Wrap Magazine
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Will ‘The Walking Dead’ Alum Steven Yeun Help Land South Korea’s First Oscar Nod for ‘Burning’?
OscarWrap Magazine: Lee Chang-dong’s quietly menacing drama about rage may snap the Asian nation’s cold snap with the Academy
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Diane Warren Explains Her Trilogy of Inspirational Movie Songs, From ‘The Hunting Ground’ to ‘RBG’
OscarWrap Songs Special: “I still have my fun songs — but when I can do songs that can have power and motivate someone, I want to do it,” says the nine-time Oscar nominee
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How ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Got Alan Menken to Write the Ultimate Alan Menken Parody
OscarWrap Songs Special: “It’s flattering when they say, ‘Give us something that’s like that thing you did before,’” says the eight-time Oscar winner
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Why Songwriter Keegan DeWitt Couldn’t Write Songs for Nick Offerman in ‘Hearts Beat Loud’
OscarWrap Songs Special: “I lost a whole week before I called the director and said, ‘I don’t know how to do that,’” Keegan DeWitt says of tailoring his music to the comic actor
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‘Roma’ Star Yalitza Aparicio Portraits (Exclusive Photos)
The actress stops by StudioWrap for an interview and photo session
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‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Songwriters on Facing the Pressure of Following a Classic
Oscar songs special: “How could we possibly be as brave or audacious or naïve as we needed to be to take on such a project?” says songwriter Marc Shaiman of his and Scott Wittman’s job on the Rob Marshall film
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How Alfonso Cuarón Brought His Memories to Life in ‘Roma’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “You don’t choose projects, they choose you — it becomes a need, and you go for it,” the director says
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The Key to Israeli Oscar Entry ‘The Cakemaker’: Making Someone Else’s Story Personal
TheWrap foreign magazine: “I took my friend’s story and the story of his widow, and I put my own life into it,” says director Ofir Raul Graizer
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How the Film School Director of ‘Yomeddine’ Turned 2 Illiterate Amateurs Into Actors
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I workshopped them a lot, preparing them about what it’s like to act and to stand in front of the camera,” says first-time director A.B. Shawky
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‘Donbass’ Director: My Film’s Grotesque Corruption Isn’t Just in Ukraine, It Reaches Around the World
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “In America, in Brazil, they elected a man because he was giving a performance and saying the kind of things you could never before say in a civilized society,” says Sergei Loznitsa
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How ‘Crystal Swan’ Told an Edgy Story in a Repressive Country
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “My creative friends in [Belarus] were like, ‘Wow, I’m really amazed that they let you show the film,’” says director Darya Zhuk
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How Palme d’Or Winner ‘Shoplifters’ Made ‘The Invisible People’ Visible
TheWrap foreign magazine: “I think there are many segments of every society that prefer that they remain invisible,” director Hirokazu Kore-eda tells TheWrap
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‘The Guilty’ Offers a Recipe for an Unconventional Thriller: One Location and Lots of Imagination
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “It’s always hard to make suspense work,” says director Gustav Möller of his film that rachets up the tension while never stepping outside a single room
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‘Village Rockstars’ Director Says Her Acting Struggles Helped Her Oscar Contending Film
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I didn’t want them to feel what I was feeling when I was looking for jobs in Bollywood,” says director Rima Das of the young stars of her film
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Why Kosovo’s Gay Rights Film ‘The Marriage’ Shocked Its Own Director When It Was Released
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Director Blerta Zeqiri tells TheWrap she had to be cautious making a film about tolerance in an intolerant society — but she wasn’t expecting the reaction her film received
