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‘The Batman’ and ‘Wakanda Forever’ Land Oscars Shortlists for Makeup, Visual Effects and Sound
By Joe McGovern | December 21, 2022 @ 12:00 PMThe Academy also unveiled semifinalists in the documentary, international film, and shorts categories
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Can You Spot the Fake Horses? ‘RRR’ Visual Effects Team Breaks Down How Hundreds of Animals Were Created
By Joe McGovern | December 14, 2022 @ 11:48 AM”You can challenge anyone to pick out the live horses from the digital horses,“ VFX supervisor Pete Draper tells TheWrap
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Watch How ‘Babylon’ Production Designer Florencia Martin Re-Created Old Hollywood in the Desert (Exclusive Video)
By Joe McGovern | December 12, 2022 @ 9:00 AMOscar-winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle (”La La Land“) admits that he put Martin through an ”insane challenge“ for his latest feature
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‘Retrograde’ Director Describes the ‘Sheer Scope of Desperation’ as Afghanistan Fell to the Taliban
By Joe McGovern | December 9, 2022 @ 11:00 AMTheWrap magazine: ”I had to keep wiping my tears off my camera lens,“ says Oscar-nominated filmmaker Matthew Heineman (”Cartel Land,“ ”A Private War“)
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‘War Sailor’ Director on How Conversation With His Daughter Inspired the World War II Film
By Joe McGovern | December 9, 2022 @ 9:50 AMTheWrap magazine: Gunnar Vikene’s drama about one man’s unrelenting experience at sea is the most expensive film ever made by Norway
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‘All That Breathes’ Director Shaunak Sen on Breaking Nature Doc Clichés While Filming Hospitalized Birds
By Joe McGovern | December 8, 2022 @ 11:00 AMTheWrap magazine: ”Birds popping up in every nook and cranny is so inherently cinematic,“ the Delhi-based filmmaker says
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Why ‘Good Night Oppy’ Is Inspiring a Future Generation of Astronauts: ‘That Is Just a Whole Other Level of Amazingness’
By Joe McGovern | December 6, 2022 @ 3:00 PMTheWrap Screening Series: Two NASA engineers join director Ryan White and producer Jessica Hargrave reflect on their Mars rover film’s impact
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How ‘Fire of Love’ Doc Captured the Larger-Than-Life Spirit of Famed Volcanologists
By Joe McGovern | December 5, 2022 @ 12:30 PMTheWrap magazine: ”The more we learned, and the more imagery we saw, we were just blown away — forgive the pun,“ says director Sara Dosa
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Why ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Director Decided to End the Film With a ‘Strong Human Dilemma’
By Joe McGovern | December 1, 2022 @ 1:12 PMTheWrap magazine: ”People ask me what happens in the last scene,“ says Ruben Östlund, ”but I have not decided. I really don’t know“
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‘Women Talking’ Director Sarah Polley Describes the ‘Power of Community’ in Her Ensemble Cast
By Joe McGovern | December 1, 2022 @ 9:25 AMTheWrap magazine: The Canadian actor-turned-director was joined by Judith Ivey and Sheila McCartney for a conversation about the acclaimed new film
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Why ‘Thirteen Lives’ Stars Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen Had to Hold the Camera to Film Themselves Underwater
By Joe McGovern | November 30, 2022 @ 7:30 AMCinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom explains how he faced the challenge of underwater photography for Ron Howard’s true-life film
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‘Close’ Director Lukas Dhont Describes How a Fateful Train Ride Led to His Film’s Success
By Joe McGovern | November 29, 2022 @ 6:00 PMTheWrap magazine: The 31-year-old Belgian director talks about how he portrays friendship and tenderness in his moving new film
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‘Nostalgia’ Filmmakers on Exploring the ‘Interior Labyrinth’ of One Man’s Past (Video)
By Joe McGovern | November 28, 2022 @ 2:52 PMTheWrap Screening Series: Italian director Mario Martone joined with his writing partner Ippolita Di Majo to discuss Italy’s Oscar submission
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‘Till’ Crafts Team Recalls Intense Emotions: ‘To See a Grown Man Cry on Set — I’ve Never Experienced Anything Like That’
By Joe McGovern | November 21, 2022 @ 1:00 PMTheWrap Screening Series: Department heads in makeup, hair, cinematography and more discussed working on the film about Emmett Till’s mother Mamie
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Why a Catchy Dance Song About Pandemic Lockdowns Appears in ‘Triangle of Sadness’
By Joe McGovern | November 11, 2022 @ 1:44 PMDirector Ruben Östlund explains how he fell in love with DJ Fred Again’s ”Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing),“ which plays at the end of his new comedy