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Danai Gurira Writes About ‘Sinners’ and Ryan Coogler’s Legacy
The first movie I ever saw in a theater was E.T. I was about five years old. I can’t recall…
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How BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip Plans to Spend the Film Awards
It’s Jane Millichip‘s fourth BAFTA Film Awards this Sunday, and the CEO is already anticipating a lively show. The exec…
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Francine Maisler’s Wild Casting Ride: Chalamet, Erivo, ‘Spider-Man,’ Connor Storrie — And the Chance to Make Oscar History With ‘Sinners’
A few months ago, Francine Maisler told me a story about securing Wunmi Mosaku for a key role in The…
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Next Narrative Africa Fund Founder Akunna Cook on Why Hollywood Needs an Africa Strategy
Akunna Cook found her way to the entertainment sector via an unconventional path. A former career Foreign Service officer who…
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Michelle Yeoh Hopes She “Made Difference for Actors Who Look Like Me”
Michelle Yeoh is wincing at the thought of collecting her honorary Golden Bear here in Berlin. “I hope I don’t…
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“I Wanted to Know if I Could Pull It Off”: Sandra Hüller on Playing a Woman Playing a Man in ‘Rose’
The world is about to see a lot more of Sandra Hüller. The acclaimed German actress, Oscar-nominated for Anatomy of…
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Robert Kaplow Breaks Down His ‘Blue Moon’ Script
In Blue Moon, the all-in-one-night biopic directed by Richard Linklater following Ethan Hawke’s winning portrayal of the inimitable lyricist Lorenz…
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Berlin Hidden Gem: How ‘Filipiñana’ Director Rafael Manuel Turned a Golf Course Into a Portrait of Power and Complicity
Rafael Manuel’s Filipiñana opens with a provocation coyly disguised as serenity. The film’s early images — lush fairways, orderly golf course rituals, bodies…
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The 40 Worst Date Movies of All Time
Another clinical dissection of love and romance from Mike Nichols, the general of the gender wars. Four attractive Londoners (two…
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How Spielberg, Coppola and Lucas Rewrote Hollywood’s Rules in 1970s
The 1970s were a golden age of American cinema. Most movie buffs are familiar with an agreed narrative of how…
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