Interviews

It happened by sheer coincidence. As Johnny Depp was walking up the steps at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes on the night of May 16, truckloads of Nick Wallis’ book “Depp v Heard” were being shipped, unpacked and put in the windows at the stores in the United Kingdom.

Cara Cusamano is perhaps one of the busiest people in New York City these days, ahead of the opening of the Tribeca Festival (TF) 2023, in which she has a double role as Director and VP of Programming. After being a regular attendee at the Festival’s first edition (2002), Cusamano became professionally involved in 2007, and has not stopped since, having held, she says, “every role within the programming team” so far.

The Golden Globe-winner talks olive trees, strong female characters and 1923 on opening night of the ORA! Fest in Puglia, Italy You have a summer residence in the southern part of Puglia, which is famous for its olive trees, many of which are unfortunately affected by a deadly bacteria. Did you lose any trees? Helen Mirren: We don't have a lot of olives like some people, but we had 80 olive trees that got hit with Xylella.

Continuing to surprise with its animated art, as well as expanding the story of Afro-Latino Miles Morales, who wears the mask of the new Spidey, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – the sequel to the Golden Globe Best Picture – Animated winner, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) – recently premiered in Hollywood. Featuring the voices of Daniel Kaluuya (Golden Globe winner for Judas and the Black Messiah), Issa Rae (three-time Golden Globe nominee for Insecure), Hailee Steinfeld (Golden Globe nominee for The Edge of Seventeen), along with Brian Tyree Henry, Jason Schwartzman, Jake Johnson and Shameik Moore as Miles Morales, the film was made under the roof of Sony Animation and is set to be released worldwide this June.

A book that lifts the veil on the creative process behind the show’s Costume Design. Having worked in fashion and costume design for many years, Heidi Bivens became a household name as the costume designer for the HBO teen drama Euphoria.

Tits, from Norwegian writer-director Eivind Landsvik, was one of 11 short films selected out of nearly 5,000 entries competing for the 2023 Cannes Film Festival’s Short Film Palme d’Or. This story tells the tale of Oscar and Iben, two teenagers who unexpectedly develop a relationship during a summer’s day at the beach when they find themselves deserted by their group of friends.

It’s been 15 years since RuPaul’s Drag Race premiered on basic cable channel Logo TV. But it was only after shifting to VH1 in 2017 and, just this past year, to MTV – gaining millions of viewers along the way through mass global distribution and spinning off onto international editions – that the multi-Emmy winning reality competition show has truly cemented its pop culture status.

This August marks the 70th anniversary of the theatrical release of the classic romantic comedy film, Roman Holiday, which won both a Golden Globe Best Actress – Comedy and an Academy Award Best Actress for its star, Audrey Hepburn, in her first starring role in Hollywood. In honor of the milestone – and so many more films starring the beloved actress, including My Fair Lady (1964), Sabrina (1954) and Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) – HFPA member Bárbara de Oliveira Pinto spoke to producer Sean Hepburn Ferrer, the only son of the ten-time Globe nominee and three-time Globe winner, in this week’s episode of the Golden Globes Around the World podcast series.

Monster is one of the films that is getting huge awards buzz at Cannes. Golden Globe-nominated Hirokazu Koreeda won a Palme d'Or for Shoplifters a few years ago.

The Belgian-Congolese rapper and visual artist Baloji held the world premiere of his feature debut Omen at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Omen, which is in competition in Un Certain Regard, centers around a rejected Congolese man named Koffi (Marc Zinga).