This week “-Up,”Sharon Waxman, host, and Ben Svetkey, special guest cohost and contributing editor, discuss the 2022 award season. The Oscars are set to host once again and there are award show nominations being made all the time.
After a discussion on recent Hollywood headlines, Sharon & Ben consider who would make a good Oscars host. Then they discuss the incredible performances of the stars. “Succession” in the Screen Actor’s Guild Award nominations.
Our “Wax On/Wax Off” segment returns, as Sharon shares news of ’s 14 LA Press Club nominations this week.
For this week’s feature interview, Sharon is joined by two women whose powerful documentary films are among the 15 that made the documentaries shortlist for the 2022 Oscars — Nanfu Wang, director of “In the Same Breath,”Megan Mylan is the director of “Simple as Water.” Wang’s film looks at the the people on the ground in the U.S. and in China in the earliest days of the coronavirus outbreak. Mylan’s film — shot over five years in five countries — looks at war, separation and displacement as it tells the stories of Syrian families seeking normalcy. Both directors share their experiences making films and the impact they have had on their audiences. Both films can be viewed online on HBO and HBO Max.
And finally, we’ll wrap this week’s show with help from film reporter Brian Welk, who joins Sharon and Ben with hot tips on the projects coming to the Sundance Film Festival 2022.
Listen to this week’s “Wrap-Up” below:
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“-Up”The segment won the Best Hard News Feature Award from the L.A. Press Club for 2021 “The Complexities Black Journalists Face This Week Covering Protests.”Sharon Waxman is the founder and editor-in chief of the program. She discusses the most important news in movies, TV, streaming, and tech.
This week’s episode is presented by HBO.