See our initial thoughts for what to expect at the 95th Academy Awards here. The State of the Race Wednesday’s shortlist of 15 original scores (including several of IndieWire’s picks for the year’s best) reflects the season’s embrace of nostalgia and experimentation — often together — which is a good sign for bolder film music. A great example is Justin Hurwitz’s jazzy score for “Babylon,” with its wailing trumpets, screaming saxes, shades of rock ‘n’ roll riffs, and modern house beats....

All of that adds tremendous gravity to any decision Warners makes, whether it keeps it at Christmas (very unlikely), adds home viewing options after a short window, or delays the film for months down the line. The lone certainty is that without significant films in December, and with a surge of COVID-19 cases, theaters face yet another existential crisis. Warners’ strategy will reflect its own internal realities, and therein lies the difference....

It’s been a long time coming, but the light at the end of the tunnel is here. As the pandemic winds down, it’s time to start thinking about concerts again. And not a minute too soon, if you ask us. There’s nothing wrong with listening to music at home (especially if you use our favorite stereo speakers), but it just isn’t the same. With new tours and festivals being announced every day, the return of live music is exciting news to just about everyone....

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The MCU alum earned an Emmy nomination for playing Tommy Lee in Hulu’s “Pam and Tommy” limited series, and now Stan has gone completely face-first into his upcoming role for A24’s “A Different Man.” Stan shared an Instagram photo of himself as Edward, a man who undergoes facial reconstructive surgery and becomes obsessed with the actor portraying him in a play based on his life. Stan simply captioned that it was “incredible work” done by prosthetics artist Mike Marino, who was recently behind Colin Farrell’s transformation into the Penguin for Matt Reeves’ “The Batman....

Belmondo was April 9, 1933 west of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Acting didn’t come immediately to Belmondo. He began as a boxer, making his amateur debut in the ring in 1949. The physical changes to his face, according to the actor, compelled him to leave the sport. He would eventually attend a private drama school , transitioning to the Conservatoire of Dramatic Arts in his twenties. He made his stage debut in 1953....

It does this, partially, with a rave. Wells joined the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast to talk about creating anchor points for memory within the story of the film, the joys of working with DV camcoder footage and the liminal place it sits between objective and subjective points of view, refining perspective and sense of memory in editing “Aftersun” together, finding immediacy within a specific time period through the look of the film, and even more....