How the Oscars Bungled This Year’s Show So Badly, and Where the Academy Goes From Here
The Academy’s foolish plan was based on one giant, flawed assumption: that there’s a sensitive way to create a second-class group of categories
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Caleb Deschanel Got an Oscar Nod for Shooting ‘Never Look Away’ Even Though He Can’t Speak German
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “If you don’t know the language, you pay more attention to the actors’ facial expressions, their eyes, their movements, the rhythm of their speech,” says the six-time nominee
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Why ‘Roma’ Star Marina de Tavira Had to Forget Her Acting Training for Alonso Cuarón’s Drama
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “For a trained actor, it’s hard not to want to analyze the character’s journey,” says the Oscar-nominated actress of Cuarón’s no-script rules
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The Academy Stands Firm on Off-Air Oscars Plan – Here’s How It Will Work
Four awards will be handed out during commercial breaks instead of live
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‘Cold War’ Director Pawel Pawlikowski Is a First-Time Nominee Who Already Has an Oscar at Home
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I hope it’s a good sign that the Academy, which the whole world is interested in, is becoming more interested in the whole world,” director says
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How ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Composer Nicholas Britell Found the Sound of Love
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I’m actually trying to make pieces that maybe feel the way you think the characters are feeling,” says the Oscar-nominated composer
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‘Oscar Mania Is a Post-Harvey Weinstein Thing,’ First-Time Nominee Paul Schrader Says
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I remember I went to the Oscars for ‘Taxi Driver’ and … I got up and left in the middle,'” the “First Reformed” writer-director says
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The Key to Winning the Best Picture Oscar: Stitching Together a Compromise
TheWrap Oscar magazine: The preferential system is designed to find a consensus favorite in the Best Picture category, but is consensus even possible in this wild, ugly year?
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Oscar-Nominated Documentary Directors on the Importance of Truth in ‘Broken’ Times
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “We consider ourselves journalists as well as filmmakers — and right now, journalism in America is in a perilous situation,” “RBG” director Julie Cohen says
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‘The Image Book’ Film Review: Once Again, Jean-Luc Godard Messes With Viewers’ Heads
The 87-year-old director’s newest film is an essay in sound and picture and an assault on the idea of cinema and, sometimes, on the viewer
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Oscar Voting Begins: Why You Can’t Game the Best Picture Ballot System and 4 More Myths Exploded
We clear up all the misconceptions about the Academy’s mysterious preferential voting system for Best Picture
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Academy Sparks Outrage for Dumping 4 Oscar Categories to Commercial Breaks: ‘I Am So Pissed Off’
“Cinematography and editing are at the very heart of our craft,” wrote last year’s Best Picture and Best Director winner, Guillermo del Toro
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Oscars Move Cinematography and 3 Other Awards Into the Commercial Breaks
An email to members from Academy President John Bailey revealed the four categories that will be handed out off the air
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Grammy Awards: A Kendrick Lamar Performance and 17 Other Things You Didn’t See on TV
Staples Center isn’t the most hospitable place to see an awards show, but folks in the room got to see a few things home viewers missed
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Grammy Awards Analysis: Women Seize the Spotlight, But Kendrick Lamar Still Can’t Catch a Break
The Grammys paid more than lip service to the idea of female empowerment — or, at least, the idea of rewarding and spotlighting female artists
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BAFTA Awards 2019: ‘The Favourite’ Dominates, But ‘Roma’ Wins the Big One
Acting awards go to Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Rami Malek and Mahershala Ali; Alfonso Cuarón wins best director
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‘Cold War’ Wins American Society of Cinematographers Award
Lukasz Zal scores an upset victory over “Roma” director and cinematographer Alfonso Cuaron, who could have become the first person to win DGA and ASC Awards
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‘Leave No Trace’ Wins Scripter Award for Adapted Screenplay
The win means that the Scripter Awards’ eight-year streak of predicting the Oscar winner for Best Adapted Screenplay will come to an end this year
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‘Everybody Knows’ Film Review: Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem Shine in Strong, Disquieting Thriller
Asghar Farhadi’s dark drama stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, who have rarely gone to these emotional extremes in their work together
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Penélope Cruz Says She Spent Months in ‘Terrifying Pain’ for ‘Everybody Knows’
TheWrap Cannes magazine: “It was the most difficult character I’ve ever had to play,” says the actress of her role as a desperate mother in Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish-language drama
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Death Penalty Drama ‘Clemency’ Wins Sundance Grand Jury Prize
“One Child Nation” wins documentary prize; audience awards go to “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” “Knock Down the House,” “Queen of Hearts” and “Sea of Shadows”
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Alfonso Cuaron Wins Directors Guild Award for ‘Roma’
“Eighth Grade” director Bo Burnham scores upset victory over Bradley Cooper in first-time director category; top TV awards go to Bill Hader for “Barry” and Adam McKay for “Succession”
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‘Blinded by the Light’ Writer on ‘Gobsmacking’ Success of the Film About His Springsteen-Loving Youth
Sundance 2019: “I really did grow up in a working-class background with a very, very limited idea of what my future would be,” Sarfraz Manzoor says of the film that landed a $15 million deal at the festival
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‘Blinded by the Light’ Film Review: Joyous Indie Musical Soars to Songs of Bruce Springsteen
Sundance 2019: The film that landed the festival’s biggest deal is a moving tribute to the way pop songs can detonate in our lives
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Sundance So Far: Hollywood’s Own State of the Union Address, From Diverse Stories to Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
Sundance 2019: Over its first four days, the festival showed off its increased commitment to diversity, along with a slate of films with contemporary resonance
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SAG Awards’ Surprise ‘Black Panther’ Victory Adds More Confusion to the Oscar Race
Screen Actors Guild voters reinforced that Glenn Close and Mahershala Ali are Oscar front runners, but the guild’s ensemble award made a messy race even messier
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‘Marianne & Leonard’ Film Review: Leonard Cohen’s Muse Gets Her Due in Lovely Documentary
Sundance 2019: Nick Broomfield’s “first love story” focuses on Marianne Ihlen, who inspired early Cohen songs like “So Long, Marianne” and “Bird on the Wire”
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‘David Crosby: Remember My Name’ Film Review: An Affectionate, Moving Look at the Rocker
Sundance 2019: Director A.J. Eaton and producer Cameron Crowe’s documentary celebrates the iconic musician’s creativity and gazes unflinchingly at his failings
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‘Where’s My Roy Cohn?’ Film Review: Doc About NY Lawyer Is as Timely as Roger Stone’s Arrest
Sundance 2019: Matt Tyrnauer’s film is a delectable look at a despicable person
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‘Leaving Neverland’ Brings Explosive Michael Jackson Accusations to Sundance, and Protesters Stay Home
Sundance 2019: Dan Reed’s four-hour film focuses on two men and their families telling their stories in depth
