I spoke with the #AmericanHostage team, @WME, @AmpereAnalysis, @RamoLawPC & more about #IP reused in TV, films, podcasts, audiobooks, etc. as Hollywood digs deeper to find untold stories. Will the same IP on different platforms hurt or help business? #TIFF variety.com/2026/film/news/h…

As the story of #PaulSimon's legendary & controversial South African album #Graceland begins filming with #CynthiaErivo & #GuyPearce this month, I spoke with dir. Bill Condon & prod. Laura Bickford at #Cannes about bringing the musical project to life: variety.com/2026/film/news/b…

Patric Chiha's doc A Russian Winter, premiering at the #BerlinFilmFestival today, examines the Russo-Ukrainian war from the often overlooked perspective of Russian exiles, showing how it all mirrors life in the US & authoritarian regimes today. My #Berlinale feature here:

Great talking w/#KristenStewart (#ChronologyofWater) Scott Cooper (@Springsteen Deliver Me From Nowhere) Derek Cianfrance/Kirt Gunn (#Roofman) & David Michôd/Mirrah Foulkes (#Christy) about the complexity &challenges of writing real-life subjects' stories for films #AwardsSeason

In the last two years, there's been an explosion of new boutique theatrical distributors. I spoke with nearly all of them about their business models, and with indie film experts on how filmmakers can navigate their way to success:

“For God’s sake don’t touch my movies! Let them be 2D!" exclaims legend #WernerHerzog on how AI could flood theaters with converted 3D films. The restored #3D #CaveofForgottenDreams helmer talks his film's "radioactive albino mutant crocodiles," dreams of shooting on Mars & more:

Will low-cost #AI 2D to 3D conversions flood theaters w/3D films, devastate tech jobs and change directors' visions? I asked legendary #CaveofForgottenDreams (in 3D) director #WernerHerzog, #LateFame / fmr #NYFF director #KentJones & experts from #RealD, @IMAX & more to weigh in:

#Cannes2025: #Billions star @EvaVictor reveals the inspiration & #BarryJenkins help with their seriocomic writing/directing/acting debut "Sorry, Baby." It landed an $8M-range @A24 deal at Sundance before its May 22 Directors’ Fortnight closing night bow: shorturl.at/dTqrw

#Cannes2025: Here's my profile of Lloyd Lee Choi, first-time feature director of the moving NYC immigrant story "Lucky Lu" premiering May 19 in Directors' Fortnight. We talked about his inspiration and his plans for two films: variety.com/2025/film/news/l…

On the eve of tomorrow's 40th @FilmIndependent #SpiritAwards, host #AidyBryant explains how #SNL helped her navigate comedy amidst tragedy & acting Film Independent head Brenda Robinson talks about the org's future & honoring its late president Josh Welsh: shorturl.at/3YG3C

The @Berlinale @TeddyAward honorees are: best picture Lesbian Space Princess, best doc Satanic Sow, jury award If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart Into Your Mouth & Smile and a special award to Todd Haynes. More about important political LGBT+ films here: shorturl.at/jU0wq

EXCLUSIVE: It was great talking with @FilmIndependent's Brenda Robinson and working with @Variety's @KatcyStephan on this story... and congrats to Eric and Brenda! xitter.cf/katcystephan/status/18…

More foreign actors are up for awards than any year in recent memory. I talked w/"Russia's @RealChalamet"#MarkEydelshteyn & #YuraBorisov w/#Anora, @EmiliaPerezFilm's @KarSiaGascon, #ImStillHere's #FernandaTorres, #MariaBakalova & @RogerRossWill about why: tinyurl.com/2ptrh7xt

Felt so bad to hear about Josh Welsh's passing. He was such a nice, upbeat person whose work helped so many artists. Condolences to his family and friends deadline.com/2025/01/josh-we…

How can indie films find audiences & awards as studio specialty divisions and streamers tighten their slates? I spoke with @thejackhuston @coraliefargeat (@TryTheSubstance), @TomOrtenberg & many more about how some new theatrical distribs are offering hope variety.com/2024/film/news/d…