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Gina Prince-Bythewood to Receive Filmmaker Honor from American Cinema Editors
By Joe McGovern | October 27, 2022 @ 8:32 AMThe editors guild’s 73rd annual Eddie Awards will also celebrate Don Zimmerman (”Coming Home“) and Lynne Willingham (”Breaking Bad“)
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‘Tár’ and ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Lead Gotham Awards Nominations: Complete List
By Joe McGovern | October 25, 2022 @ 9:33 AMOther nominees include Sarah Polley’s ”Women Talking“ and the father-daughter drama ”Aftersun“ starring Paul Mescal
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‘Triangle of Sadness’ Director Ruben Östlund on Getting That Gross-Out Seasick Scene Down to a Science
By Joe McGovern | October 19, 2022 @ 12:31 PMThe ”Force Majeure“ and ”The Square“ filmmaker tells The Wrap about the techniques he employed to portray mass vomiting on a bumpy yacht
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‘Barbarian’ Editor Explains Why a ‘Gory, Sick, Funny’ Scene Involving a Rat Was Cut From Film
By Joe McGovern | October 14, 2022 @ 1:48 PMJoe Murphy (”A Friend of the Family“) also tells The Wrap about his ”bare bones“ approach to editing the hit horror film’s ending
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How Chef José Andrés Is Building His New Production Company to Help Enact Social Change (Video)
By Joe McGovern | October 10, 2022 @ 5:11 AMInnovators 2022: ”Food equals love,“ says the Spanish restauranteur, who has launched podcasts and a newsletter alongside his humanitarian aid efforts
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Oscar Winners Speak Out About the ‘Disrespectful’ and ‘Sad’ Pretaped Categories
By Brian Welk and Joe McGovern | March 28, 2022 @ 5:14 PMThe Academy moved eight categories to a recorded preshow — and still failed to shorten the broadcast’s length
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Oscar Winning ‘Dune’ Cinematographer Predicts Lack of Women and Minorities Will Improve in a Decade
By Joe McGovern | March 28, 2022 @ 10:47 AM”There is a massive groundswell of interest [in] other voices,“ says cinematographer Grieg Fraser
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Here Are the 6 Times That Oscar Races Resulted in a Tie (Photos)
By Joe McGovern | March 25, 2022 @ 6:49 AMThe most famous Oscar tie in history was 57 years ago in the Best Actress category.
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Why Cinematography Is Oscars’ Biggest Boys Club, With Only 2 Female Nominees in 94 Years
By Joe McGovern | March 24, 2022 @ 4:26 PMAnd how ”The Power of the Dog“ cinematographer Ari Wegner is on the verge of crashing it
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Oscar Nominated Documentary Filmmakers ‘Channeled Creativity’ to Tell True Stories (Video)
By Joe McGovern | March 17, 2022 @ 4:15 PMTheWrap Screening Series: Four directors and a producer join a conversation about what links their work
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Watch Martin Scorsese’s Tribute to Jane Campion at the New York Critics Circle Dinner (Video)
By Joe McGovern | March 17, 2022 @ 2:37 PMThe Oscar-frontrunner was moved to tears by the legendary director’s six-minute speech
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How ‘Flee’ Director Made Oscars History With 3 ‘Crazy and Amazing’ Nominations
By Joe McGovern | March 16, 2022 @ 1:05 PMTheWrap Magazine: ”Win or lose, everything is a gift now,“ says Jonas Poher Rasmussen, whose film is nominated in the categories of documentary, animated feature, and international film
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How the Face in the Mountain Was Created in ‘The Power of the Dog’
By Joe McGovern | March 15, 2022 @ 12:48 PM”About 30% of people don’t see it,“ Oscar-nominated cinematographer Ari Wegner tells TheWrap.
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Makeup Designer of ‘The Batman’ and ‘Coming 2 America’ Reveals His 5 All-Time Favorite Makeup Triumphs
By Joe McGovern | March 4, 2022 @ 2:47 PMOscar nominee Mike Marino tells TheWrap that the greatest movie makeup ”allows us to get into the psychology of a character.“
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How ‘Cyrano’ Director Used Technical Cunning to Ensure the Film’s ‘Heartbeat’ Couldn’t Be Cut Out
By Joe McGovern | March 2, 2022 @ 3:39 PM”Making movies is all about tricks,“ Joe Wright tells TheWrap