Golden Globe Awards

Talking to us at the Cannes Film Festival, Viggo Mortensen says he smiled when he read the title of Captain Fantastic’s script. “I smiled and said, it can’t really be called that, it can’t really be serious.

Desmond Doss, a World War II Army medic, was the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot – even though this conscientious objector saved dozens of lives in one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific front, Okinawa. Andrew Garfield plays Doss with the mix of grit, sweetness and tenacity that, he says, were the real man’s essential traits: “His impetus came from knowing violence within himself and knowing his own ability to do harm to others.

Richard Loving was a shy, quiet young man from a rural community in early 1960s Virginia. No one would probably remember him today had he not fallen in love and married his neighbor Mildred Jeter.

Hand-picked first by Matt Damon – who was originally set to direct the movie – and later by writer-director Kenneth Lonergan to play Lee Chandler, the prodigal son of Manchester–By-Sea, MA, self-exiled to Boston after a life-changing event, Casey Affleck relied on his passion for the material to compose his complex performance. “This has only happened a couple of times in my life”, Affleck told us.

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A boy growing up in Dublin in the 1980s decides to form a band to escape loneliness and bullying. “I love John (Carney), he’s the best”, says Adam Levine, who composed the song “Go Now” for the movie.

An aspiring actress (Emma Stone) and a struggling jazz musician (Ryan Gosling) meet and fall in love in Los Angeles, city of stars. “Part of what is wonderful about Los Angeles is that it doesn’t reveal itself to you right away”, writer/director Damien Chazelle told us.

In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, three women find their way through a changing world: a single mom (Annette Bening), a budding photographer (Greta Gerwig) and a precocious teen (Elle Fanning). The story cuts close to writer/director Mike Mills: “I make personal movies because I feel like it’s my best chance to make a good movie”, Mills told us.

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