Tim Appelo
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‘Winter on Fire’ Director Talks Risking Life to Shoot Ukraine Revolt: ‘We Got Beaten Horribly by Police’
TheWrap Screening Series: Evgeny Afineevsky explains how he captured the 2013-14 Kiev uprising with help from a million protesters with cellphones
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Charlotte Rampling Eyes an Oscar and Looks Back: ‘I Didn’t Go the Hollywood Trail’
The “45 Years” star reflects on her “odd career” and the uncommon chemistry she shared with co-star Tom Courtenay
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‘Court’ Director Talks About Skewering India’s Nightmarish Legal System
TheWrap Screening Series: “A lot of lawyers were offended,” writer-director Chaitanya Tamhane says of his film, India’s official submission for foreign-language film Oscar
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Jordan’s Oscar Entry ‘Theeb’ Makes Nomads Into Movie Stars
TheWrap Screenings Series: “It’s the most successful Arab film in Jordanian history,” director Naji Abu Nowar says of his WWI drama
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How Joseph Gordon-Levitt Was Levitated by VFX in ‘The Walk’
The actor’s tightrope stunts required ingenuity and technology, but surprisingly little money
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‘The Fencer’ Director on Making His ‘Most Difficult’ Movie
TheWrap’s Screening Series: Finland’s Klaus Härö admits, “It was a film with children and in two languages I have not mastered”
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‘The Danish Girl’ Star Alicia Vikander on How Gender Is ‘Extremely Fluid’ (Video)
TheWrap’s Screening Series: After 15 years in development, Tom Hooper’s transgender drama arrives amid headlines about Caitlyn Jenner, “Transparent” and big Oscar buzz
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‘600 Miles’ Director on Borrowing From Legendary Hollywood Movies
TheWrap’s Screening Series: “Obviously, I stole it,” Gabriel Ripstein admits about a scene in his gangster film
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All 7 Rocky Movies Ranked, From the Original to ‘Creed’ (Photos)
TheWrap critic Tim Appelo offers his definitive ranking of all seven movies in the saga of Sylvester Stallone’s world-weary boxer Rocky Balboa
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TheWrap Screening Series: Syrian Refugee Crisis Highlights Bulgarian Oscar Submission ‘The Judgment’
Submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar is ripped from today’s refugee-crisis headlines, and director Stephan Komandarev discusses Bulgaria’s scary past
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‘Sivas’ Director Reveals Soundtrack Includes 500 Real Dogfights
TheWrap’s Screening Series: Turkey’s submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar is a grueling, authentic look at rural dogfighting culture
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‘Brand New Testament’ Cast Talk God, Catherine Deneuve and Gorilla Suits
TheWrap’s Screening Series: Belgium’s submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar is an “Amelie”-like fantasy comedy
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‘Felix and Meira’ Director on Creating a Hasidic Love Triangle as a Religious Outsider
TheWrap Screening Series: “I’m a Catholic, I don’t know anything about Judaism,” filmmaker Maxime Giroux says of the Academy’s foreign-language film entry for Canada
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‘Love the Coopers’ Review: Diane Keaton and All-Star Cast Celebrate a Messy Yet Heartfelt Christmas
Jessie Nelson’s holiday family reunion movie is sprawling, awkward and contrived, yet brimming with goodwill toward men
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TheWrap Screening Series: Georgian Oscar Submission ‘Moira’ Risked Shipwreck for Neorealist Drama
Director Levan Tutberidze’s film is set in a country still reeling from the collapse of the Soviet Union