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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Steve received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach.
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‘Rodin’ Cannes Review: It’s Got Art and Sex, But Where’s the Passion?
Jacques Doillon’s old-fashioned biopic of the French artist is honorable and handsome, but it has none of the freshness of the best Cannes titles
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’24 Frames’ Cannes Review: Abbas Kiarostami’s Final Film Is a Wry, Touching Farewell
A series of short vignettes based on his still photographs, “24 Frames” shows the late director’s wry humor and extraordinary eye
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Cannes Film Festival Sets Moment of Silence for Manchester ‘Horror’
“This is yet another attack on culture, youth and joyfulness, on our freedom, generosity and tolerance,” said festival in a press release
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‘The Florida Project’ Cannes Review: Unruly Kids Steal the Show in Heartbreaking Drama
Director Sean Baker says he focused on children in a cheap Orlando motel to show the plight of the “hidden homeless”
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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
