On Friday, September 5, Sydney Sweeney will arrive at the Toronto International Film Festival, making her first major public appearance since the controversy surrounding her new American Eagle…
Read more Sydney Sweeney Gave Everything to ‘Christy’: “We Are Actually Punching Each Other”Train Dreams, the 2011 novella by Denis Johnson, had a profound effect on both Clint Bentley and Joel Edgerton. The story, about a logger named Robert Grainier who…
Read more First Joel Edgerton and Clint Bentley Became Fathers. Then They Made ‘Train Dreams’“Not everything is supposed to make you comfortable.” This line is whispered by Julia Roberts in After the Hunt—but it easily could have been said by filmmaker Luca…
Read more Luca Guadagnino Wants to Make You Feel Uncomfortable With ‘After the Hunt’Ann Lee, whose father was a blacksmith by day and a tailor by night, grew up poor and illiterate in Manchester, England. She immigrated to New York in…
Read more Amanda Seyfried Sings—and Screams—in ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’William Shakespeare’s name isn’t spoken for quite a while in Hamnet. Instead, we get to know the man that Agnes falls in love with: a gentle if stoic…
Read more In ‘Hamnet,’ Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal Spin a Shakespearean Fairy TaleEvery actor knows Hedda Gabler. The protagonist in Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play is considered one of the great dramatic roles in theater. Elusive and complex, Hedda is a…
Read more Tessa Thompson and Nia DaCosta Introduce Hedda Gabler Like You’ve Never Seen Her BeforeSo RaMell, how did you set up the filming between the actors to create this visual approach? Ross: The film is conceived as all one-ers. In one scene,…
Read more The Making of ‘Nickel Boys’: How a Pulitzer-Winning Novel Became a Radical, Harrowing FilmCallas is not, of course, quite as famous as Jackie or Spencer, and the movie takes care to introduce her to less informed viewers. Born in New York…
Read more In ‘Maria,’ Angelina Jolie and Pablo Larraín Bring an Opera Icon to Staggering LifeDuring rehearsal, Miller also brought in a movement coach, a key figure in McGregor’s delicate but rigorous physical performance. “We did these extreme exercises of being very, very…
Read more Inside Ewan McGregor’s Enchanting Take on ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’Since turning 80 a little more than five years ago, Anthony Hopkins has gone on perhaps the most remarkable run of his remarkable career, from towering lead performances…
Read more Why Anthony Hopkins’s Whole Career Led Him to ‘Freud’s Last Session’Every year since the Toronto International Film Festival’s Tribute Awards launched in 2019, at least one of the honorees has gone on to win an Oscar: Joaquin Phoenix,…
Read more Vicky Krieps Just Won the Biggest Award of Her Career. She’s Feeling ConflictedCaste was a literary phenomenon in 2020, spending 55 weeks on the US bestseller lists and reportedly selling more than 1.5 million copies. Wilkerson, the Pulitzer –winning, bestselling…
Read more Inside Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’, a Global Investigation With a Personal Touch“In law enforcement circles, he is considered to be one of the greatest actors of his generation, so talented that he can perform on any stage and with…
Read more Richard Linklater’s ‘Hit Man’ Gets Inside the Mind of a Faux Killer for HireThe day before shooting commenced on Anatomy of a Fall, star Sandra Hüller posed the question to her director, Justine Triet, on which their entire film seemingly hinged:…
Read more The Miraculous Collaboration Behind ‘Anatomy of a Fall’Vasarhelyi helmed Nyad alongside her husband and creative partner, Jimmy Chin, in what marks their narrative directorial debut. Oscar winners for 2018’s Free Solo, the documentarians had been…
Read more Exclusive: Annette Bening Swims Toward the Role of a Lifetime in ‘Nyad’
