Search Results for: Will Smith
October 2020
UMAMA
One day Sibongile, a domestic worker in South Africa, wakes to find her son missing. This story is about that day and the real relationships that inspired the film.
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, […]
May 2015
Q&A with Thomas Vinterberg, Michael Sheen, David Nicholls, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Carey Mulligan
What made the story right for a modern day interpretation?
Nicholls: I think if you pitch the story – an independent woman has to choose between three different contrasting men while maintaining her independence – I think that would feel very modern and contemporary.
October 2015
Q&A with Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden, and Ryan Reynolds
What was it about the riverboat casinos in Iowa that compelled you to write this story?
It was really interesting to see the anti-glamorous version of a casino. There was a story in there somewhere that we hadn’t seen on film before.
March 2016
Q&A with Ralph Ineson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert Eggers
There’s an incredible attention to detail throughout the film, from the dialog to the set decoration. Could you describe how you approached these aspects of the film?
Robert Eggers: New England was the most literate part of the Western World; you had to teach your children how to read– it was against the law if you didn’t, because you had to read the bible in English.
July 2021
Q&A with Pedro Kos and Shawnee Isaac Smith
The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of Rebel Hearts. How did the project begin and how did you two come together? Shawnee Isaac Smith: I’ll start since it was twenty-one years ago when I met one of the Immaculate Heart sisters and was so inspired by their […]
July 2015
Q&A with Parker Posey and Jamie Blackley
How did missing certain parts of the script before shooting influence you?
Parker Posey: I came on set thinking the film was one way — kind of light fare — and I sort of had water thrown on me by Woody: He immediately told me that she’s a suffering, lonely woman; she’s very unhappy.