Mark Olsen

Barry Jenkins, left, embraces Lulu Wang after Zhao Shuzhen wins the award for best supporting female for "The Farewell" at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, in Santa Monica, Calif.

‘The Farewell’ and ‘Uncut Gems’ rule the Spirit Awards, as Bong Joon Ho celebrates with Spike Lee

February 9, 2020 at 2:28 p.m.

It was with a festive, warm atmosphere inside a tent near the beach in Santa Monica, with just a touch of rebellious insurgency, that the Spirit Awards recognized Lulu Wang's...

How the more inclusive Spirit Awards recognize the true diversity in movies today

February 8, 2020 at 3:20 p.m.

Even with a shortened calendar, this year's awards season has coalesced into a lockstep in many categories. Not just the same winners — Joaquin, Renée, Brad, Laura — but the...

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 12: Greta Gerwig attends the "Little Women" Premiere on December 12, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Directors Roundtable: How talking about directing a film is much like sex

December 18, 2019 at 3:58 p.m.

Todd Phillips just directed one of the year's most critically divisive films, a comic book adaptation that went on to become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time. But top...

Taron Egerton as Elton John in a scene from "Rocketman."

Actors Roundtable: When the Irishman meets Batman, who can tell what will happen?

December 18, 2019 at 3:52 p.m.

Antonio Banderas referred to it as "sofa therapy." Eddie Murphy said he likes to "just do nothing." It's perhaps no great surprise that with six busy actors a recent conversation...

The Envelope gathered five actresses: Cynthia Erivo, from left, Nora Lum (Awkwafina), Jennifer Lopez, Charlize Theron and Renée Zellweger at the end of October to talk about their films, their working lives and the future as it looks to them.

Who could give advice to Charlize Theron about being a celebrity? Only Jennifer Lopez

December 2, 2019 at 6:07 p.m.

Sometimes even celebrities need advice. Even on how to be a celebrity. So it was recently that Charlize Theron, Renee Zellweger, Cynthia Erivo and Nora Lum — perhaps better known...

This image released by Amazon Studious shows Noah Jupe in a scene from "Honey Boy."

How Shia LaBeouf confronts his troubled relationship with his father in ‘Honey Boy’

November 14, 2019 at 4:45 p.m.

It seems pretty complicated, but also kind of not. Here's what's not complicated — Shia LaBeouf wrote and costarred in the raw, emotional movie "Honey Boy." Directed by Alma Har'el,...

Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis in front of a car in a scene from the film "Natural Born Killers", 1994.

The legacy of ‘Natural Born Killers’: Oliver Stone and Juliette Lewis on ultra-violence and media hysteria

October 10, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

It's been 25 years since Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers" caused a stir when it hit theaters, but the violent tale of lovers-on-the-run mixed with a vicious media satire still...

Architecture in ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ adds to Cate Blanchett’s portrayal of complex character

August 19, 2019 at 4:54 p.m.

A movie about a reclusive star architect rather obviously needs both a star and some pretty striking architecture. For his adaptation of Maria Semple's 2012 novel "Where'd You Go, Bernadette,"...

Disturbed and confused by ‘Midsommar’? Let the filmmakers explain

July 5, 2019 at 2:48 p.m.

As exacting and detailed as Ari Aster is as a filmmaker, he's surprisingly low-key about how to pronounce the title of his new film, "Midsommar." While he, as many do,...

This image released by A24 shows Tom Burke, left, and Honor Swinton Byrne in a scene from "The Souvenir."

How Joanna Hogg made memories new in the film ‘The Souvenir’

May 23, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

For most audiences in the U.S., the new film "The Souvenir" will make for not one but two major discoveries. One is the raw, emotional performance by its 21-year-old star...

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