March 16, 2022
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Quincy Isaiah, Solomon Hughes. Photograph by Warrick Page/HBO

"Winning Time" Costume Designer Emma Potter on Making Magic With the Lakers

...All the Time to James Ponsoldt’s sci-fi drama The Circle, finds value in coming into new material with fresh eyes and little personal history with the subject. “I found it exciting that...

March 15, 2022
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WE’VE GOT YOUR (FLUFFY) BACK – In Disney and Pixar’s all-new original feature film “Turning Red,” everything is going great for 13-year-old Mei—until she begins to “poof” into a giant panda when she gets too excited. Fortunately, her tightknit group of friends have her fantastically fluffy red panda back. Featuring the voices of Rosalie Chiang, Ava Morse, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Hyein Park as Mei, Miriam, Priya and Abby, “Turning Red” will debut exclusively on Disney+ (where Disney+ is available) on March 11, 2022. © 2022 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.

“Turning Red” Co-Writer Julia Cho on Writing Pixar’s Tender New Film

...“That’s how it seemed at the time,” she elaborates. “My parents thought I would just be a professional, maybe an academic. The writing thing, they did not.” Speaking from a friend’s guest...

April 27, 2022
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Ben Foster in "The Survivor." Photograph by Leo Pinter/HBO

"The Survivor" Director Barry Levinson on His Astonishing Gut-Punch of a Film

...movie, about a ferociously tough but unschooled brawler trying to become a professional champion once the war’s over and he’s relocated to America. And throughout it all, there’s Harry, nearly shattered but...

March 22, 2022
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tick, tick...BOOM! (L-R) ANDREW GARFIELD as JONATHAN LARSON in tick, tick...BOOM!. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX

How the Oscar-Nominated "tick, tick…BOOM!" Editors Evoked the Excitement of Live Theatre

...NETFLIX The song that finally propels Jonathan across the finish line to complete Superbia is the powerful duet ballad Come to Your Senses. His personal and professional planes sync at this moment...

May 11, 2022
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OPERATION MINCEMEAT (2022), Colin Firth as Ewen Montagu and Matthew Macfadyen as Charles Cholmondeley. Cr: Giles Keyte/See-Saw Films, Courtesy of Netflix

"Operation Mincemeat" Director John Madden Slices Up A Delicious Spy Thriller

...Lieutenant Commander named Ian Fleming. (Yes, that Ian Fleming). And twelve years after its publication, director John Madden has delivered a riveting adaptation of a story with more moving parts than an...

May 9, 2022
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Solomon Hughes, Quincy Isaiah. Photograph by Warrick Page/HBO

"Winning Time" Showrunner Max Borenstein on Crafting an American Epic

...professional basketball court and stands on a sound stage. Combined with incredible VFX work, it created the illusion of all these bygone arenas. Anything else you’d like to add about the making...

September 12, 2022
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Eric K. Thomas of "The Quintessential Gentleman" on Creating a New Kind of Space for Black Men

...for us. We’re a media platform, and the magazine is a component of that. It’s print to order, so if you want the magazine, you can order it right there, and we’ll...

June 6, 2022
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STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley, and Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022

“Stranger Things” Casting Director Carmen Cuba on Finding Season 4's New Faces

...(spoiler alert) the season’s first mysterious death, come for Max, too. With Eddie accused of Chrissy’s gruesome murder and in hiding from both the police and Chrissy’s boyfriend, the violent preppy Jason...

June 15, 2022
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Vietnam Filmmakers in Focus: In Conversation With Dr. Ngo Phuong Lan

...introduction of filming in Vietnam at the Tokyo International Film Festival in November 2019. In 2020, VFDA officially joined the Asian Cinema Commission Network (AFCNet – an organization comprised of film commissions...

August 1, 2022
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How Camera Specialist Otto Nemenz Helped Make “The Gray Man” & Trains Tomorrow's Camera Wizards

...community leaders to ensure California remains the nation’s go-to production hub for decades to come.” In a 2020 Variety piece, cinematographer Robert McLachlan summed it up best when explaining his longstanding professional...