How the son of Nike’s founder carved his own path in animation with movies like ‘Kubo’
In 2004, when he was 29, Travis Knight learned in a phone call that his brother, Matthew, who was four years older, had died in a scuba diving accident in...
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Film academy appoints three diverse new governors, others to leadership positions
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs appointed three new governors Tuesday: African American director Reginald Hudlin, Latino writer Gregory Nava and Asian American animator Jennifer...
What I learned about gender — and compassion — the last time I interviewed the Wachowskis
Early in 2015, while promoting their movie "Jupiter Ascending," the Wachowski siblings were sharing a drink with me at a Century City hotel, discussing how their lives had changed since...
‘Trumbo’ review: Bryan Cranston portrays a blacklisted screenwriter
Bryan Cranston, in the role of blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, hunches over a makeshift desk in the bathtub, a tumbler of scotch beside him, a cigarette holder clamped between...
The ‘Ishtar’ effect: When a film flops and its female director never works again
As a viewer, I greet the arrival of a new film directed by a woman with anticipation. I love Nancy Meyers' intrepid heroines and Kathryn Bigelow's tense set pieces and...
Oscars 2015: Diversity onstage stands in stark contrast to nominees
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the Oscar nominations in January, the absence of any minority group nominees in the acting categories — for only the...
San Fransokyo architects built a new world for Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6’
Before the directors of the new Walt Disney Animation movie "Big Hero 6? settled on their story, they created the world in which it's set: a jammed, vibrant place called...
Oscar producers suit up for the big game
For some it's the Super Bowl, for others Olympic ice hockey — but for many, Oscar producer Neil Meron believes, the season's big game takes place in black-tie. "The Oscars...
Celluloid Ceiling Report: Scant progress for women behind film scenes
These might seem like idyllic times for women in Hollywood: 2013's highest grossing film is the Jennifer Lawrence-led "Hunger Games: Catching Fire," and the sisterhood fairy tale "Frozen," the first...
6 great Tina Fey and Amy Poehler award-show moments
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are returning to host the Golden Globe Awards in 2014 and 2015. The duo's chemistry and their ability to deliver barbs with a twinkle have...