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When Michael B. Jordan Stepped Into the Directorial Ring • His producing partner reflects on the development process for Creed III, which saw the actor-producer head behind the camera while maintaining peak fighting form: ‘I’m not quite sure how Michael fit it all in’

Docs That Double Dip • These international Oscar submissions could also make waves in the documentary race

Drama On and Off the Race Track • For Ferrari editor Pietro Scalia and his veteran team, scenes away from the action — at the opera and at home — infused Michael Mann’s latest with emotion and authenticity

Twists and Turns, But Full Speed Ahead • Post-Thanksgiving, THR’s awards analyst looks at how events like the Gotham Awards switched up the contenders

PAST LIVES • For her tale of childhood soulmates who reconnect later in life, playwright turned first-time filmmaker Celine Song employed a number of unique, behind-the-scenes ‘exercises’ to ensure that her actors hit just the right notes

A Love Letter to the 1950s American Southwest • OSCAR WINNER ADAM STOCKHAUSEN ON THE VISUAL DETAILS OF WES ANDERSON’S ASTEROID CITY, WHICH LEANED INTO THE FILM’S STAGE SETTING TO PRESENT A VIBRANT VISION OF THE REGION

The Busiest Composer in the World • FROM POPULAR FARE (QUEEN CHARLOTTE AND HAUNTED MANSION) TO AWARDS CONTENDERS (THE COLOR PURPLE AND ORIGIN) — NOT TO MENTION DIRECTING A DOC SHORT — KRIS BOWERS BRINGS TOGETHER STORIES AND CHARACTERS IN HIS SCORES

Coming to Grief Via Uber • DIRECTOR MISAN HARRIMAN AND STAR DAVID OYELOWO (WHO PLAYS A RIDESHARE DRIVER) REFLECT ON THEIR STIRRING STORY OF MOURNING IN NETFLIX’S THE AFTER

Transforming Worlds — and Faces — With Visual Effects • THE CREATOR, GUARDIANS 3 AND COCAINE BEAR ARE AMONG THE MOVIES VYING FOR A PLACE ON THE OSCARS SHORTLIST

15 Toons With ’Tude • IN AS FEW AS FIVE MINUTES, THESE ANIMATED SHORTS TACKLE SUBJECTS LIGHT AND DARK, FROM RAPPING WITH A PET DOG TO GENERATIONAL TRAUMA

The Chaos of Battle, the Tones of Unseen Tragedy • SOUND PROS BEHIND SOME OF THE OSCAR SEASON’S MAJOR CONTENDERS TALK ABOUT GOING BIG WHEN NECESSARY — AND QUIET WHEN REQUIRED

School of Frocks, Jocks and Shocks • THIS OSCAR SEASON OFFERS INTERGENERATIONAL SPINS ON STUDENTS’ DRESS CODES, FROM THE ’60S IN PRISCILLA TO THE ’70S IN THE HOLDOVERS TO THE AUGHTS IN SALTBURN

From Punk to Posh: Josephine’s Wild Hair Days • IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S HISTORICAL EPIC NAPOLEON, EMPRESS JOSEPHINE’S LOOK EVOLVES IN WAYS THAT REFLECT HER RISING POWER

‘We Wanted to Paint With the Light and Write With the Camera’ • DPs Hoyte van Hoytema (Oppenheimer), Rodrigo Prieto (Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon), Cristina Dunlap (American Fiction), Shabier Kirchner (Past Lives), Dan Laustsen (The Color Purple, John Wick: Chapter 4) and Lukasz Zal (The Zone of Interest) discuss their ‘happy accidents,’ cinematic shorthand and the Barbenheimer phenomenon at THR’s Cinematographer Roundtable

Yentl Made Winners of Barbra and Marilyn Bergman