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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‘Mosquito State’ Film Review: Wall Street Needs Some Insecticide in Creepy Drama
Filip Jan Rymsza’s film about a stock analyst who has an unhealthy fascination with mosquitoes will get under your skin, that’s for sure
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Here’s Why Daveed Diggs Won’t Watch the ‘Hamilton’ Movie
TheWrap magazine: Also, the Emmy-nominated star still thinks that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original idea for the landmark production was a bad one
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Mj Rodriguez on the ‘Insane’ Journey of ‘Pose,’ and Trans Representation on TV
TheWrap magazine: “Before they saw me as a trans woman, I wanted them to see my craft,” says the Emmy-nominated actress
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‘Pretend It’s a City’ Is Martin Scorsese’s Second Documentary About Fran Lebowitz, and She Can’t Understand Why
The series may be Emmy-nominated, but Lebowitz thinks it’s ridiculous to make two docs about one person
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‘Every Single Minute’ Film Review: Is This Effective Child-Rearing or Abuse?
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: The documentary about a Czech system of maximizing a child’s potential is studiously neutral about the controversial technique
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‘Lovecraft Country’ Stars Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett Still Can’t Believe They Made Emmy History
TheWrap magazine: “I keep trying to fact-check this thing,” says Smollett of being part of the first pair of Black actors to receive nominations in the two lead drama categories
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‘Reconstruction of Occupation’ Film Review: Powerful Czech Documentary Bears Witness to 1968 Soviet Invasion
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: Director Jan Sikl builds his film out of long-lost footage of the occupation, and screened it on the 53rd anniversary of that event
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival Kicks Off With Michael Caine, ‘Zatopek’ and COVID Testing
Friday was opening night at the Czech festival, which returned after last year’s pandemic-prompted cancellation
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How ‘Hamilton’ Actors Dominated the Emmy Nominations
TheWrap magazine: “‘Hamilton’ was the first time I really started to understand what it was to be an American,” says Phillipa Soo
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Emmys: Here’s Why Outstanding Drama Series Shouldn’t Be the Final Category This Year
Really, there’s a different category that’s been more important and influential to the past year’s viewing
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How Barry Jenkins Mixed Real-Life Horror With Beauty in ‘The Underground Railroad’
TheWrap magazine: “We have all seen photos of people eating and drinking, and behind them one of my ancestors is hanging from a rope,” says the writer-director
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‘Annette’ Film Review: Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard Lead Dark and Loony Showbiz Musical
Cannes’ opening night is the latest provocation from director Leos Carax
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‘Flag Day’ Film Review: Sean Penn Directs His Daughter in Rocky Family Drama
While the true-life film sometimes struggles with disparate tones, it’s a solid, subtle drama that opts in most cases for restraint over excess
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‘Ted Lasso’ Stars Admit Ted’s Sunny Philosophy Doesn’t Always Work
TheWrap magazine: “It’s a beautiful lie,” says Brett Goldstein of one particularly common inspirational thought from Coach Lasso
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Here’s the Emmy Category That’s Full of Oscars Documentary Leftovers
One of the nonfiction categories is made up entirely of films that were on the Oscar doc shortlist but weren’t nominated
