Q&A with Olivia Wilde, Katie Silberman, and Jessica Elbaum

Katie, you’ve taken a script that had been around for several years and made it feel brand new. That must be a huge challenge — what was your approach?
Katie Silberman: We talked a lot about what made us love the classic high school movies

Q&A with Michael Morris, Andrea Riseborough, Marc Maron, and Andre Royo

Michael, how did the script find its way to you?
It came to me through Arlie [Day], our producer and casting director. What I like to think she saw it in for me was that the great subject of the film was empathy. It’s about how to look at other people’s lives and experiences uncolored by any sense of judgment.

Q&A with Michael Barnett, Alex Schmider and Clare Tucker

The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of Changing the Game. Michael, I understand you came to the project when a friend shared that they had a child that was transgender. How important was it to make this film in order to become that much more of an […]

Q&A with Matt Ross and Viggo Mortensen

There was such incredible chemistry amongst the cast. How did you build that? What was the rehearsal process?
Viggo Mortensen: Early on, which was great and doesn’t always happen, Matt brought me into read with the last couple of kids we were casting.

Q&A with Jonas Rivera and Pete Docter

How did you develop the particular visual language of this film?
It was really challenging. There were things that we felt were important early on that ended up boxing us in.

Q&A with Jonas Poher Rasmussen

The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of Flee. How long have you known Amin? What was it like to hear the truth about his background? Jonas Poher Rasmussen: I’ve known him for twenty-five years. I grew up in this very small village in Denmark, with like 400 […]

Q&A with Euros Lyn

What were some of the bigger challenges you faced in making this film?

Euros Lyn: One of the things we worked very hard on, as a team, was to collaborate so that every department worked together very closely.

Q&A with Emerald Fennell and Carey Mulligan

How did the idea for script originate?
Emerald Fennell: I had a few friends over for dinner and something uncomfortable had happened to one of the girls at the table on the tube on her way over.

Q&A with Andrea Pallaoro, Trace Lysette, and Patricia Clarkson

I’d love to hear how you developed the script.
Andrea Pallaoro: Well, it’s a film that I had envisioned as part of a much larger exploration on the traumas and the dynamics of what it means to feel abandoned and the consequences of that.

Lara Spencer to Host Annual Awards Gala on Tuesday, January 7th, 2014

New York, NY (October 16, 2013) – The National Board of Review announced today that Lara Spencer will host their annual Awards Gala, taking place on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. This year, the NBR will announce their award winners on Wednesday, December 4, 2013. “We are excited […]