Alejandro G. Inarritu was frank backstage at Sunday night’s Oscars as his movie “Birdman,” about a washed-up superhero-movie actor attempting to reinvent himself on Broadway, swept the most important awards. When asked about the apprehension in conceiving of such a daring cinematic undertaking, the writer-director declared, “Fear is the condom of life; it doesn’t allow you […]
Imitation Game: Director Tydlum Addresses Criticism of Gay Issues
February 22, 2015 by
Mortem Tyldum directed “The Imitation Game,” which is nominated for 8 Oscars, for $15 million. After he read the script, he was taken by how much he didn’t know about World War II code breaker Alan Turing’s life, and he immediately thought of Benedict Cumberbatch for the role. “The Imitation Game” was criticized for not dealing […]
Sinofsky, Bruce: Oscar Nominated Documentarian (Brother’s Keerp, Paradise
February 22, 2015 by
Oscar-nominated Bruce Sinofsky died early Saturday morning in his sleep from complications stemming from diabetes, his frequent collaborator Joe Berlinger said. He was 58. Sinofsky is best known for the Paradise Lost trilogy, a series of films he made with Berlinger about the West Memphis Three, a group of teenagers convicted, despite a lack of evidence, of murdering […]
Gore, Lesley: Singer of It’s My Party Dies at 68
February 16, 2015 by
The singer broke out into the music scene in 1963 with “It’s My Party,” which raced to No. 1 on the charts, was nominated for a Grammy and sold more than 1 million copies.
Yedaya, Keren: Israeli Filmmaker, Award Winner for Or (My Treasure)
February 16, 2015 by
Keren Yedaya was born in the U.S. in 1972, but her family moved to Israel in 1975, when she was just three. She trained at the Camera Obscura School of Art, in Tel Aviv. Yedaya is known as a political activist for women’s rights and takes part in protests against Israeli military presence in the West Bank. […]
