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Another virtual ceremony, another missing red carpet? Not for the Oscars. Just as the Academy somewhat controversially brought the nominees to the show in real life, rather than attempting the fully virtual shows we’ve seen for Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG awards, the Oscars kicked off in style Sunday with a real red…

Darius Marder's Sound of Metal went into 2019's Toronto International Film Festival without a distributor. Now, a year-and-a-half on, it's a six-time Oscar nominee and perhaps the most hard-fought of all of this year's crop of Best Picture candidates. Joe Utichi meets Marder and stars Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci to take…

About as far from a typical Oscar contender as you could imagine, the indie Sound of Metal has nonetheless proved to be a genuine long-distance runner since it debuted a year and a half ago at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival. Few would have guessed that an intense, up-close study of a heavy metal drummer who suddenly…

Sound of Metal breakout star Paul Raci, after nearly 30 years of small TV roles here and there, landed his first Oscar nomination. “If I had to wait this long for this recognition, it was well worth it,” he told Deadline. Raci, whose Joe attempts to help Riz Ahmed’s Ruben navigate the world as an addict musician who…

Amazon Studios set a personal record for Oscar nominations this morning with 12 nominations, beating its previous record of seven, set in 2017 by Manchester By The Sea. Amazon's dozen noms were spread over four films. The standout was Sound of Metal, which got six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor in Riz…

For an independently made film, Amazon's Sound of Metal has some remarkably complex and sophisticated technical challenges, including its intricate sound design. "We went for it, " writer-director Darius Marder says of the unique sound work the film called for. "My brother said he wished we had a documentary crew…

If heavy metal isn’t your bag, and the thought of watching a heroin-addicted musician lose his hearing makes you uncomfortable, do not fear. Both those elements help set the table for the powerful new film Sound of Metal, but this fine movie is so much more than its premise. In fact, with director/co-writer Darius…