Interview with Jeffrey Wright
It's not that Jeffrey Wright couldn't predict the impact that American Fiction would have; it's that he wouldn't. "When I'm on set and those types of thoughts enter...
Interview with Paul Giamatti
Paul Hunham, the cantankerous boarding school teacher that Paul Giamatti plays in The Holdovers, is introduced on the second page of David Hemingson's screenplay as "a heap of rumpled corduroy."...
Interview with Lily Gladstone
Lily Gladstone's casting in Killers of the Flower Moon has become a lore of its own: As the story goes, before Scorsese called, she'd nearly quit...
Interview with Brendan Fraser
It started, in some sense, in the '90s. Fraser was the ubiquitous leading man of some of the biggest blockbusters and hit comedies of the...
Interview with Cate Blanchett
If Cate Blanchett remembers correctly, her first meeting with the filmmaker Todd Field could not have gone worse. "I maintain that we met in the foyer of the Four...
Interview with Austin Butler
Growing up in Anaheim, California, closer to Disneyland than Hollywood, a young Austin Butler first encountered Elvis Presley through his grandmother. "She was in high school in '56, so...
Interview with Guillermo del Toro on ‘Pinocchio’
For Guillermo del Toro, it's an honor to be nominated, but the real win is attending the Oscar Nominees Luncheon. "Every time you are fortunate and hardworking...
50 Years of Cinema and Music: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg and John Williams
A long time ago, a young filmmaker ready to shoot his first full feature – after six TV shows and three TV movies – was...
Interview with Damien Chazelle, Director of Babylon
It's no secret that Damien Chazelle has an affinity for Old Hollywood. Look no further than La La Land, his ode to movie musicals throughout history and love...
Interview With New Academy CEO Bill Kramer
Bill Kramer officially assumed his role as the Academy's new CEO on July 1, but he is already planning for next year's Oscars ceremony. "2023...