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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Who’s Going to Win the Golden Globes, and Should We Care?
The Globes have new owners, new voters, the same old name – and a spotty record of predicting what will do well in awards season
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Are Gender-Neutral Acting Categories Biased Against Women?
An examination of five groups that have implemented the categories in the last three years reveals an unusual tilt
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‘A Complete Unknown’: How Its Designers Brought Back Greenwich Village – and Bob Dylan’s Skinny Jeans
TheWrap magazine: “We’re not making a documentary, but we’re trying to excavate the essence of Dylan,” costume designer Arianne Phillips says
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Claustrophobic Cinematography: Inside the Dark, Cramped Shooting of ‘September 5’
TheWrap magazine: “We thought, let’s do the best we can in these 27 days in what basically felt like a submarine,” Markus Förderer says
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‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ ‘I’m Still Here’ Advance to Oscars International Shortlist
Other films on the 15-film list include “The Girl With the Needle,” “Vermiglio” and “Flow”
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How Many Votes Will It Take to Get an Oscar Nomination in 2025?
With the Academy’s voting membership increasing to 9,905, we have the magic numbers in almost every category
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Action Group Seeks State Inquiry Into Documentary Association for Canceling ‘We Will Dance Again’ Ads | Exclusive
Pens for Swords has asked the California Attorney General to look into the International Documentary Association’s “anti-Israeli discrimination”
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A Sea Battle in the Desert? Ridley Scott Made It Happen in ‘Gladiator II’
TheWrap magazine: Special effects supervisor Neil Corbould says he left the first meeting with the director thinking, “How the hell are we going to pull this off?”
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Hairy Styles: How ‘Planet of the Apes,’ ‘Better Man’ and ‘Sasquatch Sunset’ Got All Hirsute on Us
TheWrap magazine: The visual effects and makeup artists talk about how they dealt with all those bad hair days
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Classic Vietnam War Film ‘Hearts and Minds’ to Receive Cinema Eye Honors’ Legacy Award
The 1974 anti-war documentary was both influential and controversial when it was released during the final stages of the war
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Producers Guild Nominates ‘Super/Man,’ ‘We Will Dance Again’ for Top Documentary Award
Other nominees include “Gaucho Gaucho,” “Mediha,” “Porcelain War” and “Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa”
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Will Sensible Golden Globes Nominations Be Enough to Let Hollywood Shrug Off the Scandals?
If the industry really wants to look the other way re: the Globes’ past, this year’s nominations gave them a reason to play along
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‘Anora’ Named Best Film of 2024 by Los Angeles Film Critics
Acting awards go to Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov and Kieran Culkin
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Israeli-Palestinian Film ‘No Other Land’ Wins at IDA Documentary Awards
Other winners include “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” “Queendom” and “Black Box Diaries”
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AFI Names ‘Anora,’ ‘Wicked’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ on Annual Top 10 List
The list of 2024’s best films also includes “Conclave,” “Nickel Boys,” “The Brutalist,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Sing Sing,” “A Complete Unknown” and “A Real Pain”
