Movies
Sad, beautiful, the wittiest film of the year, “Anomalisa” takes place largely in a hotel room in Cincinnati, where a customer service expert (his well-regarded book: “How May I Help You Help Them?”)
Dec. 29, 2015
Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s stop-motion film “Anomalisa”, centered around a motivational speaker in crisis, and first-time Venezuelan filmmaker Lorenzo Vigas’ “From Afar” were among the major award winners Saturday at the Venice Film Festival.
Sept. 12, 2015
Inside Starburns Industries, a castle-shaped warehouse on Isabel Street in Burbank, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson were peering over a miniature movie set at their star, a distinguished, melancholy-looking puppet named Michael.
Dec. 25, 2015
It’s a mystery as vexing as the purpose of the seventh-and-a-half floor: Where exactly has Charlie Kaufman been?
Sept. 4, 2015
“Inside Out” and Charlie Kaufman’s “Anomalisa” were among 16 movies that have been submitted for consideration in the animated feature Oscar race, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday.
Nov. 5, 2015
Awards
“Anomalisa” director Duke Johnson discusses his decision to use animation as a medium to tell the film’s story that is “very specifically for adults.”
Dec. 9, 2015
Jan. 10, 2016
Carter Burwell doesn’t usually write the kind of big, sweeping music one associates with Oscar scores; he settles into the films he works on and provides colors that might have otherwise been missing from their palettes — such as subtext.
Dec. 10, 2015
Todd Haynes’ romantic period drama “Carol” dominated the Film Independent Spirit Award nominations announced Tuesday, earning six major nominations.
Nov. 24, 2015
Several years after he released “What Happened Was,” an independent film about two lonely souls, in the mid-1990s, the actor-filmmaker Tom Noonan received a letter from a fan via his website.