Politics and Cinema
The Summer Of Glover
If you think about it, Donald Glover has been on the come for a good long while. His first breakthrough...
October 2, 2017 Declared Thurgood Marshall Day
Major U.S. Cities and States to Observe 50th Anniversary of Trailblazing Marshall’s Swearing in as the First African American Supreme...
Joint Statement by All Five Directors Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, 2017
As the authoritarian Trump regime rears up in spiteful revenge against America's creative artists by slashing federal funding for the...
Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History: Meryl Streep’s Essential Speech
The Election of Donald Trump and the Oscar Race
AwardsDaily Proudly, Enthusiastically, Unreservedly Endorses Hillary Clinton for President of the United States
Michael Moore Goes to TrumpLand in New Doc
Michael Moore will be showing a documentary tonight in New York that has been kept under wraps this whole year....
Best Director – How the Election Helps Explain the Treatment of Women Directors in the Industry
If you really want to know why more women directors don't get work, take a look at this year's presidential...
When Hillary Clinton Can’t Find a Place in Pop Culture, She Must Create One
Oscar Winners Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon Are Back and Bringing Shame to the Democratic Party
Ang Lee, Sandra Oh, George Takei, Among Others, Write Letter of Protest; Academy Issues an Apology
After the smoke cleared from the 88th Academy Awards, many felt that though the entire broadcast was dedicated to undoing...
America Ferrera Thanks Donald Trump for Energizing Latino Voters Against Ignorant Bigotry
Selma: History, Film and Truth
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell delivers the Last Word with a lesson about how and why filmmakers dramatize real life events. "Movies...
Kathryn Bigelow links elephant slaughter and terrorism
"Even though you only bought a trinket, you paid for something bigger." - In three powerful minutes, Kathryn Bigelow maps...
Mary Poppins Quits, with Kristen Bell
New York Daily News Sends up House of Cards
Speculation about Senator Ashley Judd gains substance
Jon Stewart plans hiatus from The Daily Show to direct Rosewater
Jon Stewart will take a 3-month break from The Daily Show this summer to make his feature film debut. (Deadline)Stewart...
The Winner!
Louis CK is Lincoln
Sondra Locke And Eastwood’s Shadow
It’s hard to calculate how much Sondra Locke’s career was helped and hurt by her long-running personal and professional relationship...
Pawel Pawlikowski on His Film, Cold War
Pawel Pawlikowski's Cold War is a truly magnificent watch. Spanning several years during the Cold War in post-war Europe, the film...
Emily Blunt Talks About Mary Poppins Returns and Past Memories of Tequila Dust
Emily Blunt is in town celebrating two movies that are earning her much acclaim, A Quiet Place and Mary Poppins...
Tony McNamara Discusses Penning The Favourite and Working with Yorgos Lanthimos
The Favourite seems to be the favourite with the critic nominations earning recognition as we head into the season. Just the...
Patrick J. Don Vito On Editing The Music Sequences In Green Book
When we talk about Green Book we talk about the "chicken scene", the music playing scenes or even the interaction...
Marc Platt On The Intensely Creative Experience Of Mary Poppins Returns
Ardent admirers of film musicals know that putting together a great musical is no easy accomplishment, and they will soon...
Rob Marshall Talks Mary Poppins Return and Why The Time Is Right To Revisit Our Favorite British Nanny
Rob Marshall met with us in a Beverly Hills Hotel early in the day to discuss his new film Mary...
Alexandra Byrne On How She Used Denim and How She Made Elizabethan Men Sexy For Mary Queen Of Scots
Costume designer Alexandra Byrne is no stranger to designing period costumes, and no stranger to recreating the world and royal...
Debra Granik Talks About Life in the Wilderness in Leave No Trace
Debra Granik is one of the few female directors getting consistent recognition this season. Leave No Trace won the LA...
The Actors — What the SAG Nominations Tell Us and What They Don’t Tell Us
The critics spent months pleading and begging and whining about the Oscar category for popular films. Right? The Academy then...