Paula Schwartz

  • Interviews

Scant Screentime, Huge Impact: Liam Neeson Looms Large in A Monster Calls and Silence

Liam Neeson is having a big week. First up, he voices a benevolent but scary monster in the form of…

7 years ago
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The Camera is a Dancer: DP Linus Sandgren Walks Us Through How He and Damien Chazelle Shot La La Land

Colors pop like old-fashioned jelly beans in La La Land, Damien Chazelle's musical about struggling artists Mia (Emma Stone) and…

7 years ago
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“I Discovered One of the Most Interesting Women Ever:” An Interview with Jackie Director Pablo Larraín

Previously known for his 2012 film No and 2015 film The Club, Pablo Larraín has sprung into the limelight this fall…

7 years ago
  • Cinematography

“Americana With a Hint of Jaundice”: DP Seamus McGarvey Talks Style, Mood of Nocturnal Animals

Tom Ford, the director, writer and producer of Nocturnal Animals, turned up at a Bafta screening last night with stars…

7 years ago
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Delving into Trauma: Natalie Portman Navigates Imitation and Real-Life Horror in Jackie

Natalie Portman, who in real life neither looks nor sounds at all like Jacqueline Kennedy, completely transforms herself in Chilean…

8 years ago
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Checking Your Privilege: White Girl Director Elizabeth Wood Navigates Sex, Drugs and Racial Stereotypes

The title of Elizabeth Wood’s audacious narrative feature debut, White Girl, alludes to Leah, a college student on a New…

8 years ago
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“Every Movie I Make, I Commit My Entire World:” Derek Cianfrance Talks The Light Between Oceans

It’s just plain fun to watch Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, whose real-life romance is the stuff of celebrity gossip…

8 years ago
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The Rock Star Without a Voice: In A Bigger Splash, Tilda Swinton Finds Joy in Muteness

A Bigger Splash, which reteams Tilda Swinton with Italian director Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love), features a brilliant opening flashback…

8 years ago
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Do Actors Make Good Directors? Paul Bettany Talks Shelter and Becoming a “Monster”

In Shelter, Paul Bettany’s directing debut, he pushes his wife, Jennifer Connelly, into dark places as a grief-stricken heroin addict.…

8 years ago
  • Directing
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Handling the Truth: Director James Vanderbilt and Mary Mapes Search for the Light

"I have to take some kind of perverse pride in the fact that I was fired so epically—so spectacularly—that only…

9 years ago
  • Directing
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Grandma, What Big Roles You Have: How Paul Weitz Became a Feminist Director

In Grandma, Lily Tomlin does not play your typical grandma. She doesn’t bake cookies or assume a beatific and benign smile…

9 years ago
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Can an “Older Woman” Open a Movie? Lily Tomlin and Patricia Clarkson Steer Grandma and Learning to Drive to Success

“How fabulous that we have two films opening Friday that are driven by women north of 50,” Patricia Clarkson told…

9 years ago
  • Documentary
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Love is a Losing Game: Asif Kapadia Navigates Guilt and Pain in Amy

Amy, the beautifully detailed and heartbreaking documentary about singer-songwriter Amy Jade Winehouse, who died four years ago at age 27…

9 years ago
  • Directing
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An Outsider Comes In: Felix Thompson on his Tribeca Winner, King Jack

With King Jack, a coming-of-age tale about a complex kid with a talent for getting into trouble, Felix Thompson makes…

9 years ago
  • Directing
  • Documentary
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Seymour: An Introduction: Ethan Hawke and Seymour Bernstein Create the Opposite of Whiplash

“Do you know anyone who became a movie star at 87?” joked Seymour Bernstein, the subject of Ethan Hawke’s documentary…

9 years ago
  • Directing
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“Perhaps I’m a Twisted Person:” Damián Szifrón on Wild Tales

The Oscar-nominated Argentine film Wild Tales is an anthology of six bizarre stories written and directed by Damián Szifrón—a mash…

9 years ago
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The Last Five Years: Interview with Richard LaGravenese and Jeremy Jordan

The Last Five Years, by director Richard LaGravenese, opens this Valentine’s Day weekend in theaters and VOD, to compete with…

9 years ago
  • Interviews

“Why I Said Yes:” Oprah Winfrey on Producing and Acting in Selma

Oprah Winfrey participated at the Manhattan press conference Sunday, December 14, 2014, at the Mandarin Oriental New York, to promote…

9 years ago