How did you come up with this idea, and learn about this world?
The original idea came when I was exposed to the world of Weegee, the New York crime photographer.
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October 2013
Q&A with J.C. Chandor and Robert Redford
Why did you want to be in this film?
Redford: Because he asked me! In all honesty, I’ve spent many years building an organization to promote independent film, and yet no one has asked me to work in their film.
April 2021
Q&A with Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott
Emma, what was your inspiration for the film?
I feel like a lot of film students heading into their senior year want to go out with a bang, like a huge dystopian sci-fi film or a period piece, and I was one of those kids.
October 2020
Q&A with Dawn Porter, Evan Hayes, Jayme Lemons, and Pete Souza
The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of The Way I See It. This film really seemed to hit at the perfect time. Can you talk about the genesis of the project? Jayme Lemons: My partner Laura Dern and I were big fans of Pete’s in general, having […]
August 2018
Q&A with Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal
Can you talk about the collaboration between the two of you in terms of writing, producing, and performing this?
Rafael Casal: Yeah, Diggs, can you?
Daveed Diggs: I mean we’ve been working on this for ten years at this point with our two producing partners the whole time, Jess and Keith Calder.
June 2022
Q&A with Baz Luhrmann, Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, and Yola
Baz, I read that you were not setting out to make a biopic. Tell us a bit about that approach and how that informed the film we saw today?
I love a good biopic as much as anyone, but they tend to be formulaic… someone is born, then this happens, then that happens
August 2015
Q&A with Barry Crimmins and Bobcat Goldthwait
How did this film develop?
Barry had written an article for the Boston Phoenix about his experience testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It’s just so funny and well written… it reminded me of a Frank Capra story.
September 2019
Q&A with Adam Driver, Daniel J. Jones, Steven Soderbergh, and Scott Z. Burns
Your characters spends a lot of time in an underground room, and doesn’t interact with a wide variety of people. But you still manage to develop a building sense of urgency. Can you talk about that process?
Adam Driver: There is a kind of decorum that comes with being in that kind of space that I really related to. There is a withholding of emotion, because you are there to do a job and not to insert your opinion or to have a feeling that you can express to your higher ups.
September 2016
National Board of Review to Announce Award Winners on November 29th
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW WILL REVEAL RECIPIENTS OF 2016’S YEAR-END HONORS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH As Previously Announced, the Annual Awards Gala will be held January 4, 2017 New York, NY (September 6, 2016) – The National Board of Review announced today that the organization will name the recipients of its year-end honors on […]
September 2018
National Board of Review to Announce Annual Winners on November 27
The National Board of Review announced today that it will release its 2018 honorees on Tuesday, November 27, 2018.
March 2017
National Board of Review to Announce 2017 Award Winners on November 28th
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW WILL ANNOUNCE RECIPIENTS OF 2017 YEAR-END HONORS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2017 ANNUAL AWARDS GALA SET FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2018 WITH WILLIE GEIST TO RETURN AS HOST New York, NY (March 15, 2017) – The National Board of Review announced today that the organization will name the recipients of its year-end […]
December 2023
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW NAMES 2023 HONOREES
New York, NY (December 6, 2023) – The National Board of Review (NBR) announced today their 2023 honorees
September 2017
National Board of Review Changes Date for Annual Awards Gala
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW MOVES ANNUAL AWARDS GALA TO TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018 RECIPIENTS OF THE YEAR-END HONORS WILL BE NAMED ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2017, AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED New York, NY (September 5, 2017) – The National Board of Review announced today that its annual film awards gala will move to Tuesday, January […]
April 2018
National Board of Review Announces Gala Date
The National Board of Review announced that their annual awards gala will be held on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.