Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024

Titus Kaphar wanted to find a way to talk to his children about his life experience, his addict father, generational trauma and healing. An acclaimed painter and MacArthur fellow, Kaphar found that images were insufficient on their own. Words were, too. He even tried making a documentary to tell...

Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024

Christopher Nolan was still sleeping when his film, "Oppenheimer," landed a leading 13 Academy Awards nominations Tuesday. Emma Thomas, Nolan's wife and producing partner, roused him after a flurry of congratulatory messages came through on her phone.

"Don't take it as being blase," Nolan...

Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024

In her latest role in Showtime's "The Woman in the Wall," Ruth Wilson plays Lorna, a woman prone to sleepwalking and night terrors.

Waking up to the repercussions of her "night behavior" can be a nightmare in itself: In the first episode, Lorna awakens to discover a dead body in her home...

Monday, Jan. 1, 2024

Fans of the rebooted hit NBC sitcom "Night Court" might have been forgiven for tuning in all season long and asking "Where's Roz?"

Roz Russell — played by comedian Marsha Warfield — was the salty, no-nonsense bailiff alongside Bull Shannon who had a world-weary view of the shenanigans in...

Friday, Dec. 29, 2023

Jake Schreier is currently nominated for two Emmy Awards on the strength of his work on Beef (Netflix)--for Outstanding Limited Series as an EP on the show, and for Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series for his helming of “The Great Fabricator” episode. 

Beef has...

Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023

Andrew Haigh began getting a sense of the knockout power of his new film, "All of Us Strangers," a few days after it premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.

"I'd run into people who had seen the film three days before. I'd be talking to them and they'd just start crying," Haigh says,...

Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023

The words "For Nora" end Meg Ryan's new film "What Happens Later."

It was a no brainer to dedicate it to the late Nora Ephron, though it did require an extra layer of approval from the Directors Guild. Ephron and Ryan were responsible for some of the culture's most enduring and beloved...

Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023

Last month at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Tribute Awards gala, Shawn Levy received the inaugural Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award named in honor of the legendary Canadian filmmaker. The honor recognizes Canadians in the film industry who have made a global impact with...

Friday, Oct. 20, 2023

Errol Morris has just sat down with a reporter when his wife calls.

"I'm being deposed," Morris says, smiling, into his phone. "I hope that it's going to turn into a criminal investigation, but I believe it's just an interview."

Morris, the veteran documentarian of "The Thin Blue...

Friday, Oct. 13, 2023

Fran Drescher has steered the actors guild through its monthslong strike. On the heels of Hollywood studios abruptly breaking off talks with the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists this week, the actor and union president says she's baffled and disappointed....

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