Beasts of No Nation“The Sunday after our first week of shooting, we had footage to show all the kids,” the Beasts of No Nation director says. “All the extras and our crew showed up to see what we were doing projected on a big screen. The feeling of them seeing what ... More

Trumbo“Most people don’t know about Dalton Trumbo, and it’s important to remind the world about the House Un-American Activities Committee,” the actor says of the film, which explores the titular screenwriter’s life on the blacklist. “I don’t think too many people realize the sacrifices that were made. In the culture ... More

Room“People usually say, ‘Oh, you did such a good job, you made me cry.’ But how did I make them cry? I didn’t do anything,” says Tremblay, the 9-year-old star of Room. “My mom cried when she saw the movie. She said she cried because she was so happy, but then ... More

Amy“I never met Amy Winehouse. I never saw her live. I was interviewing people, asking them questions and getting information, but there was a tipping point that happened in the process, when people were talking to me and I found myself correcting them,” the director of the documentary Amy says. ... More

The Walk“Mr. Zemeckis is so good at weaving together a yarn that I was just along for the ride,” the star of The Walk, which tells the tale of daredevil high-wire artist Philippe Petit and his walk between the Twin Towers, recalls. “One of the greatest things that he ... More

Brooklyn“When we shot the scene on the deck of a boat, near the end of the film, [my character] Eilis has gone full circle; she has experienced homesickness, grief, love, success, heartbreak, and has come out the other side,” Ronan says of the mid-century story of an Irish immigrant ... More

Black Mass“I’m a fan of movies in which it’s hard to tell who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist, and therefore who you empathize with or not. As an actor, I look for those different shades,” Edgerton, who plays John Connolly, a crooked federal agent working against—and sometimes ... More

The Hateful Eight“I’ve never bought into the notion of men being from Mars and women being from Venus, but when you are the only woman on a set, you see that men are really different,” Leigh says of her time filming Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. “But I loved ... More

Son of Saul“The most essential moment for me was when I first read the writings of the crematorium workers. These texts are not well-known, but they give an incredible opportunity for the reader to be transported to that present,” the director of the film—about a man in a concentration ... More

Trumbo“There were a lot of challenges to making Trumbo, but not one of them was insurmountable,” Cranston says of the film that has him playing blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. “With the amount of research and reading that you do, slowly it starts to seep into your psyche—and there is ... More