In another move due to complications caused by the coronavirus pandemic, sources tell Deadline that there are some key changes to the process of shortlisting potential nominees for the International Feature Film category (formerly Best Foreign Language Film).
Instead of the main committee of volunteers from all…
On Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, hair and makeup designers Mia Neal, Sergio Lopez-Rivera and Matiki Anoff worked to transform Viola Davis into the titular Georgia singer known as the "Mother of the Blues," capturing at the same time the essence of her world, and the racial dynamics of her era.
Directed by George C. Wolfe…
After directing the television series Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter for Japanese network NHK BS Premium, Gorô Miyazaki returned to his roots at Studio Ghibli, looking to take on his first film in "full 3D CG."
For the son of legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki—who helped turn Ghibli into an internationally respected…
George Clooney’s seventh film as a director, The Midnight Sky, landed on my Top 10 list for 2020, actually in the Top 5 for that matter, and there is a reason for that. It not only is an enormously challenging film to shoot — half taking place in an outer-space setting, and the other half in the worst weather…
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After winning the German Film Award for Best Leading Actress with 2019's System Crasher, Helena Zengel made her American film debut alongside Tom Hanks in News of the World. To star opposite Hanks, who plays Captain Jefferson Kidd, a war veteran widower traveling…
When Hurricane Maria blew across Puerto Rico in 2017, television news media descended to cover the disaster, filming the requisite scenes: wind lashing the island, infrastructure devastated, people desperate for rescue and relief.
But to filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo, the coverage felt as superficial as a light…
It has been 11 years since Sophia Loren, the great Italian star and one of the only surviving icons of Hollywood's Golden Age, last graced the screen. And longer still since she last took a leading role. After her Oscar-winning heyday in the '50s and '60s, Loren turned to the only passion that could match her love for…
With the world coming to a total standstill in the pandemic, Andy Samberg's quirky time-loop rom-com genre mashup Palm Springs became a representation of everyone's emotional isolation, and a blueprint for us to find our redemptive souls in the process. "All of a sudden, it morphed from this movie that blended genres…
The Palm Springs Film Awards kicked off its annual film-awards honors, revealing Friday that Carey Mulligan is the recipient of the International Star Award for her performance in Promising Young Woman. The festival will dole out awards as usual this year despite opting to cancel its 32nd edition, which had been…
Spike Lee was honored by his peers and associates Thursday as he became the 34th recipient of the American Cinematheque Award, given to a filmmaker or star who has achieved, and continues to achieve, great success in their career.
The honor, usually presented during a glitzy tribute dinner, had to go virtual this year…
In what has been the strangest year on recent record for myriad reasons, the International Feature Film Oscar race is not immune to the impact of Covid. Along with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tweaking submission deadlines, many films vying for recognition in the International Feature category have…
Tyler Perry and the Motion Picture and Television Fund have been selected by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Board of Governors to both receive Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards to be presented at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday April 25.
Perry is being honored for his extensive work on…
