Said actor Ashleigh Murray: “It goes without saying how humbly honored I am for the opportunity to share my budding experience in the entertainment industry. CSA is and always has been an integral part of meaningful and impactful representation in Hollywood. Creating space for broader understanding through open dialogue cultivates increased awareness of the diverse life experiences actors bring. Panels like this promote the intervention of implicit bias and allows for the creation of roles and artistry that authentically represent humanity. Change, like life, is constant and the work must be done. I’m a woman with an open heart and a story to tell. I’m happy to be a part of the conversation.” … [Read more...] about Casting Society To Host Town Hall & Open Call For Black Actors
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In ‘The Snail And The Whale,’ Directors Max Lang & Daniel Snaddon Find Their Most Ambitious Children’s Book Adaptation To Date
DANIEL SNADDON: It definitely was one of the first things we were talking about, and because our aesthetic is really inspired by stop-motion, we always approach these problems from the same perspective. [Like], “If we had to do this in stop-motion, what would we do?” So, a lot of the sets that the snail occupies are built and dressed for specific shots, because that’s exactly what you’d do if you built in stop-motion. I think we took a very layered approach to that and tried to find a balance, all the way from design through the different stages of building each shot. How much detail is too much? And how do you get that really satisfying sense of a miniature world, and then also really hit these big, wide, epic shots? We were very lucky with our team, that they completely got that—how essential that contrast between the enormous world and the beautiful, little micro world was to telling the story. … [Read more...] about In ‘The Snail And The Whale,’ Directors Max Lang & Daniel Snaddon Find Their Most Ambitious Children’s Book Adaptation To Date
AMC Theatres Boosts Liquidity, Saying It Has “Financial Runway Deep Into 2021”
Aron told CNBC earlier this month that AMC has managed to raise just over $200 million of the $750 million it was targeting since it projected it needs that much to fund its capital requirements through the end of 2021. "We need to raise more, but we’re working hard to do that, and we’ve laid out a plan and a blueprint to get there," Aron said. … [Read more...] about AMC Theatres Boosts Liquidity, Saying It Has “Financial Runway Deep Into 2021”
Int’l Critics Line: Todd McCarthy On Germany’s Oscar Entry ‘And Tomorrow The Entire World’
The firmness of Luisa’s engagement is strongly conveyed by Emde, her resolve outflanking that of her male companions, despite the sometimes rash, show-offy gestures on Alfa’s part. Daniela Knapp’s fleet hand-held camera is always on the move and yet always where it needs to be any crucial moment, and the editing is down to the bone in a way that’s dynamically exciting rather than annoying. … [Read more...] about Int’l Critics Line: Todd McCarthy On Germany’s Oscar Entry ‘And Tomorrow The Entire World’
NBCU Debuts New Washington Bureau And Studios
NBC News is moving from its Nebraska Avenue location after more than 60 years. That space was dedicated by President Dwight Eisenhower and then NBC President Robert Sarnoff in 1958 (You can see a color video of the moment here), and was the site of the second debate in 1960 between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. WRC-TV, the local NBC affiliate, will continue to broadcast from the location. … [Read more...] about NBCU Debuts New Washington Bureau And Studios
