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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‘Where Is Anne Frank’ Film Review: Animated Feature Puts Holocaust Heroine in Timely Fantasy
Cannes 2021: “Waltz With Bashir” director Ari Folman has made another sophisticated animated film that tells a wartime story to which the filmmaker has a personal connection
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‘Lingui, The Sacred Bonds’ Film Review: Rare African Cannes Drama Is a Showcase for Actresses
Cannes 2021: Achouackh Abakar Souleymane and Rihane Khalil Alio shine in Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s subtle film about women in a hostile culture
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What Happened to the Films Selected for Last Year’s Cannes Film Festival?
Cannes 2021: The 2020 festival was canceled, but many of the five dozen films chosen by Cannes last year made a mark, and two won Oscars
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Cannes Critics Week Celebrates 60 Years of Finding New Filmmakers
Cannes 2021: Directors who first came to Cannes via the International Critics Week sidebar include Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro G. Inarritu and Bernardo Bertolucci
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Mark Cousins Included 90 Movies in His ‘Story of Film’ – But Couldn’t Fit This Daniel Radcliffe Title
Cannes 2021: The documentary is missing Russian movies, horror movies, and one Radcliffe film
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No Hugs, Masked Mugs and More Movies: A Guide to Cannes Under COVID Protocols
TheWrap magazine: It’ll be a Cannes Film Festival like no other — here are the reasons why
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Leslie Odom Jr., Maria Bakalova and Steven Yeun Among 395 Invited to Join Oscars Academy
Emerald Fennell, Laverne Cox and Robert Pattinson are also on the scaled-down list of new member invitations
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Oscars Keep Streaming Releases Eligible for One More Year
Because of the continuing impact of the pandemic, films will still be able to qualify even if they never get theatrical releases
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s Return to Include Tribute to Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation
The long-running Central European festival announced its lineup after cancelling last year’s event because of the pandemic
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Sorry, Emmy Contenders – Fewer Actors Will Get Nominations This Year
Under the Television Academy’s current rules, fewer entries means fewer nominees — and this year’s pandemic-fueled drop is particularly pronounced in the performer categories
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‘Summer of Soul’ Film Review: Questlove’s Vibrant Concert Film Captures a Pivotal Harlem Moment
The documentary finds politics and music inextricably linked, with culture flowing from the church to the street to the concert stage
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Film Academy’s Board of Governors Election Sets New Record for Women on Board
For the first time ever, there are more women than men on the 54-person board
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Tops Critics Choice Real TV Awards, Again
The reality show won in the competition category for the third consecutive year, although this time it shared the award with “The Great British Baking Show”
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‘Pose’ Creator Steven Canals on Life After His Groundbreaking Show: ‘I’m Greedy and I Want More’
TheWrap magazine: “I want to see whose stories are not being told, and allow that to inform my next project,” he says
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‘The Sparks Brothers’ Film Review: Edgar Wright Makes Playful Documentary About Elusive Band Sparks
Wright tackles the idiosyncratic, influential band without ever giving away too much or losing an air of mystery
