TheWrap Screening Series
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‘Insecure’ Star Yvonne Orji and Other Emmy Contenders on the Trap of ‘Diversity Porn’ and How Viewers Can Make a Difference (Video)
Orji was joined by “Silicon Valley’s” Thomas Middleditch, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’s” Alex Newell, “Never Have I Ever’s” Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and “Normal People’s” Paul Mescal for the roundtable discussion
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‘Dummy’ Creator Cody Heller on Working With ‘Unwieldy,’ ‘Diva’-Like Sex Dolls for Anna Kendrick Quibi Comedy (Video)
“I salute any person who has a commitment to having a sex doll in their life because truly, it is a lot to deal with,” Heller tells TheWrap
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‘The Cave’ Filmmakers Had Therapist On Call During Production of War Doc (Video)
“Some days I could only work one hour, and then I had to go home crying,” film editor Per Kirkegaard tells TheWrap
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Oscar Short Doc Nominees Discuss Tackling Tough Subject Matter
This year’s field includes films about traumatized refugee children and oppressed Afghan girls who skateboard
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How Greta Gerwig Found Inspiration Revisiting Alcott’s ‘Little Women’ Novel as an Adult
“It was about exactly what my central interests are: authorship, ownership, women, money and how that all intersects,” director tells TheWrap
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TheWrap’s Short Film Showcase: Recovering Veterans, Looney Tunes and More | Video
Directors of six Oscar contending short films discuss their work
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Altruistic Models, Recovering Veterans, Looney Tunes and More at TheWrap’s Short Film Showcase
Directors of six Oscar contending short films discuss their work
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John Travolta Swears His Fans Aren’t Like His Character in ‘The Fanatic’ (Video)
Actor discusses why he “believes in fandom” and how he’s become a big fan of Pitbull
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‘Les Misérables’ Director Ladj Ly on Gritty Paris Drama’s Real-Life Inspirations
“I want to tell about life there from the inside, without casting any judgement and without taking sides,” Ly said at a screening of the film
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How ‘Incitement’ Director Didn’t Let the Assassin Become the Film’s Hero
The Israeli drama depicts the 1995 murder of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin from the perspective of his extremist killer, Yigal Amir
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‘Retablo’ Director Was Surprised at How Peru Embraced His LGBT Story
Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio tells TheWrap that he hopes his film can break the taboos surrounding homosexuality in Peru
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‘Spider’ Director Left Chile Just Before Political Protests Broke Out: ‘I Will Return Tomorrow to Another Country’ (Video)
“How will we direct all that energy will be a huge challenge. But I have a lot of hope,” Andrés Wood says
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Director of ‘Wolkenbruch’ Talks About Breaking the Fourth Wall, Jewish Style
New comedy on Netflix explores cultural clashes through a narrative style used from “House of Cards” to “Deadpool”
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‘Maiden’ Star Tracy Edwards Kept Her Story ‘Messy’ to Serve the Next Generation of Women Athletes (Video)
The sailor and documentary subject avoids airbrushing the details in a “warts-and-all” tale of her historic race around the world
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‘Windows on the World’ Star Edward James Olmos on Playing a 9/11 Survivor Without US Citizenship
The famed actor spoke at TheWrap’s Screening Series alongside his son, Michael, who directed the movie, and screenwriter Robert Mailer Anderson