Emma Thompson

A parade of actors and directors of different colors, genders, and ethnicities took the stage at this year's CinemaCon to add variety and glamour as studio executives promoted their upcoming releases to theater owners. At the annual convention of NATO (National Association of Theater Owners) which was held April 1 to 4 in Las Vegas, Diane Keaton, introduced Poms, a comedy about cheerleaders in a retirement home from STX, playfully lifting her billowy black skirt over white boots to prove how her skinny legs prevented her from cheerleading in high school.

The introspective comedies of Noah Baumbach have established him as one of the most distinctive voices working in American cinema today. Recently his films have been populated by millennials and gen-xers feeling their way though life’s existential and emotional choices as if they’d misplaced the instruction manual.