Interviews
‘Mare’ Director Craig Zobel on Working with the Great Kate
Director Craig Zobel loves thrillers, detective stories, and murder mysteries. By the end of episode five, you'll encounter a scene...
‘Burrow’ Creators Sharafian and Capbarat on the Power of Opening Up
Director Madeline Sharafian and producer Michael Capbarat talk about the inspirations and process for their Oscar-nominated animated short Burrow, currently...
How the Oscar-Nominated Songwriters Behind ‘Husavik’ Honored Eurovision, Icelandic Small-Town with a Character-Driven Ballad
In conversation with Awards Daily's Shadan Larki, Savan Kotecha, Rickard Göransson, and Fat Max Gsus, the Oscar-nominated songwriters of Husavik...
Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe On the Urgency for Understanding One Another for ‘Two Distant Strangers’
American audiences are used to the time loop movie. Groundhog Day set the standard so distinctly that every movie that...
Costume Designer Massimo Cantini Parrini on the Poverty and Passion of ‘Pinocchio’
Matteo Garrone's Pinocchio is not the fairy tale American audiences remember. Rather, the film stands as a faithful and true...
Farah Nabulsi Reveals the Dangerous Realities Palestinians Face in ‘The Present’
The way director Farah Nabulsi mixes fiction with harsh reality is nothing short of astonishing. Her Oscar-nominated short film, The...
How Nominated Short ‘White Eye’ is Director Tomer Shushan’s Redemption
Tomer Shushan's White Eye is hard to watch for how it makes us, the viewer, complicit in one man's detachment from...
Suzanne Guacci: Telling Stories for the Underrepresented
Even in today’s changing cinematic landscape, disabled people rarely have prominent film roles. And queer movies whose main characters are...
Billy Magnussen Finds the Hurt Longing in Byron Gogol for HBO Max’s ‘Made for Love’
There is a deep, fascinating mystery to Billy Magnussen's performance in HBO Max's technology satire, Made for Love. After a...
Carla Farmer and Stacey Morris Revisit The Modern, Regal Hair Designs of ‘Coming 2 America’
Podcast: Academy Award Nominee Pippa Ehrlich Discusses ‘My Octopus Teacher’
Director Matthew Perniciaro Explores the James Jordan Murder Case in ‘Moment of Truth’
On August 3, 1993, a badly decomposed body was discovered in a swamp in McColl, South Carolina, just south of...
Indie Spirit Nominee James Sweeney On Creating a Unique Romantic Comedy with ‘Straight Up’
James Sweeney's Straight Up is a hilarious mixture of screwball comedy rhythm and a modern perspective on sexuality, and it's...
Capturing ‘Madness:’ A Chat with Director Leticia Tonos
Among the 93 films on the International Feature Film Oscar Submission list, one of the dark horses that did not...
How Production Designers Turned Time Back 50 Years for ‘Chicago 7’
Awards Daily spoke to Production Designer Shane Valentino and Set Decorator Andrew Baseman on the complexities inherent in making 1969...
Benjamin Kracun Frames the Candy-Colored Horrors of ‘Woman’
Benjamin Kracun, the cinematographer for the 5-time Oscar nominee Promising Young Woman, gets into the details of his craft in...
Oscar Nominated ‘Promising Young Woman’ Editor Frédéric Thoraval On Working With and Learning From Emerald Fennell
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Jake Borelli on Filming the Medical Drama Throughout The Pandemic
Grey's Anatomy star Jake Borelli has had a truly groundbreaking year. Just last month, he graced the cover of Out...
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...
Color is Queen for Deb Newhall’s Costume Designs for Marla Grayson in ‘I Care a Lot’
Rosamund Pike delivers a ferocious, unflinching performance as Marla Grayson in J Blakeson's I Care a Lot, but she also...
