Odeya Rush – Lady Bird
“I think Greta’s writing is so great. I felt this girl’s essence through the page. It was really smart dialogue.”
Michael Pe̱a Р12 Strong
“I had this one horse…I would kick it, and he’d be like, ‘Man, fuck this. I’m going to stay right here.'”
Phantom Thread
“Anderson expands his exploration on relationship dynamics to reveal a wickedly humorous romance.”
Shaul Schwarz & Christina Clusiau – Trophy
“We have this perspective that the lion is Simba, the elephant is Dumbo.”
Q’orianka Kilcher – Hostiles
“It’s starting to get so loud that [studios] can no longer not hear us. There’s becoming a demand for [diversity].”
Top Ten Films of 2017
The Florida Project (dir. Sean Baker) – Compassionately told through the eyes of a child, like in recent films “Where the Wild Things Are” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” the story of 6-year-old Moonee (a breakout performance by Brooklyn Prince) and her irresponsible mother (Bria Vinaite) living in an off-the-highway Orlando motel in the shadows of Disney World, is a captivating observational drama filled with moments of incredible sadness, wide-eyed innocence and pure joy. The insular environment director Sean Baker (“Tangerine”) has created for these marginalized characters to live in is extremely convincing and actor Willem Dafoe, who plays the motel’s kindhearted manager, gives the film its authentic core. Knowing the “Happiest Place on Earth†is a destination far from reality, despite its close proximity, makes the narrative all the more emotionally resonant, regardless of how one interprets the film’s final hopeful/heartbreaking moments.
Coral Pe̱a РThe Post
“I wasn’t nervous because in my head I kept thinking, ‘If I make this really normal, I won’t mess up.'”
Chrissie Fit – Pitch Perfect 3
“It’s a positive image that I want people to see of Latinos in Hollywood because that’s my reality.”
Stephanie Andujar – Marjorie Prime
“I’m a firm believer that you should create what you want and do what you want.”
Aimee Garcia – Lucifer (TV)
“I feel like I’m part of a growing movement of strong Latinas. It’s a new era and a very exciting one.”
Juliette Danielle – The Room
“We knew that we weren’t making a wonderful film, but we never thought anyone would see it.”
Richard Linklater – Last Flag Flying
“We have the right to know what our country is doing around the world and why.”