Steve Pond
Steve Pond
Steve Pond’s inside look at the artistry and insanity of the awards race, drawn from more than three decades of obsessively chronicling the Oscars and the entertainment industry.
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Early Oscar Predictions: The Audience Is Staying Away From Awards Movies, But Will Voters Care?
“The Fabelmans,” “The Banshees of Inisherin” and others should be able to win over voters despite tepid box-office returns
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New York Film Critics 2022: ‘Tar’ Named Best Film
Acting winners are Colin Farrell, Cate Blanchett, Ke Huy Quan and Keke Palmer; S.S. Rajamouli wins directing award for Indian film “RRR”
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Rian Johnson Also Thinks ‘Glass Onion’ Should’ve Had a Longer Theatrical Release
TheWrap magazine: “I would’ve loved to have as big and long a theatrical run as we could get, but I’m grateful to Netflix for stepping out of their comfort zone,” says the director
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‘She Said’ Cast Say They Made Movie for Harvey Weinstein’s Victims
TheWrap magazine: “When a system is built to support a monster, everyone is implicated,” Zoe Kazan says
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‘Bardo’ Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu: Autobiographies Lie, but Fiction Tells the Truth
TheWrap magazine: “Autobiography pretends it’s making factual claims, but it’s not,” says the director of “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”
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Gotham Awards 2022: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Named Best Feature
TV awards go to “Pachinko,” “Mo,” “We Need to Talk About Cosby” and “This Is Going to Hurt”
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Academy Screening Room Tops 100 Films, But It’s Missing Lots of Big Oscar Contenders
Members can watch “Top Gun,” “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Tár” at home, but not “The Fabelmans,” “Women Talking” or “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
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‘The Swimmers’ Review: Syrian Drama Mixes Sports, Politics, Wartime Horrors and Happiness
Director Sally El Hosaini follows Syrian refugees who fled that country’s civil war to pursue their athletic careers
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‘Tár,’ ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ ‘Women Talking’ Receive Indie Spirit Award Nominations
Acting nominees include Cate Blanchett, Brian Tyree Henry, Regina Hall and Michelle Yeoh
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Governors Awards Mix Campaigning, Calls for Action and a Long-Awaited Oscar for Diane Warren
Directors Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy and actor Michael J. Fox are also honored at the annual ceremony
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Oscars Documentary Race Hits 144 Entries, Up From 2021
The list includes “All that Breathes,” “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “Fire of Love,” “Navalny” and “Good Night Oppy”
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‘Good Night Oppy’ Wins Top Prize at Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Other winners include “Navalny,” “Fire of Love,” “Bad Axe,” “Moonage Daydream,” “Descendant” and “The Beatles: Get Back”
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‘All That Breathes,’ ‘Fire of Love’ Lead IDA Documentary Award Nominations
Top nominees also include “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “No Simple Way Home,” “A House Made of Splinters” and “Navalny”
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‘The Territory,’ ‘Fire of Love’ Lead Cinema Eye Honors Documentary Nominations
“All That Breathes,” “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” and “A Night of Knowing Nothing” also receive multiple noms
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‘Armageddon Time’ Review: James Gray Looks at His Childhood Without Nostalgia
Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong are among the stars in a semi-autobiographical story that is both unsentimental and touching
