Influenced by Cassavetes’ work, Mac, John Turturro’s 1992 directorial debut, expresses as much affection for the craft of the actor as for the craft of the blue-collar laborer-hero at the center of his tale.
Hoppers: Faces Behind Pixar’s Animal Body-Swapping Movie
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“Hoppers” are a group of scientists who have discovered a way to mind-hop into robot animal bodies.
Camera d’Or Year 11 (1988): Mira Nair’s “Salaam Bombay!” (Oscar Nominee)
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Nair’s feature debut, Salaam Bombay! which won the 1988 Cannes Camera d’Or, is a powerful expose of homeless children.
Camera d’Or Year 9 (1986): Claire Devers’s “Noir et Blanc” (“Black and White”)
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Devers’ screenplay is loosely based on Tennessee Williams’s story, “Le Masseur noir”
Project Hail Mary: Sci-Fi Epic Without Any Single Greenscreen Shot
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It tells the story of an astronaut (Gosling) on high-stakes mission to save Earth from an interstellar disaster who encounters an alien trying to save his world from the same fate.
