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Gurinder Chadha and Sarfraz Manzoor on ‘Blinded by the Light’
When Gurinder Chadha set out to make a movie based on journalist Sarfraz Manzoor’s memoir about the effect of Bruce Springsteen music on his life, sh…
7 years ago
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, …
7 years 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…
7 years 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 …
7 years, 1 month 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…
7 years, 1 month 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…
7 years, 1 month 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…
7 years, 1 month 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…
7 years, 2 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…
7 years, 2 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 …
7 years, 2 months ago