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‘What a Way to Spend a Day’: How Tick, Tick … Boom! Revealed the Power of Collaboration • Six years after setting out to make Jonathan Larson’s musical into a film, a producer learned that the biggest reward is not the milestone of having finished a project — it’s the moments of creation that fuel the work
‘She’s Sexy, She’s Badass. She’s Definitely a Shocker’ • Makeup and hairstyling department heads reveal the inspirations (Alice Cooper) and challenges (all that water) of creating Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn look in The Suicide Squad
The Last Push Before Oscar Nomination Voting • THR’s awards expert looks at a flurry of announcements before Academy members begin weighing in Jan. 27
Yes, I Did Say That! • A look at who’s saying what in the awards race
Going ‘Far Down a Rabbit Hole’ of Collegiate Rowing • The Novice star Isabelle Fuhrman and writer-director Lauren Hadaway talk about the physical and mental challenges of the psychological thriller that drove the actress to her own limits: ‘We’re not going to have a [rowing] double’
BREAKING GROUND AND BREAKING HEARTS • CODA’s Troy Kotsur has earned raves — and a historic SAG Award nomination — for his supporting turn in the Apple TV+ drama
‘GOOD GRIEF, I’M NOT OLD ENOUGH!’ • Judi Dench admits she was surprised when colleague Kenneth Branagh asked her to play his grandmother in his autobiographical Belfast
RESPECT THE HUSTLE, NOT THE HUSTLER • Director Sean Baker opens up about his latest feature, Red Rocket, which explores the ‘moral gray areas’ of a charismatic antihero played by Simon Rex
WILL THIS FINALLY BE A MORE DIVERSE YEAR FOR COSTUME DESIGN? • This season sees a strong lineup of BIPOC designers who could join the elite group of winners: ‘There’s a new guard, and it’s going to continue to blossom.’ Plus, industry insiders lay out what needs to change to move toward more equitable representation
COSTUME DESIGNERS WITH OSCAR-WINNING PERSPECTIVES • Only five BIPOC designers have won the Academy Award for best costume design
WORLD-BUILDING INSIDE A VIDEO GAME • Visual effects supervisor Swen Gillberg scanned star Ryan Reynolds ‘every which way you can imagine’ for Free Guy, an action comedy set inside a multiplayer role-playing game
SPECIAL EFFECTS IS THE FAMILY BUSINESS • This year’s visual effects shortlisted talent includes brothers Paul Corbould (Black Widow), Neil Corbould (Eternals) and Chris Corbould (No Time to Die)
FROM STORYBOARD TO SCREEN • Editors of animated features Flee, Luca, The Mitchells vs. The Machines and Vivo describe the unique process of crafting an animated story and how it differs from live-action moviemaking
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THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
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GOING BACK IN TIME TO CAMELOT • Moving away from medieval ‘gritty’ and ‘grainy,’ The Green Knight cinematographer Andrew Droz Palermo and production designer Jade Healy employed an expressive color palette for writer-director David Lowery’s contemporary take on an Arthurian tale
HOW CYRANO CAPTURED ROMANTIC SICILIAN LIGHT • For Joe Wright’s musical retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac, cinematographer Seamus McGarvey took inspiration from the film’s Italian location
THE SONIC SIGNATURES OF ‘THE BLACK WEST’ • Frequent collaborators Jeymes Samuel and Jay-Z open up about their original song ‘Guns Go Bang’ from Netflix’s The Harder They Fall and the connective tissue between music and film
REVERBERATIONS FROM THE PAST • Supervising sound editors Dane A. Davis and...