You’ve been with this project for 18 years. What’s the process been like?
Phyllis Nagy: Until the current team came aboard, there was me and a computer that sat on idle for five years
Features: Q&A
November 11, 2015
Brooklyn – Q&A with Finola Dwyer, Saoirse Ronan, and John Crowley
by The National Board of Review
What in your own life has helped you connect with the story?
John Crowley: I moved to London when I was 27 to direct a play at the National Theatre. Having been back and forth from London since I was about ten, I knew London better than I knew Dublin.
October 19, 2015
Truth – Q&A with Cate Blanchett, James Vanderbilt, Dan Rather, and Robert Redford
by The National Board of Review
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.
October 16, 2015
Room – Q&A with Brie Larson
by The National Board of Review
Can you talk about finding this role and the decision to take it?
I had read the book maybe a year before the script was sent to me and I just loved it. A book hadn’t suspended my disbelief in that way, and I’m always reading. I love to read.
October 9, 2015
Steve Jobs – Q&A with Michael Fassbender, Jeff Daniels, Danny Boyle, Aaron Sorkin, and Kate Winslet
by The National Board of Review
How did you develop this story?
Aaron Sorkin: I like claustrophobic spaces and compressed periods of time, especially when there’s a ticking clock. I like being behind the scenes, in this case literally behind the scenes.