Elisa Leonelli, a photo-journalist and film critic, member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, interviews directors and movie stars, as well as artists, musicians and writers, for international and domestic publications. Formerly Film Editor of VENICE, Los Angeles Arts and Entertainment magazine, currently Los Angeles Correspondent for the Italian film monthly BEST MOVIE, author of the critical essay, "Robert Redford and the American West."
I became aware of Zendaya in 2017 when I interviewed her for the musical The Greatest Showman with Hugh Jackman as circus founder PT Barnum, where... Read more →
Cynthia Erivo, who was born in London to Nigerian parents, then moved to Brooklyn, and is now living in Los Angeles, is playing Aretha Franklin in... Read more →
As a white woman growing up in Italy in the 50s and 60s, I became a leftist and a feminist, I read the autobiography of Malcolm X, but, despite... Read more →
Two recent movies feature leaders of the Black Panther Party. In The Trial of the Chicago 7, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, Bobby Seale is... Read more →
I had featured One Night in Miami, directed by Regina King from the 2013 play by Kemp Powers, in my second article about Women Directors. Now I am... Read more →
I was intrigued by two movies about lesbian romances in the 19th century: Ammonite (2020) directed by Frances Lee, and The World to Come (2021) by... Read more →
Of the dozens of movies directed by women in 2020, many are being released in January-February 2021, due to new eligibility rules for Golden Globes... Read more →
The number of movies directed by women in 2020 has dramatically increased, and it was a real pleasure for me to watch them all and speak with the... Read more →
When I finally watched Wonder Woman 1984, the much delayed sequel to the 2017 Wonder Woman origin story, also directed by Patty Jenkins, I was... Read more →
Among the many movie actors and directors I interviewed in my long career as a film journalist, a personal favorite is Jeff Bridges, a talented... Read more →
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