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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Pope Francis vs Donald Trump: All the Pontiff’s Veiled Jabs in New Doc ‘Francesco’
“A person who thinks only of building walls is not Christian,” the pope says is the film, which director Evgeny Afineesvky wants Americans to see before the election
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‘Wolfwalkers,’ ’76 Days’ Win Audience Awards at AFI Fest 2020
By moving almost all of its screenings to a virtual platform, the festival drew the largest audience in its history
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Oscars Documentary Race Looks Robust Despite the Pandemic
Here’s the list of docs that are already available to voters in a year when new rules make it easier for films to qualify
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How Bruce Springsteen’s Director Helped Bruce Explore Rock ‘n’ Death in ‘Letter to You’
“I got to film and witness the E Street Band go to a place that I never thought I’d see,” director Thom Zimny says of his new documentary
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‘Coming Home Again’ Film Review: Wayne Wang’s Family Drama Packs a Quiet Punch
Even at a running time of less than 90 minutes, the new film from the director of “The Joy Luck Club” requires patience but rewards that patience
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Oscar Predictions: Why 2020 Could Be the Year Underdogs Have a Real Shot
Will the peculiar circumstances of 2020 persuade voters to step outside their comfort zones?
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USC Leads With 2 Gold Medals at 2020 Student Academy Awards
Rhode Island School of Design, NYU and schools from Germany, Norway and Estonia also take top prizes at virtual ceremony
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See ‘Bill & Ted’ Star Alex Winter’s Insane NYU Student Film, ‘Squeal of Death’ (Video)
The short film by Winter and Tom Stern, which caught the eye of director Sam Raimi, is “a magnum opus of insanity,” says Winter
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After ‘Parasite’ and ‘Roma,’ What Can the Oscars International Race Do for an Encore?
On the heels of two of the most successful non-English films in Oscar history, the category is facing a year of production halts and theater closings
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Oscars International Entries, 2020: The Complete List
See the full list of submitted films to date, with descriptions and links to trailers
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AFI Fest Kicks Off ‘Very Weird’ Virtual Event With Rachel Brosnahan’s ‘I’m Your Woman’
But the star of the opening-night film says it was also “very, very special”
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DOC NYC Festival Lineup Includes Documentaries About Everybody From Pope Francis to Frank Zappa
The lineup for the festival, which runs from Nov. 11 through Nov. 19 and will take place completely online, includes 23 world premieres
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‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Film Review: Aaron Sorkin’s Vital Drama Delivers Both Talk and Action
Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Redmayne and Mark Rylance star in the urgent political drama that is set in the 1960s but feels oddly current
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‘Belushi’ Film Review: Celebratory Documentary Can’t Escape John Belushi’s Sad End
It can be thrilling to watch Belushi in action, but even the funniest clips come with a sense of doom and foreboding
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‘Time’ Film Review: Elegant Doc Focuses on Families Affected by Incarceration
You could call Garrett Bradley’s doc a film about crime and justice, but it’s really a film about humanity
