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Elon Musk Is Hacking German Politics, and the Berlin Film Festival May Pay the Price

Extremist issues, not the movies, could (once again) be the focus at this year’s Berlinale, and the billionaire broligarch is fanning the flames: “Musk’s actions are quite without precedent.”

German politics

How the ‘Dune: Part Two’ Sound Team Created the Sonics of Sand Worms and a “Planet of Bloodthirsty Lunatics”

Supervising sound editor Richard King, nominated for an Oscar for the film, explains why he didn’t — and couldn’t — inherit a sound library for the sequel.

Feyd-Rautha (Austin Butler) fighting an Atreides warrior on Giedi Prime in Dune: Part Two.

Scott Derrickson Explains Why He Needed to Make ‘The Gorge’ Before ‘The Black Phone 2’

The action-romance film starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller comes just eight months before his horror sequel, which he calls “a high school coming-of-age movie.”

Scott Derrickson

A $10M Budget Didn’t Stop ‘The Brutalist’ Production Designer Judy Becker From Leaning Into the Film’s Titular Architectural Style

The Oscar-nominated pro also reveals what set design she couldn’t quite figure out at first.

A postwar chair sits in the middle of the library that production designer Judy Becker sketched out while location scouting at a mansion in Hungary.

‘Nosferatu’ Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke on Shooting the “Romantic” Film to Look as If It Were Basked in Moonlight

The director of photography also talks about about the challenges he faced on the Robert Eggers film.

Nicholas Hoult (left) and cinematographer Jarin Blaschke filming the crossroads scene in Nosferatu.

The Second Coming of Ariana Grande

She started on Nickelodeon, before becoming a global pop sensation. Now, Grande is back in Hollywood, and the 'Wicked' star has major Oscar buzz — and a whole lot of movie offers.

Beneath all of it is just a girl from Boca who loves art, says Ariana Grande, who was photographed Jan. 27 in New York. Styling by Mimi Cuttrell Schiaparelli dress; Irene Neuwirth earrings.

Will ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Give Franchise Its First VFX Oscar?

Despite their groundbreaking and jaw-dropping visual effects work, the Apes movies have yet to win a best VFX Oscar. Will this year’s 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' at last break through?

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes with an Oscar

‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Directors on Why Stop-Motion Animation Excites Them: “You Never Quite Know What You’re Going to Get”

Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham, now Oscar-nominated for the film, also discuss unlocking a superpower of Britishness and why Netflix was the right home for the movie.

Feathers McGraw, a legend from the Wallace and Gromit lore.

Mindy Kaling on How Being a Minor Art Collector Led Her to Producing Oscar-Nominated Short ‘Anuja’

The 22-minute film was directed by Adam J. Graves in collaboration with his wife, South Asian artist Suchitra Mattai.

Anuja

Hollywood Flashback: When ‘Wallace & Gromit’ First Battled an Evil Penguin

The 1993 stop-motion animated short film ‘The Wrong Trousers’ first introduced audiences to Feathers McGraw, who returns in last year’s ‘Vengeance Most Fowl.’

Wallace and his trusty dog Gromit try to bring Feathers McGraw to justice in The Wrong Trousers, which won the best animated short Oscar in 1994.

‘Nickel Boys’ Writer-Director RaMell Ross Talks Reinventing a Point of View

Ross walks THR through a protagonist POV scene in which Elwood, the film’s main character, first catches a glimpse of his new home at reform school after being accused of stealing a car.

In this scene in Nickel Boys — shot from the perspective of protagonist Elwood — he sees a student on the Nickel Academy campus while seated in the back of a police car.

‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ Director: Our World’s Problems Go Well Beyond Trump and the Republicans

The “extraction economy” is to blame for many social ills, says Johan Grimonprez.

A scene from Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, nominated for a documentary Oscar.

Bloody Horror in Black and White: ‘Nosferatu’ Director Interviews Danish Oscar Contender (Exclusive Video)

Robert Eggers and 'The Girl With the Needle' filmmaker Magnus von Horn discuss using period detail and practical effects to bring out the terror in their Oscar contenders.

(clockwise from top): 'The Girl With the Needle,' Magnus von Horn, Robert Eggers

How ‘Heart Eyes’ Has Helped Director Josh Ruben Heal After Losing His Home in the L.A. Wildfires

The filmmaker was just weeks away from moving into his first home when the Eaton Fire took it. Now, the warm reception to his slasher romcom is helping him and his wife move forward after their "dream was shattered.”

Josh Ruben attends a special Beyond Fest screening of Screen Gems and Spyglass Media Group's Heart Eyes at Aero Theatre on February 04, 2025 in Santa Monica, California.

‘Wicked’ Production Designer Nathan Crowley on Planting Barley and 9 Million Tulips to Create Oz

The Oscar-nominated production designer was tasked with transporting audiences to the whimsical world using as little VFX as possible.

The Emerald City was the biggest challenge for production designer Nathan Crowley on Wicked — and also his favorite set.

Oscar Studios Are Taking a Lot Fewer Risks Than They Used to

The big awards companies like to tout their dice-rolling. Eye them skeptically.

From left: The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez and No Other Land

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