[ad_1] Playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner has come out in defense of director Jonathan Glazer, whose speech at the Oscars almost a fortnight ago continues to polarize opinion. While accepting her award for best foreign language film on March 10, Glazer linked her film, The Zone of Interest, to current events in the Middle East. … Read more
[ad_1] The 2024 Oscars were largely devoid of shocking moments. Nobody got slapped. The right films got their awards. The streak was false. But buried beneath more than three hours of Hollywood fanfare was a brief victory speech that, over the past two weeks, has proven to be a spark that turned into a raging … Read more
[ad_1] Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF One of America’s most celebrated writers and one of Steven Spielberg’s frequent collaborators spoke today on the Haaretz Podcast about the controversy over Jonathan Glazer’s speech after Area of interest It won Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. Speaking about the protests in the United States and their … Read more
[ad_1] Tony Kushner supported Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar acceptance speech, describing the British director’s comments at the ceremony as an “irrefutable and impeccable statement.” Talking about the Haaretz Podcast which premiered Wednesday, Kushner, a four-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, was asked about his feelings on a number of issues related to the Israel-Gaza conflict and brought up … Read more
[ad_1] Tony Kushner Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Tony Kushner supported Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar acceptance speech, describing the British director’s comments at the ceremony as an “irrefutable and impeccable statement.” Talking about the Haaretz Podcast which premiered Wednesday, Kushner, a four-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, was asked about his feelings on a number of issues related to the … Read more
[ad_1] English director Jonathan Glazer poses in the press room with the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for “The Hot Spot” during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California, on March 10 of 2024. Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images The reaction against Even the mildest protests over Gaza … Read more
[ad_1] Rico Polk/PMC Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar acceptance speech after Area of interest won the Oscar for Best International Film has drawn condemnation from more than a thousand Hollywood actors, creatives and executives in recent days, but there are also some in the entertainment industry who have spoken out in support of Glazer and his speech. … Read more
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[ad_1] More than 450 Jewish stars and other Hollywood professionals denounce Area of interest Speech by screenwriter and director Jonathan Glazer at the 2024 Oscars, in an open letter published by Variety on Monday. In his controversial onstage comments while accepting the award for Best International Film, Glazer linked his Holocaust film to the crisis … Read more
[ad_1] Robyn Beck/Getty Images László Nemes, the director of the acclaimed Holocaust film Son of Saulhas spoken out against the speech given by the The area of interest director Jonathan Glazer, when he accepted his Oscar last weekend. Glazer has generated support, but also a huge reaction with his speech, in which he said that … Read more
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[ad_1] An executive producer of The area of interest is speaking out against the speech the film’s director, Jonathan Glazer, gave when accepting this year’s Oscar for best international film. Danny Cohen said he “fundamentally” disagrees with Glazer’s comments, which drew parallels between the Holocaust film and the current conflict in Gaza. “It’s really important … Read more