Carlos Aguilar
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Dan Stevens and the Allure of Kooky Characters
Despite his “Downton Abbey” roots, the co-star of “Godzilla x Kong” and “Abigail” likes the kind of role “that makes the filmmaker smile.”
Dan Stevens and the Allure of Kooky Characters
Despite his “Downton Abbey” roots, the co-star of “Godzilla x Kong” and “Abigail” likes the kind of role “that makes the filmmaker smile.”
The Actor Who Played Jar Jar Binks Is Proud of His ‘Star Wars’ Legacy
Ahmed Best recalls the painful backlash to the “Phantom Menace” character that was considered a racial stereotype at the time, but is now embraced by...
What Directors Love About Nicole Kidman
As the actress receives a life achievement award from the American Film Institute this week, five filmmakers discuss what makes her work so singular.
Making Films About Outsiders, Increasingly in the Mainstream
Goran Stolevski, who is from North Macedonia and grew up partly in Australia, has made three features in three years, all teeming with unruly emotion.
How GKids Became the A24 of Animation
The small distributor has outsize influence because it handles Studio Ghibli films in the United States. Its titles have earned 13 Oscar nods.
America Ferrera and the ‘Barbie’ Monologue We All Talked About
The key moment in the smash hit went through many revisions: “We ended in tears. It ended in laughter, it got big, it got small.”
What It’s Like to Work With Hayao Miyazaki
The anime master is a creature of habit who talks every day with his longtime producer, and keeps it more hands off with his regular...
‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’: A Hit That Initially Unnerved Disney
The filmmakers look back on its 30th anniversary and recall how uncomfortable it made executives. They didn’t expect the celebrations around it today.
‘Elephant’ at 20: A Drama About a Mass Shooting Remains Chilling
When Gus Van Sant made his experimental feature in response to the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, he said, he didn’t envision a future America...