Best Picture Oscar nominee “One Battle After Another” plays this Sunday at 3:30 and 7 p.m. at ISU’s Bengal Theater in the Pond Student Union. With 13 Academy Award nominations in total, this acclaimed movie follows an ex-revolutionary (Leonardo DiCaprio) living in hiding with his daughter until a deranged army Colonel (Sean Penn) tracks them down and they must reunite with their former comrades in a fight for their lives. “A stone cold, instant classic,” writes Empire Magazine, while Rolling Stone writes, “Anderson’s humanistic masterpiece of a movie says: You fight it with love. That’s the end game. That’s how you retain your decency and sanity. That’s the only way you protect the future, and change it. That’s how you live to battle another day.” (Rated R) Admission is $3 for the public, $2 for ISU staff and free for ISU students with a valid Bengal ID. For trailer and more information, go to isucinema.com/onebattle.

Then Golden Globe nominee “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” will be shown on February 1, at 4 and 7 p.m. in the Bengal Theater. This story about Bruce Springsteen focuses on the making of his 1982 album, Nebraska, and his personal struggles with fame, depression, and his difficult family past, set against the backdrop of his upcoming massive success with Born in the U.S.A. Linda Holmes of NPR says, “This Jeremy Allen White performance is extraordinary and I think he’s riveting,” while Rolling Stone adds, “What Cooper has given audiences here is way more compelling than a live-action greatest-hits compilation.” Admission is $3 for the public, $2 for ISU staff and free for ISU students with a valid Bengal ID. For trailer and more information, go to isucinema.com/springsteen.

Cannes Film Festival nominee “Eleanor the Great” will be shown February 8 at the Bengal Theater, with earlier shows at 2 and 4 p.m. since it’s Super Bowl Sunday. After her best friend Bessie dies, Eleanor moves to New York and joins a Holocaust survivors’ support group, impulsively taking on Bessie’s real story as her own to combat loneliness and grief, and to share her friend’s harrowing story publicly for the first time. This all leads to a viral story by a journalism student that spirals out of control as Eleanor faces the escalating consequences of her elaborate lie. “Enthralling and heartwarming,” writes the Austin Chronicle, while The New York Times calls it a “Genuinely moving intergenerational connection between two women who need each other to move past their particular grief.” Admission is $3 for the public, $2 for ISU staff/faculty and free for ISU students with a valid Bengal ID. For trailer and more information, go to isucinema.com/eleanor.

Critics Choice Award winner “Rental Family” is slated to be the feature on Sunday, February 22 at 4 and 7 p.m. in the Bengal Theater. This comedy/drama follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) in Tokyo who finds purpose working for a “rental family” agency, playing stand-in relatives for lonely clients, blurring lines between acting and reality as he forms unexpected, genuine bonds while confronting his own isolation and the universal need for connection. The Hollywood Reporter calls it, “A charming surprise, balancing poignancy and humor with rare delicacy,” while Tribune News adds, it’s “wonderfully life-affirming and quietly resonant.” Admission is $3 for the public, $2 for ISU staff/faculty and free for ISU students with Bengal ID. For trailer and more information, go to isucinema.com/rental.

Then March is Oscar month, with Best Picture Oscar nominee “Sentimental Value” showing on March 1 at 4 and 7 p.m. in the Bengal Theater. Two sisters estranged from their filmmaker father are afforded an opportunity to reunite when he proposes involving them in his next project. Vanity Fair calls it “A film that is graceful and limber, thoughtful and surprising... it is plenty affecting in its own insightful, poignant way.” Admission is $3 for the public, $2 for ISU staff/faculty and free for ISU students with Bengal ID. For trailer and more information, go to isucinema.com/sentimental.

Kate Hudson is nominated for Best Actress in “Song Sung Blue” showing on March 8 at 4 and 7 p.m. in the Bengal Theater, telling the true story of Mike and Claire Sardina, a real-life Milwaukee couple who achieved local fame as the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder, chronicling their journey through financial struggles, a devastating accident that cost Claire a leg, and their enduring love and dream, brought to life by Hudson and her co-star Hugh Jackman. Admission is $3 for the public, $2 for ISU staff/faculty and free for ISU students with Bengal ID. For trailer and more information, go to isucinema.com/song.

And Best Picture Oscar nominee “Hamnet” plays on March 15 at 4 and 7 p.m. in the Bengal Theater. Based on the best selling novel, this fictionalized story of William Shakespeare’s family focuses on the devastating loss of their 11-year-old son, Hamnet, to the plague and its profound impact on his parents, Agnes (Anne Hathaway) and William, exploring their passionate marriage, the twins’ lives, and the creative aftermath, subtly linking Hamnet’s death to the inspiration for the play Hamlet. The Washington Post writes, “The film is a literal revelation. It’s also a beautifully crafted punch to the gut,” while the Arizona Republic adds, “It is devastating and magnetic and most of all brilliant. Don’t miss it.” Admission is $3 for the public, $2 for ISU staff/faculty and free for ISU students with Bengal ID. For trailer and more information, go to isucinema.com/hamnet.

Also look for other Oscar nominees, “Marty Supreme,” “Zootopia 2,” and “The Secret Agent” in the months to come. For more on these and other movies at ISU, go to isucinema.com.