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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Golden Globes Nominations Predictions: In a Weird, Frustrating Year, No Film Will Dominate
“One Night in Miami,” “Nomadland,” “Da 5 Bloods” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” are among the films liable to get the most love from isolated Globes voters
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What Will Make the Oscar Shortlists in Documentary and International Categories?
Here’s what might happen as doc and international contenders are narrowed to 15 semifinalists
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Leslie Odom Jr to Receive Spotlight Award From Palm Springs Film Awards
Odom is being honored for his performance as Sam Cooke in “One Night in Miami”
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COVID Impacts Sundance 2021: Screenings Go Virtual, Films Are Haunted by the Pandemic
Sundance 2021: From a documentary about the virus to movies that grapple with isolation and dread, this has been a festival like no other
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‘In the Earth’ Film Review: Don’t Mess With Mother Nature, Says Ben Wheatley
Sundance 2021: The British director returns to his horror roots with a messy, creepy, annoying and at times deliciously nasty concoction fueled by COVID-era currents of dread
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‘Rebel Hearts’ Film Review: Nuns Make a Ruckus in ’60s-Set Documentary
Sundance 2021: Director Pedro Kos has created an affectionate salute to women who were dubbed “The Pope’s Unruly Flock”
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Oscars Voters Top 9,000, and You Can Thank Agents for That
An unusually large influx of new voters this year came from agents finally getting the right to vote
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Why John Lee Hancock Headed to the Dark Side for ‘The Little Things’
“I was living in a crappy apartment in Hollywood, looking at the streets and observing things around me, and there it was,” says the writer-director
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Oscars Reveal Record-Breaking Lists of Contenders in Documentary, International Categories
AMPAS also unveiled the 27 contenders in the Best Animated Feature category, which fell short of a new record
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Oscars Best Picture Screening Room for Voters Hits 200 Movies – But Not ‘Tenet’
Christopher Nolan’s mindbending drama is the most notable absence from a viewing platform that has now earned the Academy $2.5 million
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‘Nomadland,’ ‘One Night in Miami,’ ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Named Finalists for 2021 Scripter Awards
“First Cow” and “Bad Education” were also nominated for the award, which goes to the screenwriter and the author of the material on which the film or television program is based
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Sundance Preview: Documentaries Are Festival’s Best Bets for Awards
As usual, Sundance’s nonfiction films are the ones that are likeliest to be in the awards race a year from now
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In a Wild Year, Spirit Awards Nominations Play It Safe
For the most part, the nominations lacked the left-field choices that often make the Spirit Awards so unpredictable and offbeat in the nomination round
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‘Da 5 Bloods,’ ‘One Night in Miami’ Land on AFI’s Top 10 List
“Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Soul” are also on a list that is heavily weighted toward films that deal with the Black experience in America
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‘MLK/FBI’ Director: ‘America Has Reached a Tipping Point’
TheWrap magazine: “Let’s hope that the fact that communities are being galvanized can make progress toward a change in the American psyche,” Sam Pollard says
