Interview: Keira Knightley on her first animated feature and giving voice to a Jewish artist in ‘Charlotte’
Charlotte Salomon was an extraordinary painter who incorporated much of the world around her into her work during her short life. Born in Berlin in... Read More
Interviews
Interview: Randall Park is solid as a rock and getting animated in ‘Human Resources’
Randall Park is a multifaceted actor. He’s starred in the sitcom Fresh Off the Boat opposite Constance Wu, playing the steady father to three kids.... Read More
Interview: Kristen Stewart opens up about ‘Spencer,’ honoring Diana, awards season (she loves it) and the impact of being an openly queer Oscar nominee in 2022
Kristen Stewart loves to talk. No, really. I came prepared with three dozen questions and talking points but I probably got through a third of... Read More
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
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
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