Celebrating Reel Women: Behind the Scenes
Women are responsible for some of the most powerful, thrilling and poignant films in the canon. From Moonlight to Mad Max: Fury Road, women are making their impact felt in all aspects of the filmmaking process, and today we look at their crucial contributions in a few specific roles, including as editors, costume designers, sound editors and production designers. ...
How Jackie‘s Editor Helped Show First Lady in Brand New Light
When Chilean director Pablo Larrain chose to make Jackie his first film in English, he invited his frequent collaborator and fellow Chilean Sebastian Sepúlveda to edit the film. That’s little surprise, since Sepúlveda’s work is one of the reasons Larrain’s films are heralded for their distinct mix of the surreal and the politically incisive. Sepúlveda ...
Costume Designer Madeline Fontaine on Outfitting the Inimitable Jackie Kennedy in Jackie
The sets, the tone, the colors — Jackie, which opens Friday, presents the early 1960’s and the tragic days just after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in precise, crisply re-created detail. With director Pablo Larraín’s at the film’s helm, Natalie Portman smolders and sears as the former First Lady, in an Oscar catnip performance. She’s outfitted, ...
Natalie Portman is Riveting in new Jackie Teaser
Natalie Portman’s performance in Jackie has drawn raves at both the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. Now you can see what all the buzz is about in the new trailer. The film focuses on the days after the assassination of her husband, John F. Kennedy, built around Theodore H. White’s Life magazine interview with her ...
Fox Searchlight Nabs Jackie at TIFF, Portman’s Performance Drawing Raves
The reviews for director Pablo Larraín's Jackie coming out of the Toronto Film Festival have been stellar. Natalie Portman's performance as Jackie Kennedy in the days after her husband’s assassination has been called "riveting" by Vanity Fair, and the film itself as something unique, strange and soulful. "Larraín’s film, shot in spare 16-mm, is looping and dizzy, sad and intimate," ...
