- Home →
- Moonlight
Iff Panama: ’Moonlight’ Co-producer Andrew Hevia: ‘Filmmaking Requires a Start-up Mentality’
Panama City — Academy Award winning producer Andrew Hevia is attending the 7th Iff Panama to present his latest production, Ecuadorian writer- director Juan Sebastian Jacome’s “Cenizas” (“Ashes”), as well as conducting a low-budget filmmaking workshop.Hevia and Jacome met at the Florida State University Film School, and decided to team up for “Ashes,” which is […]
Continue readingRobin Campillo: ‘I spent the 80s thinking I was going to die. Being a director seemed pointless’
The writer/director of 120 Beats Per Minute on how his time with militant Aids activist group Act Up-Paris inspired one of the most feted films of 2018Last Christmas Eve, just before midnight, Barry Jenkins, the Oscar-winning director of Moonlight, settled down in a hotel room to watch the new French film 120 Beats Per Minute. […]
Continue readingHollywood’s Gay Double Standard: Why So Many Actresses Can Come Out, But Young Actors Stay in the Closet
There’s never been a better time to be gay in Hollywood. “Moonlight” won Best Picture the same year Kristen Stewart told millions of people on “Saturday Night Live” that she’s “like, so gay dude.” Now in its 10th season, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” boasts two Emmy nominations and ever increasing ratings. The “Roseanne” reboot has a […]
Continue reading‘Three Billboards’ Composer Carter Burwell to Headline Ghent Film Festival (Exclusive)
American composer Carter Burwell will headline the 18th World Soundtrack Awards with a live concert as part of the Ghent Film Festival, on Oct. 17 in Ghent, Belgium.Burwell, a recent Oscar nominee for his music for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” will attend, as will composer Nicholas Britell, who was named last year’s “Discovery of […]
Continue reading‘Moonlight’ Star Ashton Sanders in Talks for ‘Native Son’ Movie
“Moonlight” star Ashton Sanders in final negotiations to take on the lead role of Bigger Thomas in a movie version of Richard Wright’s novel “Native Son.”Nick Robinson, the lead actor in gay teen romance-drama “Love, Simon,” is also in talks to join the cast along with Margaret Qualley, KiKi Layne and Bill Camp.A24, which released […]
Continue reading‘Hereditary’: A24 Is Promoting Its Next Big Horror Movie By Sending People Terrifying Handmade Dolls
In the horror world, nothing quite says “creepy! but also maybe hug me!” like a well-placed doll. And in Ari Aster’s upcoming A24 release, “Hereditary,” the place is just crawling with them, thanks in part to star Toni Collette’s character’s bent towards building tiny models of the world around her. It’s a weird world, too. […]
Continue readingSXSW: Barry Jenkins Shares Oscars Acceptance Speech He Would Have Read After Winning Best Picture For ‘Moonlight’
Academy Award-winning Barry Jenkins took the stage as a keynote speaker and charmed the audience on Day 3 of SXSW. He shared very personal stories about his journey to becoming the acclaimed director he is today. From growing up with a mother addicted to crack cocaine to his undying adoration of Die Hard to making […]
Continue readingSXSW: Barry Jenkins Delivers the Speech He Wanted to Read When ‘Moonlight’ Won Best Picture
Barry Jenkins didn’t get to deliver the speech he wanted to give at the Oscars last year. It’s easy to understand why: “Moonlight” wasn’t initially announced as the winner of Best Picture, and so when he came onstage for the second time that night he was too flustered to read his prepared remarks.Just now at […]
Continue readingWhy Director Julia Hart Wanted Gugu Mbatha-Raw For ‘Fast Color’ — SXSW
Making a splash at South by Southwest two years ago with her directorial debut, Miss Stevens, writer/director Julia Hart is back in 2018 with supernatural drama Fast Color. Co-written and produced by the director’s husband, La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz—well known for graciously turning Best Picture to Moonlight after the envelope scandal that rocked […]
Continue readingSXSW 2018: Live Stream Barry Jenkins’ Keynote Speech to Learn About Life After ‘Moonlight’ (Exclusive)
If you’ve found yourself wondering what Barry Jenkins has been up to in the year since “Moonlight” shocked the moviegoing world by winning Best Picture, wonder no longer. The filmmaker, who won an Oscar of his own that fateful evening, is at South by Southwest to deliver a Keynote speech. Avail yourself of an exclusive […]
Continue reading