Lebanese Nadine Labaki made history back in May, when her film Capernaum won the Jury Prize at the 2018 Cannes Film Fest. (The Jury president was two-time Oscar winner, Cate Blanchett). Capernaum is on the shortlist of nine foreign-language films, nominated for Oscar this year. On January 23, the Academy will announce its nominations in […]
Oscar Actors: Kingsley, Ben–Portrait of a Serious Artist (Part 2)
August 21, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Interview with Brilliant Actor Ben Kingsley, Oscar Winner for Gandhi and Multiple Oscar Nominee Role of Music BK: Sometimes music helps me in unexpected ways. I can recognize a certain cadence of notes that is appropriate to my character. When I played Dmitri Shostakovitch we did play his music on set and that was immensely […]
Cannes Film Fest 2018: Gaspar Noe on Climax, the Boldest Film at This Year’s Edition
May 17, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Gaspar Noe’s Climax is one of the boldest and most thrilling films at this year’s Cannes Film Fest. The drama follows a group of street dancers, who live a seemingly normal existence until they are all drugged one night in a club, after which they go through a bloodbath of psychedelic hallucinations. With the exception […]
Cannes Film Fest 2018: Solo–Star Wars Story, Interview with Star Alden Ehrenreich
May 13, 2018 by Leave a Comment
It just meant to world to me, first of all that Harrison Ford really loves the movie and I think he’s seen it twice. And having his blessing going into it was important to me and this is even more meaningful. It was very emotional and very exciting–Alden Ehrenreich
Cannes Film Fest 2018: Interview with Nadine Labaki, One of Three Women in Competition
May 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
I realized the film was going to be about a kid who asks, “Why did you give me life if you can’t take care of me, if you’re not going to give me love? Why did you bring me into this world?”–Labaki
