If we weren’t the change we wanted to see, then I was going to continue to have the same kind of roles available to me. It became very obvious that we had to find the emerging artists and find that material–Oscar winner Viola Davis
Oscar Actors: Viola Davis Says “The Fight Is Not Easy” for Black Talent Seeking Change and Autonomy
January 30, 2021 by
Sound of Metal: Riz Ahmed, Oscar Nominee, on Ending Racial Stereotyping and Promoting Understanding of Deaf Culture
December 26, 2020 by
Many hearing people don’t understand or have never experienced what it’s like to be deaf. The new movie Sound of Metal fills that gap.
Trial of the Chicago 7: Aaron Sorkin Talks about his New, Urgent Movie
September 20, 2020 by
It began in 2006, when Spielberg asked me to come to his house on a Saturday morning. He said, ‘I really want to make a movie about those terrible riots in Chicago in 1968 at the convention, and then the crazy conspiracy trial that followed.’ I said, ‘that sounds great. I’m in.’
One Night in Miami: Regina King’s Stunning Directing Debut
September 15, 2020 by
What was most important for me is that their perspective of telling of this story would match mine. Because that was the only way to do the film in the amount of time and money that I was given and within budget–Regina King
Cianfrance, Derek: Cinema as Voyeurism
September 12, 2020 by
Toronto: Derek Cianfrance Talks Cinema as Voyeurism: “Every Scene is a Sex Scene” Getty Images “I don’t even like looking at actors with my own eyes when I’m shooting,” the ‘Blue Valentine’ director told a Toronto Fest masterclass. Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine, a close study of a marriage breakup that starred Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, […]
