Search Results for: Life, Animated

April 2022

Q&A with Pierre Perifel, Luc Desmarchelier and Marc Maron

In a narrative film, a character might have some piece of wardrobe or a prop that helps them inform the character. How did you work together to develop the voice of Snake?
Marc Maron: When we first got there, they showed me the sketches for the character but I think they were still trying to figure out how to get him to move.

March 2021

Q&A with Pete Doctor, Kemp Powers, and Dana Murray

Can you talk about the design of the film and how it’s another evolution for Pixar both in the extremes in realism and surrealism that it achieves?
One of the big joys for me in working in this business is to embrace stuff that is perfect for animation

January 2022

Q&A with Jonas Poher Rasmussen

The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of Flee. How long have you known Amin? What was it like to hear the truth about his background? Jonas Poher Rasmussen: I’ve known him for twenty-five years. I grew up in this very small village in Denmark, with like 400 […]

May 2024

Q&A with Jane Shoenbrun and Brigette Lundy-Paine

Speaking of actually having a greater scale and a greater budget, what was the coolest special effect that you got to deploy in this film?
JS: I mean, I loved making the monsters. From the very beginning, I remember thinking, for the next film? Let’s go monsters.

March 2025

Q&A with Gints Zilbalodis and Matiss Kaza

What is it like finally bringing a film into the world after you’ve been working on it for close to five years?
Gints Zilbalodis: It’s been very intense, and very strange, sitting in a room by yourself for such a long time and then going to twenty or thirty places and meeting crowds of people.

December 2019

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES 2019 AWARD WINNERS

THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW NAMES 2019 HONOREESINCLUDINGTHE IRISHMAN FOR BEST FILM OF THE YEAR&QUENTIN TARANTINO FOR BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR The Organization’s Gala will be held on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 in New York City New York, NY (December 3, 2019) – The National Board of Review today announced their 2019 honorees, with […]

November 2017

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES 2017 AWARD WINNERS

THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW NAMES THEIR 2017 HONOREES INCLUDING THE POST FOR BEST FILM OF THE YEAR & GRETA GERWIG FOR BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR The Organization’s Gala will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 in New York City New York, NY (November 28, 2017) – The National Board of Review today […]

November 2016

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES 2016 AWARD WINNERS

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA NAMED 2016 BEST FILM OF THE YEAR BY
 THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW *** 
The Organization’s Annual Gala will be held on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 with NBC’s Willie Geist set to return as host   New York, NY – (November 29, 2016) – The National Board of Review has named […]

December 2015

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES 2015 AWARD WINNERS

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD NAMED 2015 BEST FILM OF THE YEAR BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW  *** 2015 Gala to be held on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 hosted by Willie Geist New York, NY – (December 1, 2015) – The National Board of Review has named MAD MAX: FURY ROAD the 2015 Best Film of the […]

December 2014

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES 2014 AWARD WINNERS

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR NAMED 2014 BEST FILM OF THE YEAR BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW  *** 2014 Gala to be held on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 hosted by Lara Spencer New York, NY – (December 2, 2014) – The National Board of Review has named A MOST VIOLENT YEAR the 2014 Best Film […]

December 2013

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES 2013 AWARD WINNERS

HER NAMED 2013 BEST FILM OF THE YEAR BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW *** 2013 Gala to be held on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 hosted by Lara Spencer   New York, NY – (December 4, 2013) – The National Board of Review has named HER the 2013 Best Film of the Year. Below is […]