All articles by John Hazelton – Page 17
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Features'The Color Purple' breakout Danielle Brooks on paying homage to Oprah Winfrey and finding her "happy place as an actor”
Danielle Brooks made her name on stage in Broadway musical The Color Purple — and nearly a decade later the big-screen version sees her contending for major film awards.
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FeaturesColman Domingo on ‘Rustin’, ‘The Color Purple’ and giving himself “permission to create”
Civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin was a man ahead of his time. Colman Domingo tells Screen why the role of the gay political organiser — who was challenged by the homophobia of his era — was one he was born to play.
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FeaturesMark Ruffalo on breaking out of his nice guy “brand” in ‘Poor Things’ and the upcoming ‘Mickey 17’
“You fall into this kind of brand. People come to see you as one thing and I was just kind of tired of it. It felt stifling to me.”
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FeaturesSeven years and 151,000 computers: the epic story behind Pixar’s ‘Elemental’
Pixar set itself a big technical and creative challenge by placing fire and water characters at the heart of cross-cultural romcom ‘Elemental’.
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FeaturesRelaunched Golden Globes ceremony throws quieter Hollywood party
Stars turned out in force for first awards bash with new owners and voters.
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News‘Oppenheimer’ dominates at Golden Globes with five wins including best drama film
‘Succession’ was the leading Globe winner on the TV side, with four awards including best drama series.
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NewsAccess Entertainment changes name and recruits Jonathan DuBow
The sales company is set to offer its slate at next month’s European Film Market.
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NewsActor Christian Oliver killed in plane crash
The German born actor and producer appeared in Hollywood films including Speed Racer and The Good German.
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NewsSundance adds ‘The Greatest Night In Pop’; unveils Beyond Film discussion line-up
Participants include Christine Vachon and Steven Soderbergh.
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NewsNorth American box office reached $9bn in 2023
Final figures from Comscore show ‘Barbie’ and ’Oppenheimer’ accounting for more than 10% of total.
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News‘Mary Poppins’ actress Glynis Johns dies aged 100
Johns was a regular in British films of the forties and fifties and later in Hollywood productions.
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NewsAva DuVernay set for Casting Society career achievement award
DuVernay is currently in awards contention with biographical drama Origin.
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News‘Summer Of ’42’ screenwriter Herman Raucher dies aged 95.
Raucher was nominated for an Oscar for the 1971 box office hit.
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NewsSundance 2024 jurors include Mira Nair, Lena Waithe and Shaunak Sen
To mark the festival’s fortieth anniversary all 16 of this year’s jurors are festival alumni.
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FeaturesWho are the Oscar and Bafta frontrunners in the animation categories?
Established US studios increasingly face fresh competition for top animation awards.
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FeaturesHow the directors of documentary ‘The Mission’ navigated a tragic missionary’s tale
Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine weren’t the only filmmakers drawn to the story of John Chau, the young American missionary whose death on a remote Indian island made headlines in 2018. But the possibility of competition didn’t outweigh the possibilities that the husband-and-wife directors of The Mission thought they could ...
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FeaturesPaul Giamatti on playing curmudgeons and reuniting with Alexander Payne for ‘The Holdovers’
Paul Giamatti talks about finding the heart in the protagonist of Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers.
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FeaturesHow English-speaking nations have embraced the Oscars’ international feature category
Screen looks at how Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand have fared in the category over the years, and their approach to the award.
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FeaturesOscars 2024: What are the leading international documentary contenders?
Screen celebrates a rich crop of contenders this year from all corners of the globe.
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News‘Wicked Little Letters’ goes to Sony Classics for North America and China
The comedy with Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley premiered at this year’s Toronto.