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The Long Road to ‘The Imitation Game’ Feb 14, 2015

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Director Morten Tyldum and writer and producer Graham Moore tell Kim Masters how the journey of making their Oscar-nominated film about codebreaker Alan Turing started years ago at a fateful cocktail party.

'Leviathan' Filmmakers Face an Unsettling Response in Russia Feb 07, 2015

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Director Andrey Zvyagintsev and producer Alexander Rodnyansky's film Leviathan is Oscar-nominated, but back home in Russia, the official reaction has been one of displeasure.

A Sundance Postcard and Director Pawel Pawlikowski on ‘Ida’ Jan 31, 2015

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Kim Masters reflects on a personal Sundance first—actually appearing in a film featured at the festival. And a conversation with filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski. His black and white Polish indie Ida is up for two Oscars.

Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer on 'Still Alice' Jan 24, 2015

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Julianne Moore is in Oscar contention for playing a woman struggling with Alzheimer's in Still Alice. The film was directed by a married couple with their own story of battling a debilitating disease.

Richard Linklater and His Oscar-Nominated 'Boyhood' Jan 17, 2015

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Thirteen years ago, Richard Linklater had a simple, but brilliant idea for a film. Investors loved the idea too. The catch? There'd be no return for over a decade. Now, the film is nominated for six Oscars.

Ava DuVernay on 'Selma,' Building a Career Her Own Way Jan 10, 2015

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Before she became a filmmaker, Ava DuVernay worked as a film publicist. DuVernay traces how she shifted her career and ended up making history as the first African American woman nominated for Best Director at the Golden Globes for the historical drama Selma.

Alejandro González Iñárritu on 'Birdman,' the Future of Film Jan 03, 2015

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Director Alejandro González Iñárritu talks about the struggles of getting Birdman, his dark comedy about a washed-up actor seeking redemption, off the ground.

The Year in Film and Television: 2014 Edition Dec 27, 2014

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Hollywood news banter partners Michael Schneider and Matthew Belloni join Kim Masters to mega-banter 2014, the year that may forever be known as the year of the Sony hack.

Laura Poitras on Snowden, Watchlists and 'Citizenfour' Dec 20, 2014

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Documentarian Laura Poitras on the secretive making of Citizenfour, the film about NSA leaker Edward Snowden.

'Big Hero 6' Brings a Marvel Comic Book to a Disney Universe Dec 13, 2014

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Big Hero 6 is the first Disney animated feature to use characters from the Marvel library, but it's not being marketed that way. Producer Roy Conli and Disney Animation Studios president Andrew Millstein explain why.

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