Steve Pond
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Oscars International Feature Category Nears 90 Films: Complete List of Entries (So Far) (opens the original)
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The number of entries in the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category is on the verge of hitting 90 as the Sept. 30 submission deadline nears. As of Tuesday, 88 films have been announced as submissions by their countries, passing the total of 86 that qualified last year and making it likely that the total will hit 90 for the first time in four years. The 86 submissions do not include films from 16 countries that took part in the race last year, including regular participants China, South
Where Does the Best Picture Oscar Race Stand After the Lackluster Festivals? (opens the original)
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With the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals in the rearview mirror and the New York Film Festival kicking off on Friday, we should have a pretty good idea of what this year’s awards race will look like. In a way, yes, we should. But after a relatively underwhelming Cannes Film Festival back in May, the September trio of festivals was also underwhelming, and the New York lineup is light on much that could alter the race. So let’s pick through what we’ve seen and what we expect to happen
John Malkovich to Receive Performer of the Year Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival (opens the original)
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John Malkovich will receive the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award at the 2027 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, SBIFF organizers announced on Thursday. Malkovich will receive the award for his performance in Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine,” in which he and Sam Rockwell play CIA agents who travel from Chile to Easter Island in the run-up to the 1973 Chilean coup that overthrew the Salvador Allende government. His comic performance as a man planning to write a book that could sp
‘Love of Your Life’ Review: Margaret Qualley Navigates From Rhapsody to Grief (opens the original)
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Within its first few minutes, Rachel Morrison’s “Love of Your Life” has all the setups of a romantic comedy: Maya and Charlie meet cute when she buys a small desk from him with a stuck drawer; some mild flirtation takes place; Maya drags the desk home, unsticks the drawer, discovers a cassette tape and sticks it in her Walkman and is intrigued by the atmospheric music. Note: This is taking place in 2020. Charlie still saves cassette tapes, and Maya still has a cassette Walkman. Could a romance b
‘Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been’ Review: Classic Singer Gets a Movie Where She's Not in the Background (opens the original)
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To some music fans, one of the curious things about the Oscar-winning documentary “20 Feet From Stardom” was the decision to include Darlene Love in that film about background singers. Love, after all, was the lead singer on classic hits like “He’s a Rebel,” “A Fine, Fine Boy,” “He’s Sure the Boy I Love” and many others – she didn’t get the credit she deserved but she was one of the great lead singers in rock and soul history, so what was she doing in a doc about background vocalists? One answer
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