Director Sean Baker about Depicting Life’s “Moral Gray Areas” The indie director reflects on his desire to tell “stories that I want heard that are not being told.” Inset of Sean Baker and Suzanna Son as Strawberry and Simon Rex as Mikey Saber. LEON BENNETT/WIREIMAGE; COURTESY of A24 FILMS; In A24’s Red Rocket, Simon Rex stars […]
Nanny: Nikyatu Jusu’s Debut Feature–Grand Jury Prize Winner, Starring Anna Diop (Sundance 2022)
January 29, 2022 by
Every single day, I worked for hours with this brilliant professor and artist in Senegal. I wanted to make sure that the accent, people could understand it.
Once Were Brothers (2019): Daniel Roher’s Docu of The Band
January 26, 2022 by
Roher’s earlier docus, such as Resolute and Ghosts of Our Forest, were about human rights and cultural identity, not music — but he won the Toronto-born Robertson over with his passion and commitment to the group he calls “my rock ’n’ roll heroes.”
Mauritanian, The: Jodie Foster on her Political Biopic–Elegey for Lost America?
January 22, 2022 by
The Mauritanian: Courtesy of STXfilms Jodie Foster in ‘The Mauritanian’ “I’ve never been a big fan of biopics, I just don’t like the form, Jodie Foster says about her choice of screen roles. “I really prefer making films about ideas, and then being able to shape the character and the story. I tend not to do […]
David Byrne’s American Utopia: Interview with Director Spike Lee and David Byrne
January 16, 2022 by
I wanted to try and have all the band untethered, wireless, and that meant that I could have everybody move anywhere on the stage.
