Interview

Casting Director

Talking to Casting Director Fiona Weir About Brooklyn, Room & More

It remains a baffling omission that casting directors don't have their own Academy Award category. There is hardly a more important aspect of pre-production, and few decisions can make or break a film like those charged to the casting director. From Selma's Aisha Coley to the legendary Bonnie Timmerman (The Karate Kid, Bull Durham, Black Hawk ...

By  |  December 10, 2015

Interview

Actor Screenwriter

Fall Read/Watch List: Read These Books, Then See Their Film Adaptations

This year, we’ve been treated to a variety of great cinematic adaptations. From Paper Towns this summer (read our interview with the screenwriters here), to more recent films like The Martian and Black Mass, Hollywood, once again, has been looking to the page for cinematic inspiration. Many of the films this fall are no different ...

By  |  October 22, 2015

Interview

Screenwriter

Emma Donoghue on Adapting Her Novel Room for the Big Screen

It’s still pretty rare — and usually unadvisable — for a novelist to adapt his/her book for the movie version. Sure, there have been notable exceptions over the years: Carrie Fisher did it for Postcards from the Edge and John Irving won an Oscar for The Cider House Rules, his first and only screenplay. But ...

By  |  October 16, 2015

Interview

Actor Director Screenwriter

Room Will Likely Break Your Heart

For readers of Emma Donoghue’s novel of the same name, the idea of watching a film adaptation of a book that was at turns devastating and impossible to put down begs the question; can I put myself through this again, but also, how could I not? Director Lenny Abarhamson’s Room premiered to some pretty spectacular ...

By  |  September 9, 2015