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March 23, 2020
Simon Pegg and Juno Temple star in Lost Transmissions, written by Katharine O’Brien, who is also making her feature-film directing
August 2, 2019
In February Israeli-born writer-director Guy Nattiv and his producer-wife Jaime Ray Newman celebrated winning their first Academy Award for “Skin,”
June 10, 2019
A fleet of sleek, gull-wing DMC-12 DeLoreans revved up to New York’s SVA Theater for the recent premiere of Framing
January 14, 2019
On the Basis of Sex, a new movie by veteran director Mimi Leder, is the origin story of Supreme Court
November 28, 2018
The first thing you notice about Emma Stone are her eyes, green and enormous. But she squinted almost as soon
October 23, 2018
Melissa McCarthy was in New York last week promoting her new movie, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Marielle Heller’s first feature
October 11, 2018
In Bel Canto Julianne Moore plays celebrated opera diva Roxanne Coss, caught up in the center of a hostage crisis
September 5, 2018
Papillon‘s arresting looks are no matter of judicial negligence. German cinematographer Hagen Bogdanski’s breakout film, the 2006 Stasi drama The Lives of
July 6, 2018
Danish cinematographer Eigil Bryld is an inspired choice to shoot Ocean’s 8—a heist caper that looks gorgeous but not so
July 5, 2018
In Debra Granik’s narrative films, women take charge. They try to save their men from the crushing consequences of addiction,
June 1, 2018
In his new film In Darkness, Irish director Anthony Byrne takes the cat-and-mouse crime thriller perfected by Alfred Hitchcock and
May 17, 2018
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker, Ondi Timoner (Dig!, Brand: A Second Coming, Jungletown), brings a punk rock sensibility to her work. At this
April 20, 2018
Longtime writing duo Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn (Never Been Kissed, He’s Just Not That Into You, The Vow, and
April 20, 2018
“I’m well-versed in backlash,” Amy Schumer told me cheerfully. The remark was in response to my question about how she
May 30, 2017
Esteemed Scottish actor Brian Cox has played a number of formidable roles over his 50-year career, including King Lear, Hamlet,
May 15, 2017
The Wedding Plan, the second feature by 50-year-old ultra-Orthodox Israeli writer/director Rama Burshtein, is a rom-com with the simplicity of
May 8, 2017
Cate Blanchett is every woman in Julian Rosefeldt’s feature film Manifesto, based on the German artist/director’s multi-screen video art installation,
April 27, 2017
With three days to go before the premiere, Neil Gaiman’s loyal fanbase is eagerly awaiting the small-screen adaption, by the
April 24, 2017
The Promise, an old-fashioned romantic epic in the vein of David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago or Warren Beatty’s Reds, might not
April 4, 2017
Danish director Lone Scherfig’s new romantic dramedy, Their Finest, continues her love affair with British wit and sensibility. Their Finest
February 10, 2017
In A United Kingdom, Amma Asante’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed Belle, the British director brings to the screen another
February 8, 2017
Luke Davies is a critically acclaimed poet, novelist, screenwriter and essayist born and raised in Sydney, Australia—and now the up-and-coming
January 3, 2017
J. A. Bayona is best known for children-in-jeopardy-themed films: the Guillermo del Toro-produced horror movie The Orphanage (2007), and The
December 27, 2016
Danish cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen, known for her work with countryman Thomas Vinterberg (Submarino, The Hunt and Far From the