O.J.: Made in America–Ezra Edelman on his Epic Oscar Docu

Ezra Edelman’s eight-hour documentary OJ: Made In America chronicles the rise and fall of American football star-turned-Hollywood actor OJ Simpson, placed in the broader contexts of racial politics in Los Angeles over the past five decades.

Feud: Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon on Women’s Aging in Hollywood

FX’s anthology series Feud, created by Ryan Murphy, centers on the legendary backstage battle between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, played by Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, respectively. Murphy explained at the TV Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, that he had “lots of discussions with women in the entertainment business, and what came out of […]

Elle: Interview with Director Paul (Basic Instinct) Verhoeven

When you deploy irony, you have to play on nuances and doubt, and never throw an interpretation into audiences’ faces–Paul Verhoeven

Elle: Interview with Director Paul Verhoeven

INTERVIEW WITH PAUL VERHOEVEN Where did you get the idea to adapt Philippe Djian’s novel “Oh…” ? The idea wasn’t mine; it came from the producer, Saïd Ben Saïd.  He contacted me in the US, sent me Philippe Djian’s novel, which I read and found very interesting. I knew we had the material for a […]

Jackie: Scribe Oppenheim

If you want just the facts and the chronology, there are much better genres than dramatic film to convey those things–scribe Noah Oppenheim