Martin Scorsese likes to talk at length about the work of other filmmakers. In interview he gave to BBC Culture, in which he summarized his love of — and debt to — the past, saying, “I look at the filmmakers of the past and many filmmakers of the present and I have really nothing but […]

David Niven, Separate Tables (1958) In the romantic drama Separate Tables, the stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel during the off-season.  In such large ensemble films, it’s often a problem trying to choose who exactly can be considered a lead, and who a supporting role. David Niven had little screentime […]

Oppenheim fell into the world of prolific sperm donors through former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, who is married to ex-New York Times columnist Bari Weiss. She was interested in finding donor. “She was in a relationship with another woman and they were looking, and they weren’t happy with the options they were finding […]

Hoyte van Hoytema (‘Oppenheimer’), Rodrigo Prieto (‘Barbie’ and ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’), Cristina Dunlap (‘American Fiction’), Shabier Kirchner (‘Past Lives’), Dan Laustsen (‘The Color Purple’ and ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’) and Lukasz Zal (‘The Zone of Interest’) discuss their work