Interview: Writer-star Riz Ahmed and writer-director Aneil Karia on their Oscar-nominated short ‘The Long Goodbye’ [VIDEO]
Among this year’s five Oscar-nominated live-action short films is The Long Goodbye, which begins with a peaceful family day and quickly erupts into vicious and... Read More
Interviews
Interview: Kogonada on creating ‘After Yang’ and finding a universal truth about love and memory
Kogonada may only have two films under his belt, but already his work exhibits a meditative quality that is so rarely seen and difficult to... Read More
Interview: Kyle Buchanan, author of “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road”
The year was 2015. A year in cinema that saw one of the greatest actions films ever made delivered to cinemas with George Miller’s Mad... Read More
Interview: Director Sebastian Meise on ‘Great Freedom’ and discovering a widely forgotten part of German LGBTQ+ history
Great Freedom is the latest film from Vienna-based Austrian filmmaker Sebastian Meise. Meise first came on to the international film scene when his acclaimed debut... Read More
Interview: Oscar-nominated hair and makeup designer Nadia Stacey on the Debbie Harry and David Bowie influences in ‘Cruella’ and what she thinks about the Academy’s decision to cut her category from the live telecast
According to this journalist, the most under-appreciated masterpiece of 2021 was Cruella, director Craig Gillespie’s bold and exhilarating take on a villain origin story, this... Read More
Interview: Oscar nominee Ariana DeBose is ready for her close-up and in ‘West Side Story’ she shines bright
Ariana DeBose is a triple threat force to be reckoned with. From the moment she arrives on the screen of Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the... Read More
Interview: Oscar-nominated hair and makeup artist Donald Mowat on the greatest challenges of designing ‘Dune’ and how he found out about his nomination
Last week, when the Academy announced Oscar nominations, hair and makeup designer Donald Mowat was on set in Spain, hard at work on his next... Read More
Interview: The joys of Viet representation in Starz’s biggest show with Paulina Nguyen of ‘Power Book IV: Force’
Power stays on, and respect continues to be the only currency here. “Here” is a reference to the city of Chicago in Power Book IV:... Read More
Kodi Smit-McPhee on his co-stars, respecting where he started and his favorite scene in ‘The Power of the Dog’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
Don’t call it a breakthrough, Kodi Smit-McPhee’s been here for years. Kodi Smit-McPhee may have just earned his first Oscar nomination at the young age... Read More
Interview: From ‘Succession’ to ‘Inventing Anna,’ Arian Moayed is changing the stereotypes of Middle Eastern and Western Asian roles for actors [VIDEO]
With the success of Succession and his television series The Accidental Wolf, Tony-nominated actor Arian Moayed has rapidly become a household name. However, “rising star”... Read More
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