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London West End’s Queen of Drama Sonia Friedman Is Conquering All The World’s Stages — Deadline Disruptors
When she was 23, Sonia Friedman was—to use her expression—thrown into a rehearsal room with Harold Pinter at London's National Theatre. She was his deputy stage manager during production for the premiere of his one-act play Mountain Language starring theatrical royalty Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins.
"I was the…
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Lee Jung-jae’s Star Turn In ‘Squid Game’ Has Opened Doors In Hollywood — Deadline Disruptors
In Squid Game, lead character Seong Gi-hun is a down-on-his-luck gambling addict given a dangerous opportunity to win a fortune and turn his life around by playing deadly children's games against 456 other cash-strapped no-hopers. Lee Jung-jae, who plays Seong, has almost nothing in common with his alter-ego: he is…
From The Rolling Stones To The Spice Girls: The Greatest Musical Moments In Cannes Film Festival History
In 1971, the Cannes Film Festival opened with a screening of Gimme Shelter by Albert and David Maysles, an immersive, vérité depiction of two weeks in the touring life of the Rolling Stones. If that was all it did, it might have been forgotten by now. But by a terrible freak of chance, the filmmakers followed the band…
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By Damon Wise
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What Makes Tom Cruise’s Star Shine So Brightly? Directors Share Their Insights – Cannes Disruptors
Top Gun: Maverick's Cannes Film Festival premiere marks another high point in the movie star career of Tom Cruise. The actor turns 60 on July 3, and unlike most leading men of that age who become quicker to call for the stunt double, Cruise shows little evidence of slowing down after 43 films. If anything, his Mission…
‘CODA’s Troy Kotsur An Inspiration To Deaf Stars Of Oscar-Nominated Doc ‘Audible’
Deaf representation has taken a major step forward with two Oscar-nominated films this year — one a fictional story, the other entirely real.
Best Picture contender CODA stars Oscar-nominated deaf actor Troy Kotsur as a father who is deaf, and whose daughter is hearing and known as a CODA, or 'child of deaf adults'…
Oscar-Nominated Director Joachim Trier On ‘The Worst Person In The World’: “It’s A Coming-Of-Age Movie For Grownups”
When The Worst Person in the World premiered in competition in Cannes this year there was the sense of an arrival, notably in the case of its leading lady, Renate Reinsve, who won the festival's award for best actress. In actual fact, the film was closer to a destination, being the third part of an unofficial triptych…
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By Damon Wise
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The Long Road To Oscar 2022: The Journey Of Each Best Picture Nominee
Each of this year's Best Picture Oscar nominees has survived a journey to cross the finish line, before earning the Academy's consideration. Here's how they came together.
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Belfast
Writer-director Kenneth Branagh began work on Belfast at the beginning of 2020…
How The ‘CODA’ Family Delivered The Year’s Most Meaningful Best Picture Contender
Winning the Academy Award for Best Picture often demands so much more than simply making a great film. Sometimes, it comes down to peaking in the minds of awards voters in the final weeks of the season, capturing late awards and having the cast and story to charm the voters.
The film that finds itself in that enviable…
How ‘The Mitchells vs the Machines’ Production Designer Lindsey Olivares Found A Film Student’s Perspective With “Katie Vision”
For Netflix’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines, produced by Sony Pictures Animation, the idea of "Katie Vision" was bounced around for a bit, until production designer Lindsey Olivares got her hands on one of their animation tests. Director Mike Rianda said, "One weekend without telling anyone, she just stole some…
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By Ryan Fleming
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Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell & Hans Zimmer Discuss ‘No Time To Die’ Anthem: “I Wrote The Song From The Perspective Of Somebody I Had Hurt”
As Boromir might have said in some deeply unorthodox, parallel universe adaptation of Lord of the Rings: One does not simply walk into a Bond movie. For most artists, recording a signature song for a feature film is a task performed once the contract is signed. Not so on Bond, with its long history of iconic musical…
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By Joe Utichi
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How Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Animated Documentary ‘Flee’ May Be Poised For Historic Oscar Showing
When the Oscar nominations are announced on Feb. 8 Flee could pull off an unprecedented trifecta—becoming the first film nominated as Best Documentary Feature, Best International Film and Best Animated Feature.
Not bad for a project that began with modest ambitions.
"It started out with me wanting to do a short…
International Feature Race Offers Oscar Voters A Wealth Of Opportunities
As the Best International Feature race comes to a close, it's fairly clear to see who the favorites are. Since it premiered at Cannes last year, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's Drive My Car has dominated the landscape, featuring highly in international critics' awards and even penetrating the consciousness of the Golden Globes…
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By Damon Wise
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