Steve Pond

An unusually large influx of new voters this year came from agents finally getting the right to vote

“I was living in a crappy apartment in Hollywood, looking at the streets and observing things around me, and there it was,” says the writer-director

AMPAS also unveiled the 27 contenders in the Best Animated Feature category, which fell short of a new record

Christopher Nolan’s mindbending drama is the most notable absence from a viewing platform that has now earned the Academy $2.5 million

“First Cow” and “Bad Education” were also nominated for the award, which goes to the screenwriter and the author of the material on which the film or television program is based

As usual, Sundance’s nonfiction films are the ones that are likeliest to be in the awards race a year from now

For the most part, the nominations lacked the left-field choices that often make the Spirit Awards so unpredictable and offbeat in the nomination round

“Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Soul” are also on a list that is heavily weighted toward films that deal with the Black experience in America

TheWrap magazine: “Let’s hope that the fact that communities are being galvanized can make progress toward a change in the American psyche,” Sam Pollard says

TheWrap magazine: “If we don’t make the kids’ lives easier, we are destroying our own future,” says director Magid Magidi

TheWrap magazine: “Everyone can feel the terror of this moment, and I thought as a director I don’t need to emphasize anything,” says director Dea Kulumbegashvili

TheWrap magazine: Jones recounts how his brother, an ex-Marine and combat veteran, read the script to Rod Lurie’s immersive Afghanistan drama and made the choice for him

TheWrap magazine: “I wanted you to compare the film to what the world actually is,” says director Lijo Jose Pellisserry of his film that descends in rampaging chaos

TheWrap magazine: “We have so many challenges and dangers with authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, and filmmakers cannot pretend that it is not going on,” says Agnieszka Holland