The Los Angeles Film Critics Association is meeting on Sunday to vote on and announce its picks for the best films and cinematic achievements of 2025. TheWrap will update the […]
‘One Battle After Another’ Editor Talks Getting “Woozy” Cutting Together that Climactic Car Chase
Paul Thomas Anderson not only revived VistaVision for One Battle After Another, he also directed the best car chase ever in the 8-perf/35mm horizontal format. That’s when Willa (Chase Infiniti) […]
Kristen Stewart, Candidly: On Her Directorial Debut, the Making of ‘Twilight’ and What’s Next
Kristen Stewart loves to cook, but on this Thanksgiving eve, the last thing she wants to serve up is, well, a turkey. Which is why she’s been spending much of […]
How ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Sound Engineer Used Hidden Mics to Capture Bruce’s Isolated Voice
Boom mics, those big puffballs at the end of a long pole, were once the most common method to record movie dialogue. Now small, wireless microphones are ubiquitous on film […]
New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Winners List (Updating Live)
The New York Film Critics Circle is meeting on Tuesday in New York City to vote for the best film achievements of 2025. TheWrap will update the list of winners […]
Gotham Film Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Feature; Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Sweeps
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won the top prize of best feature at the 2025 Gotham Film Awards, and Jafar Panahi had a big night just hours after […]
Nia DaCosta’s Recipe for ‘Hedda’: Mix Ibsen With Race, Sexuality and a Big Party
Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler”dates back to 1891, but writer-director Nia DaCosta (“Little Woods,” “Candyman,” “The Marvels”) pulls it out of 19th-century Norway and drops it into mid-20th-century England. She also […]
Bringing ‘Frankenstein’ to Life: How Did Guillermo del Toro’s Crafts Team Do It?
As a kid, Guillermo del Toro drew pictures of the creature from Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”; as a young filmmaker, he dreamed of making his own version of the tale that […]
Casting Non-Actors and Athletes in Films Like ‘F1,’ ‘The Smashing Machine’ and ‘Marty Supreme’
For the first time in the ceremony’s 98-year history, casting directors will be getting their close-up at the Academy Awards. “Our work is just as important as any other head […]
‘Bugonia,’ ‘Sirat,’ ‘Sound of Falling’ Lead European Film Award Craft Nominations
The European Film Academy announced the nominations for the 2026 European Film Awards in the crafts categories on Wednesday, with Yorgos Lanthimos‘ dark comedy Bugonia, Olivier Laxe’s post-apocalyptic road movie Sirāt, and Mascha Schilinski’s […]