Interview: Angelina Jolie-produced ‘Difret’ Explores Ethiopian Practice of...
Zeresnay Berhane Mehari’s film Difret picked up audience awards at the Sundance, Berlin, and World Cinema Festivals before becoming Ethiopia’s official submission to the upcoming 87th Academy Awards...
View Article31 Days of Oscar: Paul Newman’s Early Career
This post is part of the third annual 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon hosted by three classic movie bloggers: Kellee Pratt (@IrishJayHawk66) of Outspoken & Frecked, Aurora (@CitizenScreen) of Once Upon...
View ArticleOscar Pre-Show: 1965
Every year just before the Academy Awards I like to travel 50 years back in time and get a feel for the hoopla leading into that year’s Oscars broadcast. Last year, I was surprised to learn that the...
View ArticleEvery African American Ever Nominated for an Academy Award
For the second year in a row, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences has failed to include a single African American actor among its slate of 20 acting nominees. This has caused an uproar...
View ArticleOscar-Nominated Costume Designer Paco Delgado on Transforming Eddie Redmayne...
This year’s Oscar nominations for Best Costume Design are especially impressive. Three-time winner Sandy Powell was nominated twice, for her work on Carol and Cinderella. Jacqueline West received her...
View ArticleInterview: Gianfranco Rosi Explores Europe’s Migrant Crisis in Italy’s Oscar...
Samuele is 12 and lives on an Italian island in the Mediterranean, far away from the mainland. Like many boys of his age, he does not always enjoy going to school, he would much rather climb the rocks...
View ArticleInterview: Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi on His Oscar-Nominated ‘The Salesman’
When they are forced to move out of their flat, Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti), a young couple living in Tehran, are forced to move into a new apartment. However, once relocated, a...
View ArticleInterview: Ben Mankiewicz on TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar and the Upcoming TCM...
Starting today, and continuing for the next month, Turner Classic Movies will be presenting 31 Days of Oscar, their annual salute to cinema’s highest honor, the Academy Award. This year’s line-up,...
View ArticleInterview: Jonas Carpignano’s Powerful and Moving ‘A Ciambra’ Explores...
In a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes, and is one of the few people in town to easily slide between the regions’ factions — the local...
View ArticleInterview: Joanna Kulig Shines in Pawel Pawlikowski’s Award-Winning ‘Cold War’
Cold War reveals the passionate but troubled love story between Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) and Zula (Joanna Kulig) who meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments,...
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