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Lulu Wang on ‘The Farewell,’ the indie hit of the summer
When filmmaker Lulu Wang set out to write and direct a personal movie based on a real-life family saga, she had a clear vision for an American film, …
6 years, 5 months ago
Lynn Shelton and Marc Maron on ‘Sword of Trust’
In Lynn Shelton’s new comic caper film 'Sword of Trust,' Marc Maron plays a pawnbroker who gets caught up in a scheme to sell a Civil War artifact of…
6 years, 5 months ago
Actress Sarah Scott on SAG-AFTRA in the Me Too era.
Sarah Scott was a working actress in Hollywood with the usual ups and downs of a life in the entertainment industry. But, last year while shooting a …
6 years, 5 months ago
Career memories from Reginald Hudlin; Caleb Deschanel on shooting ‘Lion King’
Filmmaker Reginald Hudlin recently directed the new documentary ‘The Black Godfather’ for Netflix, but he’s held a lot of other jobs, including writi…
6 years, 6 months ago
Revisiting Elizabeth Banks on blazing a trail in the big leagues
Actress, director, producer Elizabeth Banks is a member of a very small club: women who make commercial big-studio movies. After directing ‘Pitch Per…
6 years, 6 months ago
Pioneering sailor Tracy Edwards and director Alex Holmes on 'Maiden'
In 1989, a young sailor named Tracy Edwards made history when she skippered the first all-female crew in a round-the-world race aboard a secondhand y…
6 years, 6 months ago
Krista Vernoff and Elisabeth Finch on addressing consent on 'Grey's Anatomy'
Over the course of its record-breaking 15 seasons, ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy' has never shied away from tough subjects. When a recent script included a s…
6 years, 6 months ago
Director Simon Kinberg on the dark fate of ‘Dark Phoenix’
Writer-producer Simon Kinberg has worked on the X-Men movie franchise since 2006. ‘Dark Phoenix’ was his directorial debut. The film got panned by cr…
6 years, 7 months ago
Liz Feldman on ‘Dead to Me,’ a funny show about grief
A week after TV writer Liz Feldman lost a family member unexpectedly and found out her fertility treatment had failed again, she took a meeting with …
6 years, 7 months ago
Reginald Hudlin on his Clarence Avant documentary ‘The Black Godfather’
You may have never heard of Clarence Avant, but this enigmatic manager, producer and record executive has touched the lives of a wide array of people…
6 years, 7 months ago