Christopher Nolan on His Viewing Habits, the 'Hard Job' of Making Films and Why He Doesn't Email
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"The only time I ever feel I've wasted my time in a movie theater is when I don't feel the people making the film really loved it," Christopher Nolan tells PEOPLE
Nolan: Well it's sort of like swimming out of your depths. At a certain point, if your feet can't touch the bottom, they can't touch the bottom. It doesn't matter how much deeper it gets. That's
"The only time I ever feel I've wasted my time in a movie theater is when I don't feel the people making the film really loved it," Christopher Nolan tells PEOPLE
Nolan: Well it's sort of like swimming out of your depths. At a certain point, if your feet can't touch the bottom, they can't touch the bottom. It doesn't matter how much deeper it gets. That's
Is Madonna's acting really that bad? A career retrospective lets you be the judge
As a pop star, Madonna is the undisputed queen. Her recent albums Rebel Heart and MDNA may have sold poorly, but she’s still the highest-grossing solo touring artist of all time. As an actor, however, most critics agree that Madonna has got some way to go before she makes it into the royal family. Or even, some would say, the servants’ quarters.
It’s not for want of trying. Back in 1979, four years before the release of her self-titled debut album, Madonna starred in barebones indie drama A Cer
It’s not for want of trying. Back in 1979, four years before the release of her self-titled debut album, Madonna starred in barebones indie drama A Cer
Nicolas Cage: 'I Don't Have Any Regrets'
Ghostbusters review: call off the trolls – Paul Feig's female reboot is a blast
Rejoice! The new Ghostbusters is good. Very good, in fact. It had to be. No comedy has faced more advance scrutiny - even hostility – than Paul Feig’s reboot of Ivan Reitman’s beloved 1980s hit.
It didn’t seem to matter Feig’s track record with mainstream comedy is peerless. Since hitting his big screen stride with Bridesmaids (2011), the sitcom veteran has consistently delivered: his two subsequent two female-led comedies, The Heat (2013) and Spy (2015), were spry and hilarious; both fronted b
It didn’t seem to matter Feig’s track record with mainstream comedy is peerless. Since hitting his big screen stride with Bridesmaids (2011), the sitcom veteran has consistently delivered: his two subsequent two female-led comedies, The Heat (2013) and Spy (2015), were spry and hilarious; both fronted b
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Anna Gunn on leading all-female film Equity and being 'demonized' online
Like millions of Americans, on Monday Anna Gunn watched Michelle Obama’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton at the Democratic convention in complete awe. “I made it up to my room just in time to see it and I thought, ‘Yes!’” the actor says, her eyes shining.
It’s the day after the first lady made her stirring plea to voters, and a happy, relaxed Gunn is seated in a posh hotel suite in New York. “I was applauding and shouting back at the TV. It was just so exciting.”
Gunn has reason to be doubly re
It’s the day after the first lady made her stirring plea to voters, and a happy, relaxed Gunn is seated in a posh hotel suite in New York. “I was applauding and shouting back at the TV. It was just so exciting.”
Gunn has reason to be doubly re
Matt Damon has backed himself into a corner with hypocritical gay comments
In his interview with the Observer on Sunday, Matt Damon said he’s too dull to be a movie star. This week has proven that’s not the case.
The actor, who Elizabeth Day dubbed “Hollywood’s ultimate everyman”, has sparked another controversy following remarks in the interview that actors should steer clear from disclosing their sexuality “because that’s the one of the mysteries” actors “should be able to play”.
“I think you’re a better actor the less people know about you period,” he said. Ironic
The actor, who Elizabeth Day dubbed “Hollywood’s ultimate everyman”, has sparked another controversy following remarks in the interview that actors should steer clear from disclosing their sexuality “because that’s the one of the mysteries” actors “should be able to play”.
“I think you’re a better actor the less people know about you period,” he said. Ironic
Denise Richards Looks Back on How Her 'Public Divorce' Affected Her: 'It's Hard Being Misunderstood'
"That was a hard thing for me to go through and deal with," Denise Richards tells PEOPLE of that period in her life
Denise Richards Looks Back on How Her 'Public Divorce' Affected Her: 'It's Hard Being Misunderstood'
Recently, Richards, 49, was seen in the family film Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove, which played in theaters. She also wrapped production on the upcoming medieval drama series Glow & Darkness, from writer and poet Alejandro Guillermo Roemmers, and co-starring fellow B
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People Mag: Inclusivity Was Oscars Theme
(5 Mar 2018) The movies editor for People magazine says that inclusivity was the takeaway theme from the 90th Academy Awards show.
Nigel Smith pointed to Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's winning the best director award for his film "The Shape of Water," which won best picture.
Del Toro started out his first speech saying he is an immigrant and referencing other Mexican directors who are also Oscar winners, Alfonso Cuaron and Alejandro G. Inarritu.
Jordan Peele made history by becoming the first African American to win a best original screenplay Oscar. But Rachel Morrison, the first woman nominated for best cinematography in "Mudbound," came up empty handed.
There was no #MeToo or Time's Up dress code on the Oscar red carpet. But the topic was, to no one's surprise, a major theme of the evening — from Jimmy Kimmel's monologue, to an emotional appearance by three Harvey Weinstein accusers, to Frances McDormand's calling all female nominees to rise with her in unison.
After winning, McDormand, setting down her best-actress statuette on the floor, exhorted all female nominees in the theater to stand up in unison with her.
After urging Hollywood to tell the stories of these women, she ended with a two-word message to her fellow women in Hollywood: "Inclusion rider" — referring to a star's ability to demand in their contract a level of diversity in the staffing of a film, both in front of and behind the camera.
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Nigel Smith pointed to Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's winning the best director award for his film "The Shape of Water," which won best picture.
Del Toro started out his first speech saying he is an immigrant and referencing other Mexican directors who are also Oscar winners, Alfonso Cuaron and Alejandro G. Inarritu.
Jordan Peele made history by becoming the first African American to win a best original screenplay Oscar. But Rachel Morrison, the first woman nominated for best cinematography in "Mudbound," came up empty handed.
There was no #MeToo or Time's Up dress code on the Oscar red carpet. But the topic was, to no one's surprise, a major theme of the evening — from Jimmy Kimmel's monologue, to an emotional appearance by three Harvey Weinstein accusers, to Frances McDormand's calling all female nominees to rise with her in unison.
After winning, McDormand, setting down her best-actress statuette on the floor, exhorted all female nominees in the theater to stand up in unison with her.
After urging Hollywood to tell the stories of these women, she ended with a two-word message to her fellow women in Hollywood: "Inclusion rider" — referring to a star's ability to demand in their contract a level of diversity in the staffing of a film, both in front of and behind the camera.
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People magazine editor on Golden Globe nominations
(11 Dec 2017) PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S NIGEL SMITH REACTS TO GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS
The Golden Globes came out Monday (11 DECEMBER) with its nominations for 2017.
"Golden Globes, I think are the most fun show to watch during film award season more so than the Oscars because the actors get drunk. You see them drinking Moet Champagne in the seats and you see them reacting in live time to what is going on, on stage, you feel like you are kind of part of the party," said People magazine editor Nigel Smith.
The Globes offered 32 nominations for programs from cable networks, led by HBO's dozen. Streaming services had 15 nominations, with Netflix on top with nine. The only broadcast networks with nominations were NBC, with five, and ABC, with three.
CBS, the most-watched network on television, was shut out.
"So, in the TV section of the Golden Globe nominations there were some major surprises. The Golden Globes love to reward new shows, I think they were the first major organization to reward, 'Atlanta' last season, I think Girls' as well was their first major win, as well as 'Transparent.' So, they always like to be on the cutting edge when it comes to TV. So this year I think they are trying to do that with 'SMILF' - Showtime's show, it is pretty racy and the buzz has been strong on that show but I think people were a little bit surprised that it got in for best comedy as well as best actress over Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep, that show was completely cut out for nominations, it didn't get a single one despite winning best series and best actress at the Emmys recently. And then you also have this Amazon series that no one has really heard of called, 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' and that just premiered a few weeks ago. That landed a nomination I think for actress in comedy as well as best series. It should be interesting seeing how those two new shows duke it out."
While there has recently been a lot of talk about women taking on more powerful roles behind the camera, that was not reflected in this year's film directing nominations.
"The harassment allegations rocking Hollywood right now don't really seem to have an effect in it. I think you would have seen more of a female contingent, especially in the director's section of the nominations for the films, Greta Gerwig was omitted for "Ladybird", a lot of people thought she was going to get nominated for that. Patty Jenkins, for "Wonder Woman", a film that really started a movement in Hollywood was completely snubbed in all categories. Gal Gadot was expected to maybe get an actress nomination, she didn't. And, Dee Rees, the director of the Netflix racial drama, "Mudbound", she also didn't get a nomination for director and people thought that maybe she also had a chance."
The director's nominations were also lacking in diversity in other areas.
"But, when it comes to directors, like I said, the diversity is severely lacking, save for Guillermo del Toro, the Mexican director of "Shape of Water".
Another question was if the Globes would go on to honor Hollywood royalty in the film acting categories or if there might be some surprises there as well.
While the effect of the current run of sexual harassment allegations in Hollywood and beyond were still an open question.
The 75th Golden Globe Awards ceremony is set to air on January 7, 2018.
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The Golden Globes came out Monday (11 DECEMBER) with its nominations for 2017.
"Golden Globes, I think are the most fun show to watch during film award season more so than the Oscars because the actors get drunk. You see them drinking Moet Champagne in the seats and you see them reacting in live time to what is going on, on stage, you feel like you are kind of part of the party," said People magazine editor Nigel Smith.
The Globes offered 32 nominations for programs from cable networks, led by HBO's dozen. Streaming services had 15 nominations, with Netflix on top with nine. The only broadcast networks with nominations were NBC, with five, and ABC, with three.
CBS, the most-watched network on television, was shut out.
"So, in the TV section of the Golden Globe nominations there were some major surprises. The Golden Globes love to reward new shows, I think they were the first major organization to reward, 'Atlanta' last season, I think Girls' as well was their first major win, as well as 'Transparent.' So, they always like to be on the cutting edge when it comes to TV. So this year I think they are trying to do that with 'SMILF' - Showtime's show, it is pretty racy and the buzz has been strong on that show but I think people were a little bit surprised that it got in for best comedy as well as best actress over Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep, that show was completely cut out for nominations, it didn't get a single one despite winning best series and best actress at the Emmys recently. And then you also have this Amazon series that no one has really heard of called, 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' and that just premiered a few weeks ago. That landed a nomination I think for actress in comedy as well as best series. It should be interesting seeing how those two new shows duke it out."
While there has recently been a lot of talk about women taking on more powerful roles behind the camera, that was not reflected in this year's film directing nominations.
"The harassment allegations rocking Hollywood right now don't really seem to have an effect in it. I think you would have seen more of a female contingent, especially in the director's section of the nominations for the films, Greta Gerwig was omitted for "Ladybird", a lot of people thought she was going to get nominated for that. Patty Jenkins, for "Wonder Woman", a film that really started a movement in Hollywood was completely snubbed in all categories. Gal Gadot was expected to maybe get an actress nomination, she didn't. And, Dee Rees, the director of the Netflix racial drama, "Mudbound", she also didn't get a nomination for director and people thought that maybe she also had a chance."
The director's nominations were also lacking in diversity in other areas.
"But, when it comes to directors, like I said, the diversity is severely lacking, save for Guillermo del Toro, the Mexican director of "Shape of Water".
Another question was if the Globes would go on to honor Hollywood royalty in the film acting categories or if there might be some surprises there as well.
While the effect of the current run of sexual harassment allegations in Hollywood and beyond were still an open question.
The 75th Golden Globe Awards ceremony is set to air on January 7, 2018.
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Film Society Talks | Ira Sachs, Greg Kinnear, & Jennifer Ehle | Little Men
Ira Sachs, Greg Kinnear, and Jennifer Ehle joined the Film Society to discuss their new film 'Little Men' in a Free Talk with The Guardian's Nigel M. Smith. Film Society Free Talks are sponsored by HBO.
Much like Love Is Strange, director Ira Sachs’s Little Men captures the modern New York City landscape with a tender and intelligent relationship portrait, this time through the life-defining friendship of two teens caught in the middle of familial tumult. When his grandfather dies, 13-year-old Jake (Theo Taplitz) moves with his family from Manhattan back into his father’s old Brooklyn home, where he meets Tony (Michael Barbieri), whose single mother Leonor (Paulina Garcia) runs a dress shop downstairs. Soon, Jake’s parents Brian (Greg Kinnear) and Kathy (Jennifer Ehle) ask Leonor to sign another, more expensive lease for the store, which kindles a feud between the adults. The friendship struck by Jake and Tony forms the heart of the film, with Sachs observing this connection with humanism and insight to ultimately craft a timely, sophisticated story of displacement and class. A Magnolia Pictures release.
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Much like Love Is Strange, director Ira Sachs’s Little Men captures the modern New York City landscape with a tender and intelligent relationship portrait, this time through the life-defining friendship of two teens caught in the middle of familial tumult. When his grandfather dies, 13-year-old Jake (Theo Taplitz) moves with his family from Manhattan back into his father’s old Brooklyn home, where he meets Tony (Michael Barbieri), whose single mother Leonor (Paulina Garcia) runs a dress shop downstairs. Soon, Jake’s parents Brian (Greg Kinnear) and Kathy (Jennifer Ehle) ask Leonor to sign another, more expensive lease for the store, which kindles a feud between the adults. The friendship struck by Jake and Tony forms the heart of the film, with Sachs observing this connection with humanism and insight to ultimately craft a timely, sophisticated story of displacement and class. A Magnolia Pictures release.
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Sundance film festival: Birth of a Nation and Robert Redford's comments on race
The Guardian’s Nigel Smith and Lanre Bakare are in Park City, Utah for the Sundance film festival, where Nate Parker’s Birth of a Nation sold for $17.5m to Fox Searchlight – a new record for the festival. Bakare reviews the film, which tells the story of the slave revolt leader Nat Turner.
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Academy Conversations: Boyhood
Boyhood discussion with writer-producer-director Richard Linklater and actors Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane at the Academy Theater in New York on July 8, 2014.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards—in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners—the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.
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ABOUT THE ACADEMY
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards—in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners—the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.