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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How Ethan Hawke’s Love for Paul Newman Started at Church and Came to Cannes
Cannes 2022: The actor-director brought two episodes of “The Last Movie Stars,” his documentary series about Newman and Joanne Woodward, to the festival that often featured the couple
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‘War Pony’ Film Review: Riley Keough and Gina Gammell Tell Indigenous Story From the Inside
Cannes 2022: The two first-time directors enlisted Native American collaborators for their tales of life on the Pine Ridge Reservation
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‘Armageddon Time’ Director James Gray Says the US – and Hollywood – Are ‘in Serious Trouble’
Cannes 2022: “We used to think of franchises as McDonald’s and Burger King — now it’s cinema,” Gray says
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‘Tchaikovsky’s Wife’ Film Review: Cannes’ Only Russian Film Is Bold and Cold
Cannes 2022: Director Kirill Serebrennikov looks at the celebrated composer’s personal life in a drama that slips into madness
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‘Final Cut’ Cannes Review: Come to the World’s Classiest Film Festival to See Barfing, Pooping Zombies!
Cannes 2022: Director Michel Hazanavicius’ over-the-top riff on horror movies also happens to be the most entertaining Cannes opener in years
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How a Casual Hangout Led to Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s Native American Tale ‘War Pony’
TheWrap Cannes magazine: “We are true allies to the indigenous community, and this film was made by many indigenous people,” Keough says of the intimate film
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‘Lux Aeterna’ Film Review: Gaspar Noe Wants to Mess You Up, Again
The Argentinian maestro of transgression has unleashed another assault on his audience, but it’s almost mesmerizing in its perverse single-mindedness
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‘Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story’ Film Review: Music Doc Combines Funky Delights With Lots of Heart
Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern’s film chronicles the city’s annual festival with the help of Bruce Springsteen, Katy Perry and an array of Crescent City legends
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Frank Marshall on How His Music Background Led Him to New Orleans and ‘Jazz Fest’
“It’s different from my day job, where I know what I’m doing every moment,” Marshall says of directing music docs
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Academy Museum’s ‘Regeneration’ Exhibit to Cover 73 Years of Black Cinema
The exhibition, which opens on Aug. 21, will begin with silent film and run through Gordon Parks and Melvin Van Peebles
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Support Ukraine by Screening Films From Canceled Odessa Fest
The Czech festival will host the Works-in-Progress section from the Odessa Film Festival, which can’t take place because of Russia’s invasion
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A Tale of Two Aliens: TCM Festival Makes for Some Otherworldly Connections
“E.T.” may be a blockbuster classic, but “Invaders From Mars” is the alien movie that’s been stuck in my brain for decades
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Cannes Adds 17 Films, Sets Record for Female Directors in Competition
But that “record” is a paltry five films directed by women out of the 21 competing for the Palme d’Or
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Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘When You Finish Saving the World’ Chosen for Cannes’ International Critics Week Section
Guillermo del Toro, Bernardo Bertolucci, Julia Ducournau and Alejandro G. Inarritu are among the directors who first screened at Cannes in Critics Week
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New Alex Garland, Mia Hansen-Love Films Set for Directors Fortnight Section at Cannes
The independent section announced 23 films, of which 11 are directed by women
