adrien Brody is well on his way to earning a second ... it seems the actor is now poised to have a big comeback at the Academy Awards in March, 12 years after his first win for The Pianist in ...

a portal through which the fictional Hungarian architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody) passes from wielding a golden opportunity in an unknown land to reckoning with what it will cost him.

"It's always hard to accept something like this when there's so much suffering in the world," Brody says after winning best actor at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards on Wednesday

It's the first day of a new era for "Cinema Chat"! Marquee Arts cinema program director, Nick Alderink, is now the permanent co-host of this long-running Thursday feature. He met up with WEMU's David Fair to talk about the new films and special screenings coming your way to your favorite downtown movie houses.