Ruth Carter has been breaking barriers and building her reputation in the film industry for over 30 years. She is the first woman of color to be nominated for an Academy Award in best achievement in costume design, for Malcolm X, and has also been thus recognized for Amistad, She has worked with some of …
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23 Emmy noms? Interview: Margie Cohn, head of DreamWorks TV
As anyone in the animation industry, and indeed anyone who follows the world of film and animation knows, an Emmy Award nomination is always to be celebrated. Multiply that by 23, and you can imagine the party-like atmosphere happening at DreamWorks TV, after the news they were nominated for daytime Emmys in a wide variety …
THE WOMEN OF KUNG FU PANDA 3: How Girlpower Reigns at DreamWorks
The best representations of Girlpower are those where women lead by example, going beyond gender to erase bias altogether. As the media has covered lately, it’s a challenge that continues. Three women at DreamWorks, who have worked together on the entire Kung Fu Panda franchise, are girlpower personified. Jennifer Yuh Nelson has the distinction of …
INFINITELY POLAR BEAR: Review and Exclusive Interview with Writer/Director Maya Forbes
Mark Ruffalo committed to an indie flick written and directed by director Maya Forbes for good reason. Watch my interview with her and my review of the movie that chronicles her childhood with a manic depressive dad. We laugh, we go deep, and we talk about why the movie needed to be made…
SELMA: Movie Review and Exclusive Interview with Ava DuVernay & David Oyelowo
Why Selma is Cinema Siren’s #1 film of 2014 What makes Selma, the new release by producer/director Ava DuVernay, truly spectacular as a film, is the balance it finds between expansive traditional biography and a more intimate independent-minded personal film. In some ways that’s what Martin Luther King, the subject of this movie, grappled …