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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Academy Screening Room Nears 150 Films for Voters to Watch – but It’s Missing Some Major Contenders
“Anora” and “The Brutalist” are two of the top movies that have yet to be added to the screening platform for Oscar voters
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Composer Harry Gregson-Williams’ Job on ‘Gladiator II’: 100 Minutes of New Music, and a Little Bit of Hans Zimmer
TheWrap magazine: The exchange came with the composer’s plans to incorporate a bit of Hans Zimmer’s theme from the first “Gladiator”
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Volker Bertelmann’s Key to Writing the Score for ‘Conclave’: Religious Music, But Nasty
TheWrap magazine: The German composer turned to a rare French instrument from the 1950s that can sound religious but also distorted
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‘Nickel Boys’ Is the Big Winner in African American Film Critics’ Honorary Awards for 2025
RaMell Ross’ film will receive three separate awards at two different ceremonies, while “The Piano Lesson” will receive two
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Why Marianne Jean-Baptiste Wanted to Hit Her Character in ‘Hard Truths’
TheWrap magazine: The Oscar-nominated actress reunites with her “Secrets & Lies” director Mike Leigh for a stirring, hard-to-swallow performance
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Kirsten Dunst on Working With Husband Jesse Plemons in ‘Civil War’: ‘We Didn’t Talk Until We Were Done’
TheWrap magazine: “I gave him his space, and I think it was so disturbing for him to play that role,” she says of Plemons’ terrifying performance
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‘Blitz’ and ‘The Outrun’ Star Saoirse Ronan Reveals the One Thing That Tells Her She Has to Do a Movie
TheWrap magazine: “I still have a visceral reaction, and that hasn’t changed in all the years that I’ve done this,” says the actress who began her career before she was 10
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‘Wicked’ Leads Nominations for Astra Film Awards
The hit musical picks up a record 19 nominations from the group formerly known as the Hollywood Critics Association
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All the 2024 Movies Eligible for Best Animated, International and Documentary Film at the 97th Oscars
There are 31 animated films, 85 international films and 169 documentaries competing in this year’s Academy Awards
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‘Sugarcane’ Leads 40th IDA Documentary Awards Nominations
The film about the abuse of Indigenous children also led the Cinema Eye Honors and Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations
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‘Sugarcane’ Leads All Documentaries in Nominations for Cinema Eye Honors
“Dahomey,” “No Other Land” also receive multiple nominations from New York-based doc organization
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Rachel Morrison Charts Her Journey From Film School to Oscar History
TheWrap magazine: “The second a woman second-guesses herself even for a millisecond, she’s quick to be labeled indecisive,” says the Oscar-nominated director of “The Fire Inside”
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85 Films Competing in Oscars International Race, the Smallest Field in 9 Years
41 of the films are in a members-only online Academy Screening Room for voters, who have been separated into seven groups
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‘Girls State,’ ‘Ren Faire’ Lead Cinema Eye Honors Broadcast Nominations
The New York-based documentary organization also named 16 nominees for its Audience Choice Award
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‘Dahomey,’ ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’ Make Shortlist for IDA Documentary Awards
Other films on the International Documentary Association’s list include “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,” “Sugarcane” and “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
