Bill Desowitz
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‘Cocaine Bear’: How Wētā FX Crafted the Funny and Ferocious Cokie the Bear
Wētā VFX studied the Oscar-nominated bear from “The Revenant” — and believe they surpassed it with their coke-fueled, rampaging, sympathetic Cokie. → Read More
Oscars 2023: Here’s How ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Could Dominate the Craft Races
After its impressive BAFTA triumph, Netflix’s German-language World War I epic could be a crafts juggernaut at the Oscars. → Read More
Oscars 2023: Why You Felt the Sound of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ in Theaters
The "Top Gun: Maverick" sound team is the favorite to win Best Sound for emphasizing dynamics over the typical wall of sound. → Read More
Oscars 2023: Why Best Original Score Is the Most Interesting and Competitive Craft Race
Upstart Son Lux (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) takes on the legendary John Williams (“The Fabelmans”) and wild card Volker Bertelmann (“All Quiet on the Western… → Read More
Oscars 2023: Could ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Momentum Translate to Craft Wins?
If frontrunner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wins Best Picture,” look for it to break a five-year drought by taking at least one of four craft wins. → Read More
Oscars 2023: Why Murkiness Mattered for Wētā FX’s ‘Wakanda Forever’ Water
Wētā FX’s Chris White tells IndieWire about creating marine snow and a blue wall for Ryan Coogler’s favorite shot in the sequel. → Read More
Oscars 2023: Best Costume Design Predictions
“Elvis” is on track to add to Catherine Martin’s Oscar tally. → Read More
Oscar Shakeup: Mandy Walker Is Now the Cinematography Frontrunner. She’d Be the First Woman to Win
As one Oscar winner said of the “Elvis” DP: “She did a fabulous job, it would be well deserved. I think everyone would agree as well.” → Read More
Oscars 2023: Surprising ‘All Quiet’ Surge Ties ‘Elvis’ for Most Craft Nominations
Edward Berger’s anti-war epic and Baz Luhrmann’s delirious biopic each picked up six craft nods. → Read More
2023 Oscars: Can ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Translate Its Surprising Momentum Into Craft Nominations?
Edward Berger’s acclaimed anti-war epic has dominated Oscar shortlists and BAFTA nominations alike. → Read More
2023 Oscars: Has ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Done Enough to Win Over VFX Voters?
Saturday’s VFX bake-off raised the curtain on the significant role VFX played in the blockbuster sequel. → Read More
‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ ‘Elvis,’ ‘Bardo,’ ‘The Batman,’ ‘Empire of Light’ Lead the 2023 ASC Award Nominations
In seven out of the last 11 years, the ASC winner has won the Best Cinematography Oscar. → Read More
‘Turning Red’ Transformed Domee Shi Into One of Pixar’s Biggest Stars
Shi tells IndieWire how she paved the way as a female visionary at Pixar with her Oscar contender. → Read More
‘When in Doubt, Cut to Margot’: Editing the 30-Minute Opening Bacchanal of ‘Babylon’
Oscar-winning editor Tom Cross tells IndieWire how the party served as a microcosm for the movie, anchored by Justin Hurwitz’s jazzy score and Margot Robbie’s performance of a lifetime. → Read More
Oscars 2023: Best Animated Shorts Predictions
With no big studio shorts in competition, it’s a wide open race for indie and international contenders. → Read More
The ‘Avatar’ Architect: A Conversation with the Performance Capture Guru Joe Letteri
The VFX supervisor, who has led Weta’s cutting-edge advances since “Lord of the Rings,” sits down with IndieWire for a far-ranging conversation about his 10-year journey through “The Way of W… → Read More
Oscars 2023: Best Makeup and Hairstyling Predictions
"Everything Everywhere All at Once" snubbed, but the transformations of "The Whale," "Elvis," and "The Batman" are still in the running. → Read More
The Best Film Scores of 2022
From Michael Giacchino to Michael Abels, a number of the best film composers working today were on their game in 2022 → Read More
Inside the Tulkun: Designing the New ‘Avatar’ Scene-Stealer
Production designer Dylan Cole tells IndieWire how Payakan became a wondrous design challenge. → Read More
The Best Cinematography of 2022
From the cockpit to the stage, in subterranean tunnels and miraculously lit stop-motion, there were no more arresting moving images than these. → Read More