Like "The Killing," the Danish series Veena Sud adapted for US consumption, the producer's "Seven Seconds" opens with the death of a child, exploring the repercussions that follow. What emerges is a solid, overly dense, but occasionally surprising serialized Netflix drama, one that hinges on a police cover-up but which proves to be a bit messy in its incorporation of racial politics.
Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep are not happy about Harvey Weinstein quoting them in an attempt to get a sexual misconduct lawsuit against him dismissed.
Two words, nine letters: "Game Night" is a riot -- an energetic, consistently clever comedy that playfully toys with the expectations of a savvy audience weaned on such fare. Filled with knowing pop-culture references and deriving laughs from every key character, it's the kind of smart, fast-paced entertainment that makes a pretty delicate juggling act look easy.
"The best movies are ones that make me sort of feel everything... I like movies that really kind of put you through the wringer. And I don't mean that in a necessarily negative, sad way. I mean movies that exhilarate you, movies that surprise you."
"The best movies are on late at night. Flip the channel or you go on Netflix or one of those things and pull up 'Philadelphia Story,' or one of those, and you realize why they still hold up and why they're really the best. I was watching 'Carnal Knowledge' the other night, which was made in the '70s. When you go back and watch these films, the reason they were the best was because they were doing it first. There's this great sense of joy."
"There is a need for stories that allow an audience to commune, to come together in a theater -- not just at home but a theater to experience something together -- and for stories that promote empathy and deal with these sort of untold truths."
"The best movies are able to transport you to worlds that you couldn't imagine yourself, that make you feel things that you may not feel in an everyday level, and that challenge your life, that change your life."
"The best movies point at the truth... I think that's what I'm always looking for when I go to the movie theater is a filmmaker revealing something to me that I think that's true, that's right."
"I think people on the outside of filmmaking think of us as a glamour business. This is not a glamour business when you're in the foxholes of production. This is hard, hard work, and as I've gotten older I've appreciated the work and I'm grateful for it, and I'm grateful I still get to make movies."
Oscar-winning actor Lupita Nyong'o will star in a movie adaptation of "Born A Crime," the bestselling autobiography by TV host and comedian Trevor Noah.
Karla Souza, an actress known for her role in ABC's "How to Get Away with Murder," alleged in an interview with CNN she was raped by a director early in her career.
