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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The Oscars Will Be Earlier Next Year, But the Season Will Be Even Longer
Did the Independent Spirit Awards move to an earlier date because they didn’t want to wait so long for the late-March Oscars?
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‘Joe Bell’ Film Review: Mark Wahlberg Hits the Road to Make You Cry
The earnest drama directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and written by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry is awkward at times, quietly affecting at others
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‘How It Ends’ Film Review: It’s the End of the World as We Know It, and You’ll Feel Fine
Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones’ comedy is like Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia,” but without all the, um, melancholia
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‘Titane’ Wins Palme d’Or in Chaotic Cannes Film Festival Ceremony
Cannes 2021: There were bold choices and a big blunder from jury president Spike Lee – complete list of winners
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Will a Weird Cannes Give Us a Weird Palme d’Or Winner?
Cannes 2021: The movies that have been getting all the buzz aren’t necessarily the ones that’ll meet favor with Spike Lee’s jury
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‘The Restless’ Film Review: Potent Belgian Drama Explores Family Torn Apart by Bipolarity
Cannes 2021: Damien Bonnard is riveting as an artist struggling with the condition, as is Leïla Bekhti as a wife trying to keep the family together
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Emmy Analysis: Voters Get Awfully Lazy in the Acting Categories
Do they really have to give all those nominations to actors from just a handful of shows?
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Emmy Nomination Predictions, Variety and Reality: Look for Familiar Faces, From ‘SNL’ to ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
TheWrap looks at the key races — including a popular category that’s once again in jeopardy
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Emmy Nomination Predictions, Limited Series and Movies: You Don’t Need WandaVision to See a Bloodbath Coming
With “The Queen’s Gambit,” “Mare of Easttown,” “The Underground Railroad” and many more, there’s too much good work and not enough nomination slots
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Emmy Nomination Predictions, Drama: ‘The Crown’ Goes for a Royal Sweep
But “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Lovecraft Country” and “Bridgerton” are among the shows that will try to slow down the British juggernaut
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Emmy Nomination Predictions, Comedy: New Kids (and Jean Smart!) Will Rule
Smart’s “Hacks” and Jason Sudeikis’ “Ted Lasso” have all the heat going into a year short on returning contenders and long on first-year shows
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Cannes So Far: It’s All About the Testing – and the Sexy Nuns, of Course
Cannes 2021: Rumors run rampant, nobody likes spitting in tubes or wearing masks in the heat, and the movies have yet to stand out — but in a way, Cannes is still Cannes
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‘Evolution’ Film Review: ‘Pieces of a Woman’ Filmmakers Offer a Powerful Meditation on Trauma
Cannes 2021: Director Kornél Mundruczó and writer Kata Wéber explore the complicated identity of Jews in and around Germany after World War II
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‘Unclenching the Fists’ and ‘Murina’ Reviews: Cannes Dramas Explore Women’s Struggles for Control
Cannes 2021: Many films at this year’s festival have engaged in a multifaceted conversation about young women around the globe trying to find some agency in their own lives
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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
