In fact, Lee wasn’t even being considered for the part. For months, Celine Song, the writer and director of “Past Lives,” had been looking at other Noras, other Hae Sungs. “They cast...
Read moreAt the Cannes Film Festival premiere of “May December” this week, something happened in the first few minutes that put director Todd Haynes at ease. It took place at the end of...
Read moreAfter the first weekend wraps at the Cannes Film Festival, the sound of suitcases clacking over the stone walkways here begins to fill the air. For the sleep-deprived who remain, though, the...
Read more‘Huesera: The Bone Woman’Stream it on Shudder.This Spanish-language first feature from the Mexican director Michelle Garza Cervera covers familiar horror territory — mom trauma, folk brujeria — but puts a macabre, feminist...
Read moreThe director Rob Marshall discusses his take on the musical number featuring Daveed Diggs as Sebastian and Halle Bailey as Ariel.
Read moreHi, I’m Rob Marshall, and I’m the director of ‘The Little Mermaid.’ So this is about two minutes into the musical number ‘Under the Sea,’ which was the most challenging musical number...
Read moreThis article contains spoilers about the live-action version of “The Little Mermaid.”Ariel, poor girl, already had no voice — and that was before the sea-witch added selective amnesia to the mix.It’s one...
Read moreAt 5 a.m. on a recent weekday, a lone figure paced back and forth outside the main entrance to the Fox Studios lot in Los Angeles. Peter Chiarelli, a screenwriter, was walking...
Read moreBefore introducing one of his favorite movies at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, Quentin Tarantino had this instruction for the audience.“If you want to scream at a shotgun blast, scream at...
Read moreI love a complete sentence for a title. Even better: a complete-sentence title that also describes a filmmaker’s chief concern. “You Hurt My Feelings” sums up the Nicole Holofcener experience: funny in...
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