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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Director of Oscar Entry ‘Hive’ Explains Why Kosovo Has Become a Hotbed for Strong Female Filmmakers
TheWrap magazine: “It’s a case of being inspired by one another,” says Blerta Basholli, the third woman in four years to represent the country at the Oscars
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Details His ‘Hectic’ 2021: 4 Movies and a Bunch of Oscar Song Contenders
TheWrap magazine: “I can withstand a certain amount of hectic, but it all kinda got crushed into one year,” the prolific actor, director and songwriter says
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How Billie Eilish Overcame ‘Performance Anxiety’ to Write a James Bond Song
TheWrap magazine: “The pressure we put on ourselves was pretty crazy,” says Eilish of writing the Grammy-winning song for “No Time to Die” with her brother Finneas
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Inside Brian Wilson’s Autobiographical Song for the Doc ‘Long Promised Road’
TheWrap magazine: Co-writer James explains how he based the lyrics to “Right Where I Belong” on old interviews Wilson had given
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‘Encounter’ Film Review: Riz Ahmed Shines in Confused Sci-Fi Hybrid
The star is the best thing about Michael Pearce’s film, which mixes “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” with a more serious character study
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How Costa Rican Drama ‘Clara Sola’ Became Like ‘Carrie Meets Cinderella in Latin America’
TheWrap magazine: “Both films have a very juicy release or explosion,” director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén says
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With ‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds,’ Chad’s Top Director Hopes to Change How His Country Views Abortion
TheWrap magazine: “I’m used to making films about men, but I knew I had to become a spokesman for these women,” Mahamat-Saleh Haroun says
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How International Breakout Star Renate Reinsve Learned to ‘Surrender to the Chaos’
TheWrap magazine: The Norwegian star of the Oscar favorite “The Worst Person in the World” says “it’s impossible to wrap my head around” the attention she’s received for the film
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How the Pope Francis Doc ‘Francesco’ Helped the Director Recover From Trauma
TheWrap magazine: “I wanted to find the positive side of humanity,” director Evgeny Afineevsky says of the film he made after documenting war and the refugee crisis
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Asghar Farhadi on How COVID Left a Mark on His Oscar Contender ‘A Hero’
TheWrap magazine: The Iranian director was able to erase physical signs of the pandemic, but the delays gave him months more in the rehearsal time he loves
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Why Mexican Oscar Entry ‘Prayers for the Stolen’ Avoided Scenes of Graphic Drug Violence
TheWrap magazine: “In Mexico, we’re very much contaminated by (violent) images we see constantly,” director Tatiana Huezo says
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You Can Tell It’s Oscar Season Because Diane Warren Has a New Song in the Race
TheWrap magazine: “I wanted to write a song about hope,” 12-time nominee says of “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days”
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How Dan Stevens Simulated ‘the Strangeness of Humanity’ to Play a German Robot in ‘I’m Your Man’
TheWrap magazine: “He knows everything except the intricacies of human nature,” Stevens says of the android he plays in the German-language comedy
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2022 Palm Springs Film Festival to Feature 129 Films, Appearances by Kristen Stewart and Jane Campion
The 2022 festival will return with a lineup of movies from 70 countries
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Why Todd Haynes Never Wanted to Leave the Editing Room Making ‘The Velvet Underground’
TheWrap magazine: “I love cutting, and it was all I ever wanted to do for the rest of my life, basically,” the director says of his documentary about the groundbreaking band
