The Features department has started winding things down in the lead-up to the 80th annual Academy Awards with the Eye on the Oscars: Oscar Wrap special.

Justin Chang has the lede, a fresh take on the split between male- and female-focused films this year.

The "How We Got Here" series is good for one last excavation of the top eight categories, starting, naturally, with Best Picture.  There's also a nice feature caputirng key quotes from Variety's screening series this year.

David Cohen writes up Gordon E. Sawyer Award recipient David A. Grafton (he of lens design fame), while Caroline Ryder and Mia McNiece take a quick look at challengers to Giorgia Armani's stranglehold on Oscar fashion.

Finally, Cohen spotlights two of the year's unsung heroes: "There Will Be Blood" special effects (read: OIL) coordinator Steve Cremin and "Atonement" steady cam operator Peter Robertson.  (More on the latter in a moment.)