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‘Triangle of Sadness’ director Ruben Östlund getting to Cannes
Ruben Östlund’s latest film “Triangle of Sadness,” a satirical dark comedy that takes place in a luxury yacht, has gained considerable recognition s…
3 years, 1 month ago
Luca Guadagnino: ‘I am a workaholic’ who toils ‘in every direction’
Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino stays busy with his projects, which lately have stacked up on top of each other throughout their production cycles.…
3 years, 1 month ago
Pakistani actor Kumail Nanjiani was unprepared for US cultural shock
When actor, writer, and producer Kumail Nanjiani was 18, he moved from Karachi, Pakistan - a city of more than 9 million people - to the United State…
3 years, 1 month ago
Actor Kumail Nanjiani on accepting a non-comedic role
After writing and starring in the film “The Big Sick” in 2017, actor and comedian Kumail Nanjiani says writer-director and producer Robert Siegel (“P…
3 years, 1 month ago
Director James Gray, Peter Kujawski discuss ‘Armageddon Time’
For Peter Kujawski, chairman of Focus Features, it was “very simple and easy” to greenlight James Gray’s drama “Armageddon Time.” Gray had written th…
3 years, 1 month ago
Larry Wilmore on defying stereotypes, building sprawling career
Actor, comedian, writer, and producer Larry Wilmore has been in show biz for four decades. He has written for dozens of iconic TV shows, including “I…
3 years, 2 months ago
Replay: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy shares her path from making docs to directing ‘Ms. Marvel’
This week, The Business revisits a conversation with filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who is now being tapped to direct an upcoming “Star Wars” movie…
3 years, 2 months ago
Documentary filmmaker absorbs the American South’s history in ‘Descendant’
Documentary filmmaker Margaret Brown was born and raised in Mobile, Ala., and has had an absorbing interest in the American South, including her 2004…
3 years, 2 months ago
Ronan Farrow and Kim Masters on whether Hollywood has changed since #MeToo broke five years ago
It’s been five years since The New York Times and Ronan Farrow, contributing writer for The New Yorker, broke Havey Weinstein’s story of criminal con…
3 years, 2 months ago
‘Interview with the Vampire’: ‘AMC has grand plans for the Anne Rice world’
After AMC acquired the rights to Anne Rice’s major literary works in 2020, the network tasked producer Mark Johnson (“Breaking Bad” and “Better Call …
3 years, 3 months ago