Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić’s Oscar Nominated Drama
“The women of Srebrenica are my inspiration,” she says. “Even after this genocide happened, they were always promoting peace, and never asked for revenge or had words of hatred.”
Oscar Actors: Viola Davis Says “The Fight Is Not Easy” for Black Talent Seeking Change and Autonomy
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
Trial of the Chicago 7: Aaron Sorkin Talks about his New, Urgent Movie
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.’
Cianfrance, Derek: Cinema as Voyeurism
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, […]
Old Guard, The: Interview with Oscar-Winning Star Charlize Theron
I want to believe that we do good because that is just the right thing to do and that everybody should have the same as you or better–Charlize Theron
Sisters Brothers, The: Interview with Director-Scribe Jacques Audiard about his Western, Starring John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal
Origins of Project Jacques Audiard: In this case, the idea for the project didn’t actually come from me, it came from John C. Reilly and his wife Alison Dickey, the producer. We met in 2012 at the Toronto Film Festival, where Rust and Bone was screened. They asked me to read Patrick de Witt’s novel, […]
Space Force: New Comedy Series–Netflix, May 29–I terview with Creator and Star Steve Carell
The show didn’t come out of this volatile feeling, this need that we had to express ourselves about Space Force, or the politics involved. It was really about a blank slate, because it hadn’t even been imagined in real life, so we figured we might as well take our shot at it–Carell
Deadpool: Fox Didn’t Interfere with Its Making
Deadpool producer Simon Kinberg recalled that Fox studio executives were hands-off during production, because his movie was relatively inexpensive at under $60 million. “They didn’t interfere, because it wasn’t a big movie,” he added.
Cafe Society: What Motivated Woody Allen
Poignant, and often funny, CAFÉ SOCIETY takes the viewers on a journey from pastel-clad dealmakers in plush Hollywood mansions, to the quarrels and tribulations of a humble Bronx family, to the rough-and-tumble violence of New York gangsters, to the sparkling surfaces and secret scandals of Manhattan high life.
Zaza (1939): How Cukor Directed Bert Lahr for the Camera
Cascart, Lahr’s first dramatic effort, became his breakthrough: “George Cukor edited me. He would take me aside and say, ‘Act simple, Bert, simple. Cut it down to half.'”
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