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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Cannes So Far: Movies Take a Back Seat to Netflix and Security
The 70th anniversary Cannes has delivered strong films, but nothing to seize the conversation away from the streaming giant and tech snafus
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Alejandro Inarritu’s VR Experience ‘Carne y Arena’ Shakes Up Cannes Viewers – If They Can See It
Shot by Emmanuel Lubezki, the installation is designed not to show off the technology, but to touch viewers emotionally
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‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ Cannes Review: Wow, Adam Sandler Might Actually Belong in Cannes
In another New York-set comedy from writer-director Noah Baumbach, Sandler holds his own alongside Ben Stiller, Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman
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‘Wind River’ Goes From the Snow in Sundance to the Beach at Cannes
A rare film to play Cannes after debuting at another festival, Taylor Sheridan’s drama with Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen held up well on the Croisette
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‘Promised Land’ Cannes Review: Elvis Presley, Meet Donald Trump
Eugene Jarecki’s bold documentary tells the story of Elvis’ rise and fall as a metaphor for America
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‘The Square’ Cannes Review: Swedish Satire Goes Ape, in the Best Way
Ruben Ostlund’s art-world story featuring Elisabeth Moss and Dominic West does a brilliant job of asking the director’s favorite question: “Aren’t we humans a sorry lot?”
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Netflix’s ‘Okja’ Booed at First Press Screening in Cannes
The streaming service has raised hackles at the famed festival for cineastes, but technical problems contributed to the film’s initially hostile reception
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‘Sea Sorrow’ Cannes Review: Vanessa Redgrave Finds Poetry in Refugee Documentary
The 80-year-old actress’ directorial debut is not a polished piece of documentary filmmaking, but it’s persuasive — and at times lyrical
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Inside Cannes Festival Jury Deliberations: Snubs, Feuds and ‘Passionate’ Abstentions
CannesWrap magazine: From Francis Coppola and Atom Egoyan to Ethan Coen and Xavier Dolan, here are six times Cannes jurors didn’t get along
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‘Loveless’ Cannes Review: Gripping Russian Drama Delivers Gut Punch to Launch Competition
You can read Andrey Zvyagintsev’s film as the heartbreaking story of a missing child, or as the chronicle of a country that has lost its soul
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Streaming Giants Netflix and Amazon Return to Cannes Primed to Disrupt the Market
CannesWrap magazine: Much ado about streaming as 70-year-old fest locks horns with digital disrupters
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Cannes Film Festival Finds Reason to Celebrate, Even With That Netflix Problem
French exhibitors aren’t happy the streaming service got an invite to the Croisette, but the stacked lineup of international auteurs should be a cinema lover’s dream
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Cannes Film Festival 2017: 20 Most Intriguing Movies, From ‘The Beguiled’ to ‘Okja’ (Photos)
More than 100 new feature films will be screening at the 70th Cannes Film Festival — here’s a small sampling of Cannes premieres that merit attention.
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Casey Affleck to Receive President’s Award From Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Actor’s award will be part of a presentation of the David Lowery film “A Ghost Story” at the Czech festival
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The Statistics Tell a Sad Story: Gender-Neutral Awards Categories Are Dominated by Men
The TCA, BAFTA and MTV have tried out unisex categories in the past, and found that men take two-thirds of the nominations and wins
