Vet indie director Nina Menkes argues that the “visual language” of filmmaking — even from women helmers — can have real consequences, especially in the entertainment industry: “We all have to look at what we’re doing and think about it a lot more.”

I had some really bitter years, but if I think back about it, I never stopped wanting to make films and to work on films.

A contender in three categories — documentary, animation and international feature — Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s moving account of a gay man’s journey from war-torn Afghanistan to Denmark could make Oscar history.

Brody also explains how his Oscar-winning role in The Pianist influenced his own original score for Clean.

I feel like it would have been betrayal to the time they spent with us to suddenly cut to him discounting what they said.