Preparing for this Biopicture? Meryl Streep: It is based on a real person. The reason that Florence Foster Jenkins was so popular in her day and caused such a sensation, was not that she just sang badly, because we have people in our family who sing badly […]
Oscar Directors: Lee, Ang–Filmmaker Discusses Career Highs and Lows
June 19, 2016 by
To me, film is really all about faces. At times, an image or technology will impress me, but then it’s always faces first–Ang Lee
Whatever Happened, Miss Simone? Liz Garbuz Docu of Legendary Singer and Political Actvist
June 18, 2016 by
Nina, the biopic that Cynthia Mort wrote and directed, is a terrible movie in every sense of the term: simplistic instead of complex, full of clichés instead if being grounded in reality, trivial instead of being significant. It just happened that last year, the respectable documentarian, Lis Garbus, has made a documentary about the subject, […]
It’s Only the End of the World: Xavier Dolan Says, It’s My Best Film
May 19, 2016 by
I’m happy to be in Cannes with these people whom I love and this film, which I considered to be my best–Xavier Dolan
Cannes Film Fest 2016: Jodie Foster on Women Directors, Diversity, Quotas and Film as Art
May 12, 2016 by
Hollywood’s obsession with big-budget tent poles is holding the industry back when it comes to creating more films by and for women, Jodie Foster said at the Cannes Film Fest. Films that once traditionally starred women, such as romantic comedies and mid-budget dramas, are now made on TV, as studios back superhero and special-effects driven action films. […]
