A disagreement arises between neighboring families on opposite sides of a street.
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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, […]
January 2023
Q&A with Tony Kusher, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, and Gabriel LaBelle
Can you talk about the origins of this project?
Tony Kushner: Steven told me the story that’s the core of the movie on the first day of filming Munich, in 2005, in Malta.
February 2022
Q&A with Potsy Ponciroli and Tim Blake Nelson
The locations are incredible. How did you find them?
Potsy Ponciroli: This film was really created out of the location.
December 2015
Q&A with Michael Fassbender
When an actor does Macbeth on stage, they get to experience the character straight through. How was it playing it in a film?
It’s just a normal thing, really. It’s such a rare opportunity to do something in chronological order when filming; it just never really happens.
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 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.
March 2024
Q&A with Denis Villeneuve
Just as in the last film, this one starts with an incredible burst of sound, accompanied by some text, that really grabs the audience and lets them know they are in for an incredible experience. Can you talk about that decision?
Denis Villeneuve: When making movies, you try to plan as much as possible in the screenwriting. Even so, there are elements that come to life as you’re shooting. And similarly, in post-production, sometimes unplanned things happen, too.
October 2015
Q&A with Cate Blanchett, James Vanderbilt, Dan Rather, and Robert Redford
What compelled you to make this film?
Vanderbilt: I’ve always been fascinated with journalism and I always sort of looked at it as the road not taken.
September 2016
Q&A with Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk, Tori Amos and Daisy Coleman
How did you decide to make these stories into a feature film?
Bonni Cohen: John and I are a married couple – we’ve been making films together for almost twenty years now. And we’ve done a lot of hard films.
February 2025
Q&A with Sean Baker and Mikey Madison
Anora is such an intense and ferocious character, but there’s an understated vulnerability. How did you weave that into the performance?
Mikey Madison: I always saw her as someone who was deeply vulnerable on the inside but is constantly protecting herself by covering it up with anger and spunk.
July 2024
Q&A with Kevin Costner, Luke Wilson, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone and Ella Hunt
What draws you back to these Western stories? What is it like when you develop a project over the course of many years, as you’ve done here?
Kevin Costner: I think it’s the idea that it’s not a part of Disneyland: it was part of our history.
August 2025
Q&A with Kate Beecroft, Tabatha Zimiga, and Porshia Zimiga
Kate, as a first-time director, you went out looking for a story. How did you discover these women and this story?
We took a wrong turn, found a woman and she said, if you want an amazing story, head east of Wall and you’ll find Tabatha. That’s what I did. And I met these two incredible women along with the rest of the teenagers on the ranch.
December 2021
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES 2021 AWARD WINNERS
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW NAMES 2021 HONOREES New York, NY (December 2, 2021) – The National Board of Review announced today their 2021 honorees, with top awards including Licorice Pizza for Best Film; Paul Thomas Anderson for Best Director for Licorice Pizza; Will Smith for Best Actor for King Richard; and Rachel Zegler for […]
