New content block blurs TV and online borders with quickly produced, loony content
Lining the walls of Fox Broadcasting’s new animation studio in Hollywood are artifacts unexpected for a venture aimed at creating the next generation of bizarro hybrid TV-Internet entertainment: rows of shelves stocked with about 10,000 books. Read More...
The Polish multiple Oscar nominee co-writes and directs a gripping account of the inhumanity and depravity that ensues when those fleeing persecution are made political pawns. While you’re still in the vice-like grip of its multilevel narrative it may not feel like it, but a film like Agnieszka Holland‘s bruisingly powerful new refugee drama ultimately comes from a place of optimism. Read More...
Profession: Actress and Film Director
Biography: As director and screenwriter of the phenomenally successful "Barbie" film, Greta Gerwig is the first solo female director with a film to gross over $1 billion. Gerwig co-wrote "Barbie" which starred Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling with Noah Baumbach, her frequent collaborator and partner. Gerwig originally wanted to become a playwright, but turned to philosophy after not getting into her desired course. She then became a well-regarded actress in small independent films. Read More...