Oscars
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‘The Batman’ and ‘Wakanda Forever’ Land Oscars Shortlists for Makeup, Visual Effects and Sound
The Academy also unveiled semifinalists in the documentary, international film, and shorts categories
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Oscars Visual Effects Race Heats Up With a Multiverse of Movie Magic at Every Budget
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” present extreme examples of VFX styles
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How ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Composer Created Those ‘Disturbing’ Sounds of War
TheWrap magazine: Volker Bertelmann says he used drums and harmoniums to make military sounds like shooting bullets
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‘Last Flight Home’ Director on Filming Her Father Before His Medically Assisted Death
TheWrap magazine: Ondi Timoner says turning on the cameras during her dad’s final days “suddenly became so valuable to everyone”
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‘Navalny’ Director Daniel Roher: Imprisoned Russian Opposition Leader’s Impact on History is Unfulfilled
TheWrap magazine: “It’s very, very sad to know that (Alexei Navalny) has never seen our film and he may never see our film,” the filmmaker says
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Why the ‘Darkling’ Director Chose to Show the Kosovo Crisis Through the Eyes of a Child
TheWrap Screening Series: Dušan Milić’s drama, which is Serbia’s Oscar entry, follows a family emotionally scarred by the war between Yugoslavia and Albania
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‘Return to Seoul’ Director Davy Chou on What It Means to Live Between Two Cultures
TheWrap magazine: Chou’s film, about a woman struggling to figure out who she is and where she belongs, is Cambodia’s Oscar entry
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‘Holy Spider’ Director Ali Abbasi Says Protests in Iran Have Made His Film About Murdered Sex Workers ‘Part of a Bigger Thing’
TheWrap magazine: “The magnitude of what’s happening in Iran, it’s so huge that I forget about the movie sometimes,” Abbasi says
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Director Laura Poitras Was Intimidated to Work With ‘Incredibly Brave’ Artist Nan Goldin on Doc ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’
TheWrap magazine: “Both in the process of this film and in her own work, she goes to a place that rarely artists go to, in terms of vulnerability and honesty,” Poitras told TheWrap
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‘Cinema Sabaya’ Director on Bridging the Israeli-Palestinian Divide Through the Female Gaze (Video)
TheWrap Screenings: Orit Fouks Rotem was joined by cast and crew to discuss their film, which is Israel’s Oscar submission
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‘The Woman King’ Cast on the Long ‘Fight’ to Make Their Blockbuster
TheWrap magazine: “To finally get it made, to finally have your feet on the soil of South Africa, was really close to a miracle,” Viola Davis says
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‘Saint Omer’ Director Alice Diop on How Her Film About Infanticide Explores the ‘Mystery That Is the Human Soul’
TheWrap magazine: Diop based her first fiction film, which is France’s submission to the Oscars, on a tragic real-life story
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Oscars 2023 Will Air All 23 Categories Live
The 2022 telecast cut eight categories, drawing controversy, disapproval and handwringing
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Joe Jonas on Writing the Song ‘Not Alone’ for ‘Devotion’: ‘It Was Exciting, but Also Overwhelming’
TheWrap Magazine: “I’d been trying to separate the two passions of mine, acting and music, but this project was so dear to my heart that I wanted to do it,” Jonas says
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How ‘RRR’ Composers Wrote the Euphoric, Show-Stopping Tune ‘Naatu Naatu’
TheWrap magazine: The insanely catchy song would be the first Indian-composed nominee in the Best Original Song category in 14 years
