How ‘Crystal Swan’ Told an Edgy Story in a Repressive Country
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “My creative friends in [Belarus] were like, ‘Wow, I’m really amazed that they let you show the film,'” says director Darya Zhuk
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How Palme d’Or Winner ‘Shoplifters’ Made ‘The Invisible People’ Visible
TheWrap foreign magazine: “I think there are many segments of every society that prefer that they remain invisible,” director Hirokazu Kore-eda tells TheWrap
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‘The Guilty’ Offers a Recipe for an Unconventional Thriller: One Location and Lots of Imagination
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “It’s always hard to make suspense work,” says director Gustav Möller of his film that rachets up the tension while never stepping outside a single room
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‘Village Rockstars’ Director Says Her Acting Struggles Helped Her Oscar Contending Film
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I didn’t want them to feel what I was feeling when I was looking for jobs in Bollywood,” says director Rima Das of the young stars of her film
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Why Kosovo’s Gay Rights Film ‘The Marriage’ Shocked Its Own Director When It Was Released
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Director Blerta Zeqiri tells TheWrap she had to be cautious making a film about tolerance in an intolerant society — but she wasn’t expecting the reaction her film received
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How Oscar Favorite ‘Cold War’ Turned a Personal Story Into a Sweeping Epic
TheWrap foreign magazine: Director Pawel Pawlikowski based the story on his parents’ volatile relationship, but he says he wanted to set it in “the epic backgrounds” of post-World War II Europe
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‘Champions’ Director Says Disabled Actors Rewrote His Hit Spanish Movie
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “After casting, we rewrote the entire screenplay using the personalities of the people, their experiences, their real lives,” says director Javier Fesser
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How ‘Dogman’ Took a Revenge Story and Added a Touch of Buster Keaton
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The story we took inspiration from was more focused on violence and revenge,” says director Matteo Garrone of his Italian Oscar submission
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‘Birds of Passage’ Directors Say They Found the Real Story of Narco Trafficking From the Women, Not the Men
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “It’s very hard to see Pablo Escobar become a hero to a generation, because his process was really a process of destruction,” says director Ciro Guerra
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‘Border’ Director Ali Abbasi: Here’s How I Shot the Scene That Made Cannes Squirm
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Of course the troll sex was animalistic — “it would be strange if they were f—ing on a sofa with a whiskey in their hand,” says the Iranian-Swedish director
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How ‘Never Look Away’ Juggled Art, Love and the Madness of German History
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “Our county, Germany, has been at the center of every craziness, of every madness, of every abomination of the 20th century,” says director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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Top 50 Film Schools of 2018 Ranked, From USC to ASU
TheWrap magazine: Who’s up, who’s down and who are the hot newcomers in TheWrap’s third annual ranking of the top U.S. schools for filmmaking, dealmaking and new media
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Inside Netflix’s Historic Upset of HBO for Most Emmy Nominations
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “Quality and quantity are not mutually exclusive,” says Cindy Holland, Netflix’s head of original programming
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How ‘St. Elsewhere’ Star Christina Pickles Got Another Emmy Shot at Age 83 (Video)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: ‘When you’re old you have to be funny,” the veteran actress says of her role in the web series “Break a Hip”
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Trevor Noah’s First Thought Every Morning: ‘What Can We Talk About That’s Not Him?’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I wouldn’t mind the level of material or the quantity of material if it didn’t have such adverse effects on people’s lives,” says the Emmy-nominated “Daily Show” host
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How Jeff Daniels Landed 2 Emmy Nominations for Playing a Hero and a Villain: Both ‘Wildly Complex’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I never bought that I was a movie star,” the star of “The Looming Tower” and “Godless” says of his award-worthy second act on the small screen
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How ‘Ozark’ Star Jason Bateman ‘Lives Close to the Median’ Between Drama and Comedy
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It’s hard to differentiate between the comedic and the dramatic,” the actor-director says
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How Pasek and Paul Could Score an EGOT for Adding a Hanukkah Song to ‘A Christmas Story’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “‘We’re definitely going to write a klezmer jazz song where you play the violin,” Justin Paul remembers telling actress Ana Gasteyer
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Why ‘Westworld’ Season 2 Focuses on a ‘Woman Who Comes to Power’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It’s a thing we as a society are trying to navigate,” showrunner Lisa Joy says
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How Emmy Underdogs Kelly Jenrette and Melvin Jackson Jr. Turned Brief Roles Into 2 Unlikely Noms (Video)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I think we were equally surprised,” says Jenrette after she and her husband mounted long-shot campaigns for recognition
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Jimmy Kimmel on Donald Trump: ‘We Will Be Around Long After He’s Gone’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “He fills my head and my monologue and my prescriptions, all at once — he’s omnipresent,” says Kimmel of the president
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‘Game of Thrones’ Star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on One Thing He Won’t Miss About the Show
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “The costumes were very heavy. But beautiful,” the Danish actor says
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Steve Martin and Martin Short Explain Why They Keep Making Comedy Together (But Not Movies)
TheWrap Emmy magazines: “If I say something that Steve thinks is too mean, I’ll take it out,” Martin Short says
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‘The Crown’ Stars Claire Foy and Matt Smith on What They’ll Miss Most About Royal Roles
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “Something good has got to come out of all the shame and the embarrassment,” Foy says about much-publicized pay disparity with her co-star
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Amy Sedaris: How Mr Rogers and Lawrence Welk Inspired My Retro Domestic Goddess
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “”All my references are from the ’60s and ’70s,” host of “At Home With Amy Sedaris” says
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David Harbour Teases ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Challenge ‘More Terrifying Than Any Demogorgon’ (Video)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It is probably the greatest challenge for him,” Harbour says of his character’s relationship with Millie Bobby Brown’s telekinetic teen, Eleven
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‘Stranger Things’ Star David Harbour Portraits (Exclusive Photos)
Emmy-nominated actor stops by StudioWrap for an interview and photo session
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Samantha Bee on Her One Regret About Calling Ivanka Trump That Word
TheWrap Emmy magazine: The host and creator of “Full Frontal” also discusses the difference between President Trump (not funny) and Donald Trump Jr. (funny)
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James Corden’s Master Plan: Let’s ‘Break the Rules of the Internet’ (and Late-Night TV Too)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “We want our show to be a variety show in its truest sense,” Corden tells TheWrap of a show that ranges from Carpool Karaoke to a bit of politics
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‘Barry’ Star Henry Winkler on Why He’s ‘Very Proud’ He Jumped That Shark – Twice (Video)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “At that time I had great legs. So I thought, ‘I don’t care,” actor says of his meme-generating scene from “Happy Days” in 1977
