All Features articles – Page 252
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Features10 box office records that were broken in 2016
Box office records have tumbled this year in China, Italy and the animation world. It has also been a stunning year for Disney.
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FeaturesScreen critics pick the best documentaries of 2016
Ten Screen International critics select the docs that wowed them this year.
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FeaturesScreenwriter Luke Davies on how he avoided the "bad path" with 'Lion'
Writer discusses collaborating with director Garth Davis and avoiding sentimentality on the awards-contending drama.
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FeaturesRebecca Hall on playing tragic reporter Christine Chubbuck: "I was really haunted by this one"
The actress tells us about the painful process of bringing journalist Christine Chubbuck’s life, and not just her infamous death, to the big screen.
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FeaturesBafta chief exec Amanda Berry talks eligibility shake-up, diversity push
Amanda Berry tells Wendy Mitchell about this year’s eligibility refinements and new moves to stimulate a more diverse membership.
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FeaturesWhy costume design is so important in 'Allied'
UK costume designer Joanna Johnston explains how the clothing worn by Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard reflects their characters’ dramatic arcs.
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FeaturesHow the 'Fantastic Beasts' VFX team created a world of amazing monsters
For the first instalment in Warner Bros’ planned five-film follow-up to the Harry Potter franchise, the visual-effects team transposed JK Rowling’s wizarding world to 1926 New York City.
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FeaturesMichelle Williams on 'Manchester By The Sea': "I was afraid that I just wouldn’t measure up"
Michelle Williams packs a powerful punch in Kenneth Lonergan’s awards-season front-runner Manchester By The Sea, despite very limited screen time.
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Features'Nocturnal Animals' cinematographer Seamus McGarvey talks the hardest sequence he's ever shot
For twice Oscar-nominated UK cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, working with Tom Ford on Nocturnal Animals was an experience like no other.
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FeaturesIn Focus: the UK's booming VFX scene
With the exchange rate in their favour, the UK’s visual-effects houses have never been in greater demand. But how is the sector adapting as Brexit looms and investment heads east?
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FeaturesAnnette Bening: "Good directors don’t say a lot"
The legendary actress discusses her role in Mike Mills’ critically acclaimed 20th Century Women.
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FeaturesWhy did so many sequels flop in 2016?
‘Sequelitis’ was a legitimate story this year after so many studio sequels bombed at the box office.
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FeaturesHow Louis Theroux’s 'My Scientology Movie' conquered cinemas
Theroux, director John Dower and producer Simon Chinn tell Screen about making their “ambitious cinematic documentary”.
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Features'Fantastic Beasts': why the New York sets were mostly built in Watford
Legendary Harry Potter production designer Stuart Craig tells us how he built the world of Fantastic Beasts.
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Features2016 at the Russian box office: Hollywood fare dominates
The Russian box office is booming, but local films aren’t getting a look in.
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Features2016 Italy box office report: homegrown comedies underperform
A local comedy raised some cheer, although most struggled with younger audiences.
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FeaturesJohn Battsek talks Oscar-winning documentary career, future projects
What does it take to produce award-winning documentaries year after year? Two-time Oscar winner John Battsek talks to Geoffrey Macnab about story, scale and the one rule of financing he sets himself.
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Features2016 Nordic box office report: Local films hold their own
As is the case in recent years, Nordic audiences have continued to champion local films, often over Hollywood blockbusters.
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FeaturesThe story behind awards hopeful autism doc 'Life, Animated'
Making a documentary about how classic Disney movies helped a young autistic boy engage with the world proved a huge creative challenge for director Roger Ross Williams.
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Features'OJ: Made In America' director on the politics behind his epic historical doc
OJ: Made In America is a prime awards-season contender, an eight-hour exploration of OJ Simpson’s rise and fall filtered through the history of Los Angeles’ African American community.