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January 2022
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW WILL HOST AWARDS GALA ON TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2022
Annual Gala will Celebrate the 2021 National Board of Review Honorees New York, NY (January 20, 2022) – The National Board of Review has announced that their 2022 Awards Gala will now be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 in New York City. The 2021 awards continue the NBR’s tradition of recognizing excellence in filmmaking, […]
July 2014
So You’ve Grown Attached – Directed by Kate Tsang
An imaginary friend is forced to consider retirement when his creator/best friend starts to grow up.
January 2016
Q&A with Quentin Tarantino, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, and Kurt Russell
The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of The Hateful Eight. Where did the idea for this film come from? Quentin Tarantino: It started because while I didn’t really want to write a sequel to Django, I did like the idea of maybe a series of paperback books like […]
April 2014
Q&A with Pat Healy
In Compliance, you were the sadist, the controller. There are very similar themes here but in this case you’re on the other side.
It’s kind of interesting. In Great World of Sound, I almost play a version of the Ann Dowd character from Compliance.
December 2020
Q&A with Max Barbakow, Andy Siara, Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti
How did you guys come up with the idea for this project?
Max Barbakow: It was a hipster death bender movie.
December 2017
Q&A with Luca Guadagnino, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Timothée Chalamet
The final scene between the father and son is so moving and beautiful, what was it like shooting that scene and what did it mean to you?
Michael Stuhlbarg: Rarely in filmmaking does one get to shoot things in order, but in this case, I had plenty of time because we shot that at the very end of the production.
September 2019
Q&A with Lorene Scafaria
This film is very inclusive and focused on women. Were you aiming to make a film about female empowerment? What was your concept about the story, initially?
I like the idea of making something that people can take away from it whatever they want.
October 2018
Q&A with John C. Reilly, Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, and Alison Dickey
As a producer on the film, can you talk about the struggles of shooting abroad?
JR: Turns out you can’t just march into Yosemite with some horses and light some fires. It’s a lot tougher to shoot in some of the places we were looking for.
January 2022
Q&A with Jeymes Samuel and Zazie Beetz
Can you talk about the germination of this idea, for you?
Jeymes Samuel: The film has been in my head since I was a kid.
August 2020
Q&A with Eliza Hittman, Sidney Flanigan and Talia Ryder
Eliza, when did you first start to think about making this remarkable film?
Eliza Hittman: I first began thinking about this film in 2012. I read a newspaper article that was all about the death of Savita Halappanavar, this woman in Ireland who died after being denied a life-saving abortion.
March 2023
Q&A with Edward Berger
Your DP said that his collaboration with you is one of the most unique he’s had with a director.
Edward Berger: We’re both obsessed with precision and architecture in the film. It’s not haphazard and we don’t try to find the shot on set. It gives me true pleasure to set up a shot and in that shot, have every department create the illusion that this is reality.
May 2022
Q&A with Craig Roberts and Simon Farnaby
Simon, this is an incredible true story. How did you come to write the script?
Simon Farnaby: I was brought up around golf—my father was a greenskeeper at a little club in northeast England. Golf’s a game I love, but I came at it like Maurice [Flitcroft], from a lower-class angle.
December 2021
Q&A with Asghar Farhadi
The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of A Hero. What was your writing process like, as this idea has been with you for a while? Asghar Farhadi: When I was developing the concept of this idea in my head as a student, I was never thinking about […]