Tag: Moonlight
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The 15 Best Movies of the Fall Film Festivals
Venice, Telluride, and Toronto. With those three film festivals, which unspool over the course of a little over a fortnight from late August till mid-September, the course of the year in cinema can be changed forever. Future Oscar nominees are revealed, career-defining performances are seen for the first time, and audiences take note of the…
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Barry Jenkins Praises ‘Roma’ as ‘F*cking Glorious,’ Says Alfonso Cuarón Is ‘Operating at Peak Performance Level’
Following its Golden Lion victory at the Venice Film Festival, Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” traveled to the Toronto International Film Festival and earned even more overwhelming reactions. Barry Jenkins attended the “Roma” TIFF premiere following the debut screenings of his own drama, “If Beale Street Could Talk,” just days earlier. While the “Moonlight” Oscar winner has…
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Barry Jenkins Recalls Being Called A Racial Slur During ‘Moonlight’ Awards Season
One of the most interesting Academy Awards moments of all time is when “La La Land” was wrongfully announced as the Best Picture winner back in 2017. Luckily, it was rectified and “Moonlight” was announced as the rightful winner of the award, but the confusion on stage quickly went viral and the rest is history.…
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Barry Jenkins Was Indirectly Called the N-Word During ‘Moonlight’s’ Oscar Campaign
Awards season was fairly kind to Barry Jenkins two years ago, with at least one notable exception. The “Moonlight” co-writer/director, who’s at Tiff with his new film “If Beale Street Could Talk,” last night recalled an incident in which he was called the N-word by his own driver following the Governors Awards in the lead-up…
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Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Barry Jenkins Lead A Big Night For Oscar Contending Premieres At Toronto Film Festival
It was another big day on Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival with two hugely anticipated movies, one a big studio star-laden remake, the other a small very personal passion project with a largely unknown cast, getting the red carpet premiere treatment. What draws Warner Bros. A Star Is Born and Annapurna’s If Beale…
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Barry Jenkins On Losing His Temper, Advice From Denzel and Doing a Marvel Movie
After his film “Moonlight” won the Academy Award, Barry Jenkins had a lot of offers — but not from Marvel. The filmmaker stopped by the Variety Studio presented by At&T at Tiff to talk about his new film premiering tomorrow night, “If Beale Street Could Talk.”When it was pointed out that many indie film directors…
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Damien Chazelle’s ‘First Man’ With Ryan Gosling to Open 75th Venice Film Festival (Exclusive)
Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle’s space race drama “First Man” will open the 75th annual Venice International Film Festival, Variety has learned. The film will unspool on Wednesday, Aug. 29.This will mark the second opening-night Venice bow for Chazelle. His previous film, “La La Land,” kicked off the fest in 2016 before cruising into the awards…
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Ashton Sanders, Jeffrey Wright Star In ‘All Day & A Night,’ ‘Black Panther’ Scribe Joe Robert Cole Directing For Netflix
Exclusive: Ashton Sanders is set to star with Jeffrey Wright in All Day & A Night, a drama written and to be directed by Joe Robert Cole, who co-wrote Black Panther. Netflix has set the film for a July 30 start date and will release the film on its streaming service. Nina Jacobson is producing.…
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Forest Road, GreenSlate Partnering on Entertainment Financing (Exclusive)
Finance company Forest Road and entertainment payroll specialist GreenSlate Co. have launched a new strategic partnership, Variety has learned exclusively.Under the deal, Forest Road will engage GreenSlate as its preferred service provider to independent film and television producers for its low-cost financing options for tax-related collateral. GreenSlate’s clients have included “I, Tonya,” “Moonlight,” TBS’s “Search…