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The Oscars Embrace Coming-of-Age Stories • Does the plethora of films about young, bright-eyed characters represent the Academy’s collective nostalgia, or does it indicate a simmering hopeful outlook among Oscar voters?

Looking for Love at the Oscars • The Windshield Wiper writer-director Alberto Mielgo created an animated short contender that examines those tender feelings through a series of vignettes

The 4 Other Contenders for Animated Shorts

Contenders Scramble Ahead of Crunch Time • THR’s awards expert analyzes the activity ahead of the Oscar Nominees Luncheon and the start of final voting

Creating a Woman Who Is Not Just ‘a Plot Device’ • King Richard star Aunjanue Ellis and screenwriter Zach Baylin discuss Ellis’ portrayal of Oracene Price, mother of Venus and Serena Williams

Breaking Genre With Comedy and Tragedy • ‘We got some moves in our bag,’ Adam McKay tells THR about blending comedy with drama in his latest film, Don’t Look Up, which received four Oscar nominations including best picture and best screenplay, alongside co-writer David Sirota

DRIVE MY CAR • Adapting Haruki Murakami is no small task, but Japanese auteur Ryûsuke Hamaguchi managed to infuse his own unique sensibility into the celebrated author’s work — and it’s not even the only movie he made this year: ‘It’s like he’s a bottomless well of ideas’

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT BRUNO (AND OTHER SUPPORTING CHARACTERS) • The filmmakers behind the five Oscar-nominated animated features detail how the looks of these secondary characters reflect the worlds in which their protagonists live

ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL • Spoiler alert! The Oscar-nominated editors who cut Don’t Look Up, Dune, King Richard, The Power of the Dog and Tick, Tick … Boom! reveal how they landed on their films’ conclusions

‘A BALLET BETWEEN THE ACTORS, THE CAMERA AND THE LIGHTING’ • The DPs behind Dune, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, The Tragedy of Macbeth and West Side Story explain how they lensed their Oscar-nominated films

A SENSE OF TIME AND PLACE • Five Oscar-nominated production designers reveal how they settled on their films’ detailed looks and offer the inspirations behind their designs—from classic cinema to urban and scenic landscapes

STEFAN DECHANT, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

TAMARA DEVERELL, NIGHTMARE ALLEY

GRANT MAJOR, THE POWER OF THE DOG

ADAM STOCKHAUSEN, WEST SIDE STORY

PATRICE VERMETTE, DUNE

DETAILED COSTUME DESIGN MAKES THE CASE FOR RETURNING TO THE BIG SCREEN • In celebration of the spectacular, immersive and much-missed in-person theater experience, each of this year’s Oscar nominees — all representing theatrically released features — home in on a poignant costume moment that jumps off the screen

SONIC WORLD-BUILDING • Oscar nominees from Belfast, Dune, No Time to Die, The Power of the Dog and West Side Story describe the approaches to their soundscapes

MAKING EFFECTS AS ‘ENTERTAINING’ AND ‘EYE-POPPING’ AS POSSIBLE • The Oscar-nominated visual effects pros behind this year’s biggest theatrical spectacles explain how they brought their out-of-this-world visions to life

THE PAST, THE FUTURE AND ALTERNATE REALITIES • The Oscar-nominated hair and makeup teams reveal the challenges behind their characters’ looks, from re-creating period hairstyles to designing the aesthetics of fictional kingdoms

HOW TO ‘INVENT INSTRUMENTS AND SOUNDS YOU NEVER HEARD OF’ • cademy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer talks to THR about his epic score for Warner Bros.’ Dune, for which he received his...