Awards
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From Battling Brain Cancer to Directing an Oscar Contender: Maria Sodahl’s Dramatic Journey to ‘Hope’
TheWrap magazine: “I hate sentimental cancer movies, and I didn’t want to do something like that,” Sodahl says of turning her own diagnosis into art
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How a Severed Hand Led to Taiwan’s Oscar Contender ‘A Sun’
TheWrap magazine: “I imagined that the incident happened on a rainy day, and the hand dropped into a hot pot,” says director Chung Mong-hong
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Elisabeth Moss on How Her ‘Thoughtful’ Career Choices Led Her to ‘Invisible Man,’ ‘Shirley’
TheWrap magazine: “I am interested in playing everything from superhero women to antiheroes,” the actress tells TheWrap
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‘Mank’ Costume Designer Trish Summerville Draped a Sheet Between Banana Trees to Screen the Film
“We got popcorn and champagne,” the Oscar-nomination favorite Summerville tells TheWrap
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‘The Prince of Tides’ Cinematographer Debunks ‘Vaseline-Coated’ Smear of Barbra Streisand
It was “cynical and unfair,” says Stephen Goldblatt, who earned an Oscar nomination for his work on 1991 film
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Jean-Philippe Duval Channeled Ingmar Bergman When Directing Canada’s ’14 Days 12 Nights’
The French-Canadian director looked to Bergman’s 1966 film “Persona,” about an actress who becomes mute, to harness the power of silence
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Film Academy Names Fernando Garcia EVP of Member Relations
Garcia will be involved in the Academy’s efforts to diversify the Oscars
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Orion Lee’s Secret to Becoming a Leading Man in ‘First Cow’: Take It One Scene at a Time
TheWrap magazine: “I’d never played a lead before on screen, but I knew I could do scenes,” says the actor in Kelly Reichardt’s quiet drama
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Why ‘200 Meters’ Director Stripped Politics From Israel-Palestine Drama (Video)
“All I need to talk about is the journey. I was losing the elements that people already know. I was focusing more on the human story,” director Ameen Nayfeh tells TheWrap
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How ‘The Truffle Hunters’ Turned Dogs Into Cameramen for Documentary
TheWrap magazine: “We lost a lot of cameras (that) flew off into the trees,” says co-director Gregory Kershaw
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‘Willow’ Director Talks About Telling a Tale of Medieval Motherhood With a Foul-Mouthed Witch (Video)
North Macedonia’s Oscar contender tells three stories about the resilience of women over the centuries
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How Guatemalan Horror Film ‘La Llorona’ Used Genre to Examine Genocide
TheWrap magazine: Director Jayro Bustamante says his Oscar entry was a way to use horror elements to examine issues that viewers don’t want to talk about
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‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Star Sidney Flanigan on Why She Set Aside Music for Her First Film Role
TheWrap magazine: “Reproductive rights have always been under threat, so artists (should) keep using their tools to make people aware,” says the first-time actress
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Oscars Animated Feature Race Gets a Big, Late Boost From International Contenders
Thanks to films from around the world, the category grew from 13 to 27 competitors overnight
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‘Ma Rainey’ Star Colman Domingo on Being Black in Hollywood: ‘You Always Have to Fight to Get Your Worth’
TheWrap magazine: “I think of that line that Viola (Davis) says in the movie: ‘They want your talent, but they don’t want all of you,’” says the veteran actor