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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‘The Secret Agent’ Review: ’70s Brazilian Romp Includes Wagner Moura and a Rampaging Severed Leg
Cannes 2025: Cohesiveness or coherence are not high on the list of the attributes of Klebel Mendonça Filho’s film, but its messiness is part of its charm
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‘Orwell: 2+2=5’ Review: Angry Documentary Is as Much About Us (and Donald Trump) as About George Orwell
Cannes 2025: Raoul Peck’s film is an artful balancing act that dips in and out of Orwell’s life and work and swings from history to art to the most current of events
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‘Renoir’ Review: Quiet Japanese Drama Looks at Death Through a Young Girl’s Eyes
Cannes 2025: You could call Chie Hayakawa’s understated second feature a coming-of-age film, except that its lead character doesn’t really learn anything
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‘Bono: Stories of Surrender’ Review: U2 Frontman’s Life Story Is Grand and Bombastic, the Way We Like It
Cannes 2025: The singer and his director, Andrew Dominik, use startling visuals and reimagined songs to make this glorious mashup of life and music
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‘Amrum’ Review: Can This Poignant Drama Make You Ache for a Member of the Hitler Youth?
Cannes 2025: Director Fatih Akin does a wonderfully understated job of setting the innocence and the cruelty of childhood against the fall of fascism
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‘Sirât’ Review: Techno-Fueled Road Movie Is ‘Mad Max’ Without the Stunts or the Fun
Cannes 2025: Oliver Laxe has made one of a growing number of Cannes films that suggest that we live in dark, dangerous and troubled times
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‘Two Prosecutors’ Review: Film About Russian Corruption Is Set in 1937, But You Know It’s Timely
Cannes 2025: Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s drama is a quietly horrifying descent into a Kafkaesque nightmare where doing the right thing might be the riskiest choice of all
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‘Leave One Day’ Review: Slight Musical Is the Most Forgettable Thing About Cannes Film Festival’s Opening Night
Cannes 2025: The food-themed film is a little appetizer, not a main course
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New Oscars Rule: If You Don’t See All the Nominated Films, You Can’t Vote
The Academy also released a statement on AI, saying it “neither helps nor harms” a film’s chances of being nominated
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Cannes Film Festival Lineup Includes New Films by Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Scarlett Johansson
Other directors heading to France are Spike Lee, Ari Aster, Kelly Reichardt, Julia Ducournau and the Dardenne brothers
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Are ‘The White Lotus’ Actors Going to Hog All the Emmy Nominations Again?
Mike White’s series has a history of dominating the supporting categories, and the only question is how many acting nominations it’ll grab this year
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A Year After Barbenheimer, ‘Anora’ Turns the Oscars Into the Revenge of the Indie
“Long live independent film,” said director Sean Baker, who won four of the film’s five Oscars
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Can the Oscars Pull a Satisfying Show Out of a Year of Chaos and Ugliness?
Awards season (and real life) has been a mess, but that doesn’t mean the Academy Awards need to be one
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Gene Hackman Will Be Recognized During Oscars Telecast
The late actor will likely be added to the In Memoriam segment of Sunday’s ceremony
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Oscar Predictions: What’s It Gonna Be, Academy – Strippers or Priests?
With “Anora” and “Conclave” on top, picking Oscar winners could be as difficult as choosing a new pope
