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Jan 24, 2015 • 30min

Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer on 'Still Alice'

Julianne Moore is in Oscar contention for playing a woman struggling with Alzheimer's in Still Alice. The film was directed by a married couple with their own story of battling a debilitating disease.
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Jan 17, 2015 • 30min

Richard Linklater and His Oscar-Nominated 'Boyhood'

Thirteen years ago, Richard Linklater had a simple, but brilliant idea for a film. Investors loved the idea too. The catch? There'd be no return for over a decade. Now, the film is nominated for six Oscars.
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Jan 10, 2015 • 30min

Ava DuVernay on 'Selma,' Building a Career Her Own Way

Before she became a filmmaker, Ava DuVernay worked as a film publicist. DuVernay traces how she shifted her career and ended up making history as the first African American woman nominated for Best Director at the Golden Globes for the historical drama Selma.
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Jan 3, 2015 • 30min

Alejandro González Iñárritu on 'Birdman,' the Future of Film

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu talks about the struggles of getting Birdman, his dark comedy about a washed-up actor seeking redemption, off the ground. 
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Dec 27, 2014 • 30min

The Year in Film and Television: 2014 Edition

Hollywood news banter partners Michael Schneider and Matthew Belloni join Kim Masters to mega-banter 2014, the year that may forever be known as the year of the Sony hack.
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Dec 20, 2014 • 30min

Laura Poitras on Snowden, Watchlists and 'Citizenfour'

Documentarian Laura Poitras on the secretive making of Citizenfour, the film about NSA leaker Edward Snowden. 
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Dec 13, 2014 • 30min

'Big Hero 6' Brings a Marvel Comic Book to a Disney Universe

Big Hero 6 is the first Disney animated feature to use characters from the Marvel library, but it's not being marketed that way. Producer Roy Conli and Disney Animation Studios president Andrew Millstein explain why.
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Dec 6, 2014 • 30min

Producer DeVon Franklin Keeps the Faith in Hollywood

DeVon Franklin is a minister, former studio executive and now producer behind movies with a message. While he was at Sony, he worked on the upcoming remake of the musical Annie.
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Nov 29, 2014 • 30min

Revisiting Kevin Spacey: The Disruptor

Kevin Spacey calls for change in the entertainment business and backs it up by funding and self-releasing his first documentary.
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Nov 22, 2014 • 30min

Documentary Filmmakers on "I'll Be Me" & "Finding Hillywood"

Conversations with Leah Warshawski, director of Finding Hillywood, and James Keach, director of Glen Campbell...I’ll Be Me.

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