A Q&A With Girl Rising Director Richard E. Robbins About the Nine Incredible Young Women in his Groundbreaking Documentary
...or to believe their own individual story is meaningful." Robbins and his team found their subjects in India, Peru, Haiti, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Sierra Leone, and Nepal. Robbins was nominated for...
Harvard Professor Anita Elberse on Hollywood’s Smart Bet on Blockbusters
...for the big screen, help original films? I think one underreported part of my book, and something both movie lovers and people in the industry need to really understand, is that these...
The Bold Adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's Wild for the Screen
...in not having wings. Strayed estimated she hiked more than 2,000 miles, from the Mexican border in California to the Oregon/Washington border. The entire PCT moves along the crest of nine mountain ranges,...
A Woman Goes Into the Wild
...on the journey of a woman coming to terms with her past, including the death of her mother and her drug addiction, while struggling to change the course of her future. But...
Green Screen: Celebrating Earth Day
...any set generators. On every Sony and Screen Gems film, the production must complete a legacy project. For example, while shooting The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the studio helped plant trees and restore areas...
Stephen Colbert Debuts Candy Crush the Movie, Starring Liam Neeson
The game "Candy Crush" has been in the news quite a bit lately. The company that makes it, King, was recently sold for $5.9 billion to Activision Blizzard. During last night's Republican Presidential debate, Florida...
Talking Frank Capra and Marmalade Addiction with Paddington 2 Director Paul King
Paul King, the director behind Paddington 2 is 100% lovely. Fitting for a gent who created a film with 100% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, right? For the sequel to 2015’s hit...
Black Panther Continues Historic Run With Star Wars-Sized Second Weekend
...in key positions on the crew, like cinematographer Rachel Morrison, production designer Hannah Beachler and costume designer Ruth E. Carter. All of these folks combined forces to create the fifth highest grossing...
Pacific Rim: Uprising's VFX Supervisor on Creating 300-Foot Monsters in Photo-Realistic backdrops
...right the first time? Chiang says it comes down to a question of interpretation. “When an artist translates the director’s vision, it’s probably not going to be 100 percent the first time....
Meet the Background Actors Who Populate HBO's "Perry Mason" - Part III
...2019 utilized more than 400 background actors each day, including a mass of congregants. Background cast with special improvisational skills were placed close to Maslany, near the stage, to be visible to...
The 5 "Jingle Jangle" Moments That Will Save Christmas This Year
Prophet. Town Cryer. Carnival barker. Call me what you will, but I am hereby dedicating the remainder of this dismal, dreadful year to spreading the news of the man who can save...
"One Night in Miami" Star Eli Goree on Channeling Muhammad Ali
...world, Goree forged ahead. In between TV gigs like Riverdale and The 100, he trained in boxing gyms, hired a dialect coach to master the fighter’s Louisville accent, and commissioned a stage...
Director Chiaki Kon on Her Netflix Anime Feature “The Way Of The Househusband”
...of Zeus. The Tokyo-based anime team is led by Taiki Sakurai, who joined the company in 2017 to build the anime slate. According to Netflix, over 100 million households around the world...
Costume Designer Lizz Wolf on Outfitting The Motley Crew of Superheroes in “Jupiter’s Legacy”
...around to create mathematical shapes and patterns, basically driven by sound waves. That was the most incredible find, along with —this is going to sound crazy, but this is where the details...
The "Encanto" Earworm "We Don't Talk About Bruno" Makes Music History
You may have heard that Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s soundtrack for Encanto has become a massive musical hit, returning this week to number 1 on Billboard’s album chart, beating out stiff competition from superstar...
"Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America" Directors & Writer/Producer on Relearning American History
...100 years old talk about being a witness to the Tulsa massacre would be reason enough to see the film. Jeffery Robinson: That’s an example of an activist community that is very...
Leading Lawmakers Celebrate the Motion Picture Association's Centennial
...work, American culture, American values, American aspiration are just a click away.” “The film and television industry has been such an important social, cultural, and economic force in the communities I’m privileged...
"Knock at the Cabin" VFX Supervisor Tommy Tran on Creating an Unnervingly Believable Apocalypse
...his group. The director even sent an ice cream truck to visit the FuseFX studio over their lunch break. “I always give all my clients 100% no matter what – good, bad,...
"Champions" Star Kaitlin Olson on Doing Improv With Woody, Her Bond With Her On-Screen Brother & More
...and saying to Bobby, “Oh, my God, she’s giving it 100%, and she’s so good!” It was so lovely to overhear. I know that he didn’t mean for me to hear that,...
Greta Gerwig Reveals “Barbie” Joys, Anxieties, and Teases Next Project
...it was also like, ‘Oh no, this could be just terrible, but now I’m committed.’” The song was one of the film’s most beloved moments, hit Billboard’s Hot 100 list, and amassed...