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.
Features: Q&A
August 12, 2016
Florence Foster Jenkins – Q&A with Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant
by The National Board of Review
The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of Florence Foster Jenkins. The opening scene is really beautiful, and frames the story so well. Can you discuss how that was conceived? Meryl Streep: Well, it’s interesting that you mention that scene, because the script that we both received […]
July 29, 2016
Star Trek Beyond – Q&A with Simon Pegg and Karl Urban
by The National Board of Review
For a summer blockbuster, this film has some really nice, quiet character moments.
I don’t think you can watch a film that is full of explosions and care about it if you don’t have some care about the people that it is happening to.
July 22, 2016
Captain Fantastic – Q&A with Matt Ross and Viggo Mortensen
by The National Board of Review
There was such incredible chemistry amongst the cast. How did you build that? What was the rehearsal process?
Viggo Mortensen: Early on, which was great and doesn’t always happen, Matt brought me into read with the last couple of kids we were casting.
July 8, 2016
Those People – Q&A with Joey Kuhn and Kimberly Parker
by The National Board of Review
Can you talk about some of the sources of inspiration for this film?
Joey Kuhn: I’ll start with the emotional inspiration for the film: In college, I accidentally fell in love with my gay best friend, and was afraid to tell him for years.