Long before he directed Beasts of the Southern Wild—the Sundance phenomenon, which went on to earn four Oscar nominations—Benh Zeitlin longed to put his original spin on the story of Peter Pan. Seven years after hitting Park City with his first feature, the director has made his dream a reality, returning to the…
When production designer Ra Vincent met with Taika Waititi about his 'anti-hate' satire Jojo Rabbit, he was surprised to learn that the director wanted to craft a World War II film unlike any seen before.
"Taika was keen to make a Second World War film that had a stronger sense of design about it. The natural default…
On Jojo Rabbit, his first film with Taika Waititi, cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr. played an essential part in developing the vibrant aesthetic of a tonally complex piece.
Based on a novel by Christine Leunens, the comedic drama is set in Germany during World War II, finding its focus in Jojo, a charming…
Filmmaker Scott Cooper would like to have a word with you. The just-released trailer for the Crazy Heart director’s upcoming Fox Searchlight film, Antlers, clocks in just under two minutes but only one word is uttered the entire time — and it arrives only after a minute-and-a-half of tension-building music and sounds…
Guy Nattiv’s Oscar-nominated short film Skin has been acquired by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
The acquisition was announced today by Fox Searchlight Pictures' Chairmen Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula and EVP, Global Acquisition & Co-Prod, TCF Acquisitions Ray Strache.
"We're thrilled to work with Guy Nattiv on his…
In his first collaboration with Wes Anderson on Isle of Dogs, Paul Harrod translated an auteur's live-action style to stop-motion, a medium that allowed for a spectacular visual presentation, but came with a set of limitations that proved problematic. Gathering reference materials and establishing certain visual…
When makeup and hair designer Nadia Stacey met with Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos about The Favourite—a black comedy of the 18thcentury, centered on Queen Anne and two rivals for her affections—she came prepared with ample historical research and her usual bag of tricks, and would have to throw much of it…
Jack Hock, as played by British thesp Richard E. Grant, storms into Marielle Heller's Can You Ever Forgive Me? with every ounce of bluster he can conjure. It's hard, on the surface, to see how he could strike up a friendship with Melissa McCarthy's quiet, introverted Lee Isreal, the author and literary forger who…
Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos' first period outing, The Favourite imposed immediate, practical challenges upon its below-the-line team, a film where extreme vision, finances and other realities would collide. Set in the immense court of Queen Anne in 18th century England, the black comedy called for all the detail and…
Even as an admirer of bold filmmaking, cinematographer Robbie Ryan had his mettle tested on The Favourite, choreographing the moves of an unorthodox, restless camera for a demanding Greek auteur.
The outgrowth of past cinematic experiments, Yorgos Lanthimos' latest defies all expectations of the British costume drama…
The 75th anniversary Golden Globe Awards were handed out tonight at the Beverly Hilton, and Fox Searchlight Pictures flat-out dominated the studio tally with six wins: four for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, including Best Motion Picture, Drama, and two more for The Shape of Water.Â
A24 made a good showing…
Even before Octavia Spencer won the best supporting actress Oscar for 2011’s The Help, she managed a hard-worked career that many actresses would envy: Consistent character parts on long-running TV series, read ABC’s Ugly Betty, Comedy Central’s Halfway Home, and TNT’s Raising the Bar, and parts in an array of movies…
