Tony, Emmy, AFI and Golden Globe Award-winner Jeffrey Wright , one of the most prolific actors of our time, will take part in a conversation about his illustrious career moderated by RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert at the Cannes Film Festival's American Pavilion on Thursday, May 25th, at 12:30pm. The Conversation is an open event in the Roger Ebert Conference Center of the American Pavilion, but you must have credentials to enter the International Village. The "In Conversation: Jeffrey Wright" event will give festivalgoers the opportunity to hear Wright speak at length about his acclaimed credits, which include HBO's "Westworld," the James Bond and Batman franchises, both the Broadway and film versions of Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" and Wes Anderson's " The French Dispatch " and "Asteroid City," the latter of which is premiering this year at Cannes. Wright broke onto the big screen in 1996 with a harr...
The cultural reckoning of #MeToo has made everyone more aware of the common horror of sexual assault (more than 460,000 annually in America, according to the Department of Justice) and, in turn, the damage of a false accusation. But it has always been about taking each instance on a case-by-case basis, even when the media takes a traumatic story to the tribunal of public opinion. Nancy Schwartzman ’s harrowing documentary “Victim/Suspect” wades into tricky waters to ultimately make a vital point. By focusing on young victims who were then arrested for making false accusations, the film is an urgent reminder of the nuance with which each sexual assault case must be handled, starting with the authorities. As the eye-opening journalism within this movie proves, young women like Emma, Nikki, and Diyanie were intimidated by police during overlong depositions and pushed into recanting their statements. Their hope of finding safety and justice ended with them in handcuffs....
RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert's third video dispatch from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, made with Scott Dummler of Mint Media Works, features a roundtable discussion in which she is joined by contributors Jason Gorber and Isaac Feldberg to discuss two of this year's most buzzed about selections, Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" and Jonathan Glazer's "The Zone of Interest." Also included are excerpts from the film's respective press conferences featuring insights from Scorsese, Glazer, Robert De Niro and Osage National Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear. You can view Chaz's full report in the video embedded below... from All Content
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