When Daniel is hanging out with his group of friends, he notices – there are eight persons in the group, even though they usually hang out in a group of seven. Everyone knows each other, and no one is new. As confusion spreads, Daniel recalls a folk tale about mischievous monsters.
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June 2017
The President’s Visit – Directed by Cyril Aris
When a small coastal town of fishermen learns about the secret visit of the President of the Republic to its local soap shop, they embark in an everlasting struggle at cleaning up and maintaining the perfect image of their town.
September 2023
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW TO HOST ANNUAL AWARDS GALA THURSDAY, JANUARY 11th, 2024 IN NEW YORK CITY
NBR Establishes New Award Category to Celebrate Achievement in Stunt Artistry New York, NY (September 19, 2023) – The National Board of Review announced today that they will host their annual Awards Gala on Thursday, January 11, 2024, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. The annual gala will be hosted by Willie Geist (Host, […]
September 2013
Sing a Little Song With Me – Directed by Gabriel Urbina
A cafe waitress and her hapless boyfriend must find a way to stay together, and stay alive, when a deranged romantic decides to force her to be the leading lady in a real-life musical.
June 2018
Sexo Y Tortillas – Directed by Priscilla Alvarez
An American woman flies to a small town in Mexico to visit her estranged auntie. She is a traveling saleswoman. What she sells shocks the culture and vibrates the town, but it also brings women together.
February 2021
Q&A with Paul Greengrass and Helena Zengel
Can you tell us about the origins of this film?
Paul Greengrass: I think the origins of it lie in the last film I made, actually, 22 July, which was a pretty tough film about violent right-wing extremism in Europe.
April 2021
Q&A with Oliver Hermanus
What was your experience working with the author of the memoir on which the film is based?
Oliver Hermanus: The first thing I did, when I was certain I would tackle it, was I met with [author Andre Carl van der Merwe] a few times.
July 2021
Q&A with Nicole Riegel
The film is visually stunning. Can you talk about your approach, and how you worked with your collaborators?
Nicole Riegel: I knew the color palette I wanted to use before I began collaborating with my production designer and cinematographer.
January 2024
Q&A with Martin Scorsese
There’s a lot of complexity there. Did you really see it as love story? I kept questioning whether he loved her.
Absolutely. And her too. How much did she know? She must have sensed something.
October 2017
Q&A with JR and Agnès Varda
Ms. Varda, you say very early in your film that “chance” is your assistant. JR, would you say that you agree with that philosophy?
JR: Yes, definitely and that’s why we got along well.
October 2020
Q&A with Dawn Porter, Evan Hayes, Jayme Lemons, and Pete Souza
The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of The Way I See It. This film really seemed to hit at the perfect time. Can you talk about the genesis of the project? Jayme Lemons: My partner Laura Dern and I were big fans of Pete’s in general, having […]
May 2018
Q&A with Chloé Zhao and Brady Jandreau
Can you take us through the process of making this film? There was a long period of time when you were building toward something like this.
Chloé Zhao: During my third year at NYU, I was thinking about what feature film to make. That’s when I first went out to Pine Ridge.
September 2020
Q&A with Charlie Kaufman, Jessie Buckley and Jesse Plemons
The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of I’m Thinking of Ending Things. The film adheres to the novel in some ways, and not in other ways. Charlie, when in your process do you make the decisions about where to stick to the text and where to depart? […]