TheWrap Magazine
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‘Pictures of Ghosts’ Director Says His Brazilian Documentary Came Together in a ‘Natural and Progressive Way’
TheWrap magazine: Kleber Mendonça Filho’s feature is a love letter to cinema and his beloved city of Recife
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‘Beyond Utopia’ Director Wants to Honor 26 Million Trapped North Koreans in an ‘Intimate, Profound Way’
TheWrap magazine: Madeleine Gavin says documenting families’ attempted escapes from the authoritarian nation was a lesson in “pure courage”
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How the Documentary ‘To Kill a Tiger’ Found Its Hero in a 13-Year-Old Rape Survivor
TheWrap magazine: Nisha Pahuja’s film charts a young Indian girl’s astonishing courage and explores the toxic masculinity that enables sexual violence
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‘Priscilla’ Star Cailee Spaeny Ignored Other Film Versions of the Presleys, Including Her Best Friend Olivia DeJonge’s
TheWrap magazine: “I just wanted it to come from my time with Priscilla herself,” the actress says
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Mexico’s ‘Tótem’ Puts a Kid in the Spotlight: ‘Childhood Is Destiny,’ Director Says
TheWrap magazine: “I think it’s vital to be in a dialogue with our childhood,” Lila Avilés says of her latest Oscar contender
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‘Omen’ Director Baloji Says ‘Hating’ His Name Led Him to Making His First Film
TheWrap magazine: Baloji means “sorcerer” in Swahili, and the artist-director says “all my work is based on my name”
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‘Fallen Leaves’ Star Alma Pöysti Explains How Making the Deadpan Rom-Com Was ‘As Pure as Possible’
TheWrap magazine: “(Director) Aki Kaurismäki doesn’t rehearse with us and he prefers to get every shot done in one take,” says the acclaimed actress
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How Jon Batiste Convinced Wife Suleika Jaouad to Document Cancer Battle in ‘American Symphony’
TheWrap magazine: “It’s hard to talk about the grief that you’re feeling. It’s hard to talk about your worst fears,” director Matthew Heineman says
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Mads Mikkelsen Says Blockbusters Like ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Are Fine, but He Really Wants to Make More Danish Films
TheWrap magazine: “More and more, it becomes clear to me that I need to go back,” says the star of Oscar entrant “The Promised Land”
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How ‘The Monk and the Gun’ Director Found Inspiration in Bhutan’s Changing Society
TheWrap magazine: Oscar nominee Pawo Choyning Dorji uses political satire to capture his country in a state of transition
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How Emma Corrin Found the Amateur Detective That Anchors ‘A Murder at the End of the World’
TheWrap Magazine: Cocreators Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij praise the actor’s “molecular-level” performance on the FX limited series
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‘About Dry Grasses’: Is 6th Time the Charm for Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Oscar Chances?
TheWrap magazine: “Sometimes very good movies can be neglected in this system, but this is the way it is,” the acclaimed Turkish director says
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How a Heavy Backpack Helped Christian Friedel Portray Human Evil in ‘The Zone of Interest’
TheWrap magazine: “I had to keep all this darkness inside of me,” says the acclaimed German actor. “It was a very tough cocktail”
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‘Lessons in Chemistry’ Star Brie Larson Became a ‘Jack of All Trades’ to Play Elizabeth, Showrunner Says
TheWrap magazine: More than just an executive producer on the project, the Oscar-winning actress “was the heart and soul of the show,” Lee Eisenberg says
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Irwin Winkler Looks Back at His Oscar Nights, Including the One Where ‘I Wanted to Shoot Myself’
TheWrap magazine: The Hollywood figure has produced all-time classics including “Rocky,” “GoodFellas” and “The Right Stuff”
