Awards
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Talking Life, Death and ‘Jackass’ With ‘Dick Johnson Is Dead’ Director Kirsten Johnson
“I have this wish to compile a death wish bible, so now I ask everyone I talk to, ‘How do you wish to die?’” says the filmmaker
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Dozens of Documentaries Are Now Paying for Spots in Oscars Best Picture Screening Room
Nonfiction films have their own free screening area, but they also make up 25% of the Academy’s paid online area devoted to best-pic hopefuls
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Emmys Merge Variety Categories As Part of 2021 Rule Changes
Another new rule will disqualify any movie placed on the Oscars’ members-only viewing platform from Emmy consideration
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5 Things to Worry About This Oscar Season, From Virtual Ceremonies to Awards Boredom
The 20 weeks until the Oscars arrive could bring a host of perils that threaten to turn this awards season into a long slog
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Here’s Why ‘Fireball’ Director Werner Herzog’s Flipped for ’90s Disaster Movie ‘Deep Impact’
Film editor Marco Capalbo discusses the 1998 blockbuster, which makes an appearance in Herzog’s new documentary
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How Ryan Murphy Got Meryl Streep to ‘The Prom’ – and Then Got Her to Rap
Murphy says his leading lady “trained like an athlete for four months” to play the role of a fading Broadway star in the Netflix musical
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Director of COVID Documentary ’76 Days’: ‘It’s Bizarre to Me’ That the Pandemic Still Rages in US
“Half the country is still party to Trump’s narrative that he had things under control,” Chinese-American director Hao Wu says
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Steve McQueen Calls His New ‘Small Axe’ Cinematographer ‘a Skater and a Sailor’
For the five-film anthology, the ’12 Years a Slave’ director collaborated with cinematographer Shabier Kirchner for the first time
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Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis to Receive Tributes at 2021 Gotham Awards
The two “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” stars will be the first pair of actors from the same film to receive Gothams tributes
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Sundance Film Festival Goes Virtual, But Also National With Screenings in 24 States
All films will have live premieres online, but arthouse theaters around the country will also partner with Sundance for screenings and events
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‘Greyhound’ Editors’ Big Lesson: Trust the Power of Tom Hanks’ Face in Battleship Thriller
Sidney Wolinsky and and Mark Czyzewski talk about how a little information can go a long way in the cutting department
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Daytime, Sports and News Emmys to Remain Virtual for 2021
Deadlines and eligibility periods will remain the same in order to return to a regular slate of in-person ceremonies in 2022
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‘Crock of Gold’ Film Review: Shane MacGowan Documentary Is Full of Ravaged Beauty
Julien Temple’s film about the Pogues singer is a heartbreaking, messy and inspiring experience
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10 Things to Be Thankful for in This Weird, Messy Awards Season (Including Netflix)
The word “thankful” does not immediately come to mind when one thinks of 2020 — but from virtual festivals to documentaries to “Borat,” here are some bright spots
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Italy’s Oscar Committee Snubs Sophia Loren Movie, Submits Documentary ‘Notturno’
The Gianfranco Rosi doc becomes the seventh nonfiction film to be submitted in this year’s Best International Feature Film category