Steve Pond is TheWrap’s Executive Editor, Awards and has been writing and overseeing awards coverage on the site since 2009. He spent decades writing about film, television, music and the entertainment industry for the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Premiere, New York Times, Playboy and many other publications. He is the author of the L.A. Times bestseller “The Big Show,” a behind-the-scenes look at the Academy Awards based on 15 years of unprecedented access to that show.
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‘Girl’ Film Review: Transgender Teen Drama Is a True Cannes Discovery
Cannes 2018: The gentle but wrenching film about a teenager who “just wants to be a girl” is the first work from 26-year-old Belgian director Lukas Dhont
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‘Border’ Film Review: Are Moviegoers Ready for Hot, Hairy Troll Sex?
Cannes 2018: Director Ali Abbasi delivers a formidable load of WTF with a work that’s part horror film, part allegory about our fear of outsiders
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‘Leto’ Film Review: Musical Biopic Is a Rock ‘n’ Roll Fever Dream
Cannes 2018: Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov tells the story of musician Viktor Tsoi in a way that is messy, surreal and ultimately moving
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‘Yomeddine’ Film Review: First Time’s a Charmer for Egyptian Drama
Cannes 2018: Rookie director A.B. Shawky’s road film about an unlikely pair fleeing a leper colony and an orphanage is the rare Cannes film best described as “sweet”
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‘BlacKkKlansman’ Star Laura Harrier on Going From Spider-Man’s Homecoming to Cannes Red Carpet
TheWrap Cannes magazine: Laura Harrier immersed herself in the early ’70s culture to play a black power activist in new Spike Lee joint
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Cannes’ Female Troubles: Women Directors Have Always Been Scarce
TheWrap Cannes magazine: Since the festival began, only 4.3 percent of its competition films have been directed by women — and while the percentage is improving, it’s doing so slowly
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Women in Cannes: A Short History of Small Victories and Decades of Male Dominance (Photos)
From the first female director in competition to the first (and only) to win the Palme d’Or, here are a few milestones in a festival that hasn’t been welcoming to women filmmakers
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Cannes Film Festival 2018 Preview: No Selfies, No Netflix, No Problem
Spike Lee, Han Solo and the return of the once-disgraced Lars von Trier ought to overshadow the absence of a streaming giant and the new rules prohibiting red-carpet snapshots
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19 Cannes Movies We’re Dying to See, From ‘BlacKkKlansman’ to ‘Solo’ (Photos)
This year’s festival will bring controversial films, auteurs at the top of their game and at least one mega-blockbuster to the Croisette
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‘To Dust,’ ‘United Skates’ Win Tribeca Film Festival Audience Awards
Narrative film “Mapplethorpe” and surfing documentary “Momentum Generation” are runner-ups in Tribeca competition
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‘Kings’ Film Review: Halle Berry Drama Gives a Female Perspective to LA Riots
“Mustang” director Deniz Gamze Erguven is skilled at portraying messy family ties, but her film falls short in other areas
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Oscars Add New Round of Voting in Music Categories
Best Original Song and Best Original Score will now be narrowed to a 15-film shortlist before a second round produces the five nominees
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Debra Granik, Gaspar Noe Films Selected for Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight Lineup
Directors’ Fortnight section will also include Panos Cosmatos’ “Mandy,” a horror film starring Nicolas Cage
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Cannes Will Welcome Back Lars von Trier, Says Festival Director
On a French radio program, general delegate Thierry Fremaux hints that von Trier’s “The House That Jack Built” will end the director’s “persona non grata” status in Cannes
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