Women Directors 2021
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 →
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Women Directors 2020
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 →
Wonder Woman 1984
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 →
Jeff Bridges and Me
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 →
David Fincher’s Mank
As a lifelong cinephile, with a master in Critical Studies from USC School of Cinematic Arts, I knew about the making of Citizen Kane (1941),... Read more →
Sean Connery and Me
The first time I “met” Sean Connery was on the big screen, when I saw him play James Bond in From Russia with Love as a teenager in Italy. It was... Read more →
Stanley Tucci
Last week I interviewed Stanley Tucci via Zoom about The Witches (HBO Max) directed by Robert Zemeckis from the 1983 children’s novel by Roald... Read more →
Anya Taylor-Joy
Earlier this year I had been impressed by Anya Taylor-Joy’s spirited characterization of Jane Austin’s heroine Emma Woodhouse in the movie Emma,... Read more →
Luca Guadagnino—We Are Who We Are
Luca Guadagnino, the Italian director of Call me By Your Name, created a television series titled We Are Who We Are, 8 episodes airing weekly on HBO... Read more →
The Glorias
The Glorias, directed by Julie Taymor, is based on Gloria Steinem’s 2015 autobiography My Life on the Road. The plural indicates the four periods... Read more →
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