Interviews
Filmmaker Seth Worley On Crafting a Father-Daughter Short Film
Seth Worley is a short film director who while in quarantine has not stopped working. He and his daughter Eva...
Eagerly Anticipated Interview with Spree Filmmakers
In 1986 there was Top Gun. But there was also Blue Velvet. One film spoke to the mid-80s as an...
Roger Neill On Empowering Young Women Through Music for ‘Unpregnant’
Unpregnant is one of the most unique teen comedies I've seen in a long time. How exactly does one succeed...
Joe Mantello On Honoring Mart Crowley’s Words for Netflix’s ‘The Boys in the Band’
Director Joe Mantello has enormous respect and reverence for playwright Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band. As someone who...
Podcast: ‘Pen15’ Cinematographer Andy Rydzewski On Referencing ‘Shining,’ Bong Joon-ho
Andy Rydzewski is the director of photography for Hulu's Pen15. Here, he sat down with AD TV staff member Kevin Dillon...
Tre and the Peart Family’s Love of Reading Brought ‘The War with Grandpa’ to the Big Screen
Tre Peart just became one of the youngest producers in Hollywood, the teen's name appearing in the credits of the...
Kalceff, Macdonald Talk Trans Representation in Hulu’s ‘First Day’
Julie Kalceff, the writer-director of Hulu's new limited series First Day, about a 12 year-old transgender girl starting middle school, and its star,...
Denise Kum on the Tradition and Technique Behind The Makeup of ‘Mulan’
In an interview with Awards Daily's Shadan Larki, makeup designer Denise Kum discusses creating makeup looks worthy of Disney’s warrior...
Bina Daigeler On Giving Mulan the Armor She Needs to Fight for Herself
The costume design for Mulan is absolutely stunning. Niki Caro's reimagining of Disney's warrior tale makes some big changes from...
Ric Burns Explores Oliver Sacks in ‘His Own Life’
You know legendary neurologist Oliver Sacks from his 1973 book Awakenings and, more likely, Penny Marshall's 1990 Oscar-nominated drama of the same...
Director, Producer of ‘Pier Kids’ on What It Means To Be Homeless, LGBTQ, and Black
Director Elegance Bratton brings a unique vision to his first feature length film, Pier Kids. Having once been homeless and...
Production Designer James Pearse Connelly On Creating Virtual Designs in the Age of COVID
Emmy-winner James Pearse Connelly is leading a virtual production design revolution. With productions facing delays and uncertainty due to the...
A Binge-Worthy ‘Departure’ for Archie Panjabi
Archie Panjabi is back as take-no-prisoners, riddle-solving investigator Kendra Malley in NBC Peacock’s thriller, Departure. And Kendra could be seen...
‘Mulan’ Cinematographer Mandy Walker On Creating Lean-Inspired Epic Visuals
Even on the small screen at home, Disney's Mulan boasts a stunning visual palate of gorgeous vistas and expertly lensed action sequences....
Paul Rudnick, Jay Roach Explore Politics, COVID Through ‘Coastal Elites’
Writer Paul Rudnick and director Jay Roach are no strangers to that wonderful blend of politics and comedy. Rudnick's screenplays...
Tilda Cobham-Hervey Is Helen Reddy in ‘Woman,’ Hear Her Roar
Towards the end of Unjoo Moon’s I Am Woman, a retired Helen Reddy, played by a truly mesmerizing Tilda Cobham-Hervey,...
Composer Jay Wadley Created a Brand New Memory Ballet for ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’
There is a beautiful, nostalgic quality to Jay Wadley's score for I'm Thinking of Ending Things. We first hear harp...
Editor Shawn Paper Talks About the Feminist Heart of ‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’
The Broken Hearts Gallery is unlike any romantic comedy that I've ever seen. Since that genre has all but died...
‘Mulan’ Producer Jason Reed On Bringing the Chinese Legend, Animated Classic to Disney Plus
Mulan, Disney's latest animated classic turned live action film, premiered at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on March 9. It...
Music Supervisor Thomas Golubic on Creating the Authentically Corrupt Vibe of ‘Better Call Saul’
Thomas Golubic has been the music supervisor for the Breaking Bad universe since its inception. Over that time he has...