Awards reporter • joe.mcgovern@thewrap.com • @jmcgvrn
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Could This Indie Drama Starring Andrea Riseborough Still Sneak Into the Oscar Race?
Riseborough’s gritty work in “To Leslie” has already earned the support of Gwyneth Paltrow, Edward Norton and Mia Farrow
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‘Triangle of Sadness’ Star Dolly De Leon ‘Doesn’t Feel Invisible’ After Critical Acclaim for Her Daring Performance
TheWrap magazine: The Manila-based awards contender discusses Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winning comedy
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Tim Burton, Ben Stiller, Jason Bateman Among Directors Guild Awards’ TV Nominees
The DGA also announced its documentary nominations, among them Oscar contenders “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” and “Fire of Love”
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‘Triangle of Sadness’ Clip: See How a Maid Turns a Male Model Into Her Concubine (Exclusive Video)
Harris Dickinson and Golden Globe nominee Dolly De Leon appear in this scene from the Palme d’Or-winning comedy
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How ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’ Costume Designer Created New Gowns ‘In the Spirit of Christian Dior’
TheWrap magazine: Three-time Oscar winner Jenny Beavan (“Cruella,” “Mad Max: Fury Road”) explains how she added her own touch to classic designs
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How ‘The Fabelmans’ Pieced Together Steven Spielberg’s Childhood With Editors Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar
TheWrap magazine: The longtime Spielberg collaborators recall the filmmaker telling them to cut one scene “really poorly” for novice authenticity
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From ‘The Whale’ to ‘Babylon,’ How Production Designers Created Power and Emotion Using Single Locations
Four renowned production designers talk about the challenge of building memorable sets, including a movie theater, hotel room and castle party
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‘The Batman’ and ‘Wakanda Forever’ Land Oscars Shortlists for Makeup, Visual Effects and Sound
The Academy also unveiled semifinalists in the documentary, international film, and shorts categories
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Can You Spot the Fake Horses? ‘RRR’ Visual Effects Team Breaks Down How Hundreds of Animals Were Created
“You can challenge anyone to pick out the live horses from the digital horses,” VFX supervisor Pete Draper tells TheWrap
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Watch How ‘Babylon’ Production Designer Florencia Martin Re-Created Old Hollywood in the Desert (Exclusive Video)
Oscar-winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”) admits that he put Martin through an “insane challenge” for his latest feature
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‘Retrograde’ Director Describes the ‘Sheer Scope of Desperation’ as Afghanistan Fell to the Taliban
TheWrap magazine: “I had to keep wiping my tears off my camera lens,” says Oscar-nominated filmmaker Matthew Heineman (“Cartel Land,” “A Private War”)
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‘War Sailor’ Director on How Conversation With His Daughter Inspired the World War II Film
TheWrap magazine: Gunnar Vikene’s drama about one man’s unrelenting experience at sea is the most expensive film ever made by Norway
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‘All That Breathes’ Director Shaunak Sen on Breaking Nature Doc Clichés While Filming Hospitalized Birds
TheWrap magazine: “Birds popping up in every nook and cranny is so inherently cinematic,” the Delhi-based filmmaker says
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Why ‘Good Night Oppy’ Is Inspiring a Future Generation of Astronauts: ‘That Is Just a Whole Other Level of Amazingness’
TheWrap Screening Series: Two NASA engineers join director Ryan White and producer Jessica Hargrave reflect on their Mars rover film’s impact
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How ‘Fire of Love’ Doc Captured the Larger-Than-Life Spirit of Famed Volcanologists
TheWrap magazine: “The more we learned, and the more imagery we saw, we were just blown away — forgive the pun,” says director Sara Dosa
