More from Kevin Cassidy
From Outlaws to Breakouts: Oldenburg Success Stories
With no red carpet attitude and no corporate agenda, Germany’s premium indie film festival is a platform and springboard for outsider art: “It’s the purest filmmaker’s festival in the world, no ego, just cinema.”
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The Most Influential Women in International Film
From Lagos to London, these 46 female execs, producers and creatives are changing the face of global cinema
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Berlin Flashback: Robert Pattinson Brought ‘Bel Ami’ to the Berlinale
R-Patz didn't fare well with the critics in his first attempt to break free of his image in the 'Twilight' movies, but he would have the last laugh (he's Batman now).
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What We Lost in the Fires
Hollywood pays tribute to the irreplaceable artifacts and cultural touchstones that were destroyed, from the ‘Wizard of Oz’ piano to Altadena’s historic Black haven to a local recovery landmark.
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The Most Powerful Women in International Television
From Beijing to Barcelona, the execs who are driving change while greenlighting bingeworthy TV.
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Mayor of Rome on Turning the Eternal City Into a “Global Capital of Cinema”
Roberto Gualtieri talks to THR about why Hollywood is flocking to the Italian capital, the resurgence of the famed Cinecitta film studios and why Matteo Garrone's Oscar-nominated 'Lo Capitano' is a film that "needed to be made."
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Venice Flashback: After 20 Years, the Fest’s Love Affair With Sofia Coppola Continues
The writer-director was first invited to the festival with the second feature she directed, 2003’s 'Lost in Translation,' and won the Golden Lion seven years later for 'Somewhere.' She returns this year with 'Priscilla.'
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“You Have to Need the Music”: Nicholas Britell, Kathryn Bostic and the Composer Roundtable
Nicholas Britell, Kathryn Bostic, Michael Abels, Hildur Gudnadóttir, Alberto Iglesias and Alexandre Desplat join the conversation on the biggest musical challenges they faced last year and why composing for film is more like being a nurse than a doctor.
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Leading U.K. Exhibitor Slams BAFTA for ‘Roma’ Wins
J. Timothy Richards, the founder and CEO of U.K. distributor VUE, has written a letter to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for recently honoring Alfonso Cuaron's Netflix title 'Roma' with four awards, including for best film and best director.
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Trent Reznor on Capturing “Pain and Exhilaration” of Adolescence for ‘Mid90s’ Score
Oscar-winning composer Trent Reznor set aside his Nine Inch Nail angst to score Jonah Hill's directorial debut 'Mid90s,' which reminded him of 'that feeling of trying to find your tribe.'
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“We’re All Trying to Service the Story”: The Composer Roundtable
In the Hollywood Reporter's Composers Roundtable, six score masters— Terence Blanchard, Kris Bowers, Ludwig Göransson, Justin Hurwitz, Marc Shaiman, and Hans Zimmer — open up about long hours of trial and error, the fear of being pigeonholed, racing against deadlines and writing music to express "what words can't."
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8 Reasons Hollywood Is Stressed Out Right Now
It's not just mass consolidation and downsizing that should worry you — think about shrinking TV seasons, disappearing backend and what Harvey Weinstein knows.
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