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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‘Blue Bayou’ Film Review: Justin Chon’s Timely Immigration Story Slips From Lyrical to Overwrought
The family drama tackles important U.S. policy issues but gets undercut by the melodrama
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‘The Survivor’ Film Review: A Haunted Ben Foster Dominates Real-Life Drama
Toronto 2021: Barry Levinson most substantial film in years stars Foster as Holocaust survivor Harry Haft
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Toronto So Far: It’s Good to Be Back, but Where’s the Buzz?
Toronto 2021: In a weird year, crowds are deliberately small and nothing has broken out as a sure-fire awards contender
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‘The Year of the Everlasting Storm’ Film Review: Bold Anthology Examines Life in the Pandemic
Seven directors offer wildly different perspectives in this disquieting snapshot of our time
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‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Film Review: Like the Band, the Movie Is Potent and Excessive
Venice Film Festival 2021: Bernard MacMahon’s documentary includes rare interviews with the surviving members of the band
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‘King Richard,’ ‘Cyrano,’ ‘C’mon C’mon’ to Premiere at Telluride Film Festival
The Colorado festival, which announces its lineup the day before it begins, will also include the documentaries “Fauci,” “Becoming Cousteau” and “The Rescue”
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Ethan Hawke on Paul Newman, Marvel and What’s Wrong With Today’s Movies
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: “Paul Schrader says a really great movie starts when you walk out of the theater, but most contemporary movies end when the credits roll,” says the actor
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‘As Far as I Can Walk’ Wins Top Prize at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
The Czech festival also gave awards to “Zatopek” and “Every Single Minute”
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The Films to Watch as the Fall Festivals Kick Off Another Weird Oscar Season
The Venice, Telluride and Toronto fests will still be affected by the pandemic, but a robust selection of contenders will be jockeying for momentum
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‘Mosquito State’ Film Review: Wall Street Needs Some Insecticide in Creepy Drama
Filip Jan Rymsza’s film about a stock analyst who has an unhealthy fascination with mosquitoes will get under your skin, that’s for sure
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Here’s Why Daveed Diggs Won’t Watch the ‘Hamilton’ Movie
TheWrap magazine: Also, the Emmy-nominated star still thinks that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original idea for the landmark production was a bad one
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Mj Rodriguez on the ‘Insane’ Journey of ‘Pose,’ and Trans Representation on TV
TheWrap magazine: “Before they saw me as a trans woman, I wanted them to see my craft,” says the Emmy-nominated actress
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‘Pretend It’s a City’ Is Martin Scorsese’s Second Documentary About Fran Lebowitz, and She Can’t Understand Why
The series may be Emmy-nominated, but Lebowitz thinks it’s ridiculous to make two docs about one person
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‘Every Single Minute’ Film Review: Is This Effective Child-Rearing or Abuse?
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: The documentary about a Czech system of maximizing a child’s potential is studiously neutral about the controversial technique
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‘Lovecraft Country’ Stars Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett Still Can’t Believe They Made Emmy History
TheWrap magazine: “I keep trying to fact-check this thing,” says Smollett of being part of the first pair of Black actors to receive nominations in the two lead drama categories
