Oscars
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Why ‘Monos’ Director Created ‘Ideological Vacuum’ for His War Drama – and Doesn’t Say Where It’s Set
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The wars that are fought now — Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan — are fought mainly in the shadows,” director Alejandro Landes says
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Awards Season Screeners Are Here, Finally – And So Are Clint Eastwood and World War I
With a week to go before Thanksgiving, the screener stream is not likely to let up
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‘Out Stealing Horses’: How Stellan Skarsgard and Hans Petter Moland Adapted an Impossible Book
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “If you try to make a film out of a book and concentrate on what actually happens in the book, then you’re lost when it’s something as poetic as this,” Skarsgard says of the Norwegian Oscar entry
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Are Women Directors on the Verge of an Oscar Breakthrough?
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Mati Diop (“Atlantics”) and Antoneta Kastrati (“Zana”) are two in a record number of women competing in this year’s Best International Feature Film category
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‘The Whistlers’ Director on How a Documentary and a Lot of Classic Noir Films Inspired His New Comedy
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “When I decided to make a movie about people double-crossing each other, I said, ‘OK, I have to re-see noir films,’” says Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu
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Why India’s Oscar Entry ‘Gully Boy’ Is More Hip-Hop Than Bollywood
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I’ve always been interested in American hip-hop, but I had no idea that there was an underground scene happening in my own city,” director Zoya Akhtar says
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Pedro Almodóvar on the Real-Life Fears and Aches Behind ‘Pain and Glory’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The idea of arriving at a moment where I can no longer make movies worries me,” Oscar-winning Spanish director says
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‘Stupid Young Heart’ Director Explains Why Childbirth Makes Even Neo-Nazis ‘Look Small’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The fight scenes get more violent toward the end of the film, but then the childbirth scene washes over all that hate and violence and all those men and boys trying to be the cock of the walk,” director Selma Vilhunen says
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How ‘Parasite’ Director Bong Joon Ho Created the Year’s Most Dangerously Charming Film
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I always felt like I wanted to be a step ahead of the audience,” the Korean director says
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How ‘M for Malaysia’ Filmmakers Mixed the Political With the Very Personal in Campaign Doc
TheWrap Oscar magazine: One of the directors is the granddaughter of the candidate they were following, but they were determined not to make a propaganda piece
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Taika Waititi Says He Didn’t Even Try to Pitch Studios on His WWII Comedy ‘Jojo Rabbit’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “It’s very hard to start a conversation with, ‘It’s about a little boy in the Hitler Youth,’” Waititi says
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Why the Algerian Government Doesn’t Want You to See the Country’s Oscar Entry ‘Papicha’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Director Mounia Meddour says the government’s cancellation of screenings stemmed from the film’s time period, subject matter and a statement the cast and crew made in Cannes
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Subdued AFI Fest Makes for a Quieter Awards Season – But Look Out for ‘Dolemite’ and ‘Uncut Gems’
Also in this awards-season report: repeat viewings, power ballads and a Oscar Top 13
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Oscars Documentary Race Welcomes 159 Films, From ‘Apollo 11’ to ‘The Apollo’
Other notable contenders include “The Biggest Little Farm,” “The Cave,” “For Sama,” “Knock Down the House,” “Maiden,” “One Child Nation,” “Sea of Shadows” and “Where’s My Roy Cohn?”
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Academy Stumbles Again With Another Oscars International Disqualification, This Time Austria
The Academy found that “Joy,” Austria’s entry in the Best International Feature Film category, is predominantly in English — something it should have known a month ago
