Jamie Lee Curtis is using her Oscar win to support her daughter, Ruby, who came out in 2020 as a…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJnWB8UX3rs Brendan Fraser won the Oscar for best actor on Sunday for his performance as 600-pound English teacher Charlie in…
Sacheen Littlefeather, who endured boos and mockery as she stood up for Native American rights while declining to accept Marlon…
In today's Movie News Rundown: SAG-AFTRA's president won't return; the creators of Independence Day look back after 25 years; the…
Florian Zeller, the director and co-writer of The Father, is very, very good at bringing his dreams to life. Months…
A new incubator wants to solve the problem of filmmakers not getting paid; imagining a world where Palm Springs and…
The Academy has announced the two-month postponement of the 93rd Oscars until April 25, 2021 — the latest change to…
(The following includes spoilers about the Ryan Murphy Netflix series Hollywood, and especially about the real-life Anna May Wong, portrayed on…
With the Oscar nominations less than a week away, filmmakers vying for Best International Feature Film nominations gathered at the…
One of the most celebrated cinematographers in filmmaking, Roger Deakins has, until last night, been always the bridesmaid and never…
In the pantheon of mother-daughter movies, it might seem like a simplistic statement to say that what makes Greta Gerwig’s…
Garnering Christopher Nolan his very first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director, Dunkirk represents the apex of his…
With Phantom Thread giving Paul Thomas Anderson his first Best Director nomination since 2007, the American auteur has scored his biggest success…
In this video essay, Evan Puschak of Nerdwriter seeks to examine the many different ways by which genre conventions can…
Last time audiences walked into a sophisticated comedy by Swedish auteur Ruben Östlund, a man’s integrity was tested based on…
In November of 2012, nascent makeup artist Amber Talarico thought about writing a book that would educate and inspire similarly…
My first job out of UCLA Film School in 1954, at age 22, was directing the 2nd unit of Night of…
Asghar Farhadi’s newest film The Salesman recently won prizes at Cannes for both Farhadi’s screenplay and for Shahab Hosseini’s lead performance. The…
A door opens, a crime is committed, honor is transgressed, and the conflicts in a literary classic intertwine with a…
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Imagine a story about a…
MovieMaker’s series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for Best…
MovieMaker’s weekly series “Foreign Contenders” features interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for…
A life-long history student and keen observer of cultural norms and attitudes, Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand has always had an…
Hollywood often rewards transformational performances. Charlize Theron won her Oscar after gaining 30 pounds to play Aileen Wuornos in Monster…