
Steve Pond
Executive Editor at The Wrap
Writer, journalist, pundit, awards guy at https://t.co/kSMVqosJsC. Rock writer back in the day.
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3 weeks ago |
thewrap.com | Steve Pond
April 21, 2025 @ 11:00 AM Oscar voters will no longer be able to cast final ballots in categories in which they haven’t seen all of the nominees, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday. The new rule is the most significant in a group of regulations approved by the AMPAS Board of Governors for the 98th Academy Awards, which will take place in March 2026.
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4 weeks ago |
thewrap.com | Steve Pond
Eighteen features and 10 short films will be in the lineup of the independent Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Directors’ Fortnight organizers announced at a press conference on Tuesday morning.
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1 month ago |
thewrap.com | Steve Pond
Seven films will compete in the 2025 International Critics Week section at the Cannes Film Festival, Critics Week organizers announced on Monday morning. The films, all from first- and second-time directors, include “Left-Handed Girl” a family film set in Taipei, directed by Shih-Ching and produced and co-edited by reigning Palme d’Or and Oscar Best Picture winner Sean Baker.
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1 month ago |
thewrap.com | Steve Pond
New films from Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater and the Dardenne brothers will premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Cannes organizers announced at a press conference in Paris on Thursday. Anderson will be back in Cannes with”The Phoenician Scheme,” which premiered a baffling trailer at CinemaCon last week. Linklater is heading to France with a bold movie, “Nouvelle Vague,” which tackles the sacred ground of Jean-Luc Godard and the filming of “Breathless” in the 1960s.
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1 month ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Steve Pond
New films from Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater and the Dardenne brothers will premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Cannes organizers announced at a press conference in Paris on Thursday. Anderson will be back in Cannes with”The Phoenician Scheme,” which premiered a baffling trailer at CinemaCon last week. Linklater is heading to France with a bold movie, “Nouvelle Vague,” which tackles the sacred ground of Jean-Luc Godard and the filming of “Breathless” in the 1960s.
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So now the international Oscar has been won by Son of Saul, a Holocaust movie shot entirely in closeup, and The Zone of Interest, one shot without a single closeup.

Congrats to @cordjefferson, whose win at the Scripter Awards tonight lifts him out of the roster of Scripter losers (James Joyce, Malcolm X, Tolstoy, Tolkien, Pynchon, Shakespeare...) to join winners like Jane Austen, Cormac McCarthy & Louisa May Alcott. https://t.co/7R5yGVC6Gj

DGA Awards winners so far: The Bear, Lessons in Chemistry, 20 Days in Mariupol... https://t.co/WbSPKPjFKY