Snoop, the border collie featured in best picture nominee Anatomy of a Fall, and figurines of monsters from Godzilla: Minus One, a nominee for best visual effects, competed for attention with A-listers including Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper and Robert Downey Jr. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon.
Per tradition, the gathering of nominees from across the 23 Oscar categories — along with their plus ones, members of the Academy’s board of governors and a handful of journalists also in the room — took place in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton. Unlike Oscar night itself, nominees tend to feel less nervous at the luncheon, at which they are deliberately seated with nominees from other categories and films, and from which everyone leaves a winner. (See photos of the arrivals.)
Table groupings included Poor Things’ Stone, Maestro’s Cooper and American...
Per tradition, the gathering of nominees from across the 23 Oscar categories — along with their plus ones, members of the Academy’s board of governors and a handful of journalists also in the room — took place in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton. Unlike Oscar night itself, nominees tend to feel less nervous at the luncheon, at which they are deliberately seated with nominees from other categories and films, and from which everyone leaves a winner. (See photos of the arrivals.)
Table groupings included Poor Things’ Stone, Maestro’s Cooper and American...
- 2/12/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian hosted Apple Original Films’ Killers of the Flower Moon for an event on Friday, director Martin Scorsese and star Lily Gladstone talked extensively about the development and production of the Oscar-nominated epic.
But the multiple Oscar nominated film also is in line with so much of what the Smithsonian is trying to do, according to the Smithsonian’s secretary, Lonnie Bunch, and comes at a time when there is so much debate over the teaching of unvarnished chapters of the American past.
“These kinds of films can help us heal, at the very least help us come to grips with our tortured racist past, come to grips with all the challenges of our history, of by doing that, we find our shared humanity,” Bunch said at the event. “We learn that [with] films like Killers of the Flowers Moon, you cannot escape history,...
But the multiple Oscar nominated film also is in line with so much of what the Smithsonian is trying to do, according to the Smithsonian’s secretary, Lonnie Bunch, and comes at a time when there is so much debate over the teaching of unvarnished chapters of the American past.
“These kinds of films can help us heal, at the very least help us come to grips with our tortured racist past, come to grips with all the challenges of our history, of by doing that, we find our shared humanity,” Bunch said at the event. “We learn that [with] films like Killers of the Flowers Moon, you cannot escape history,...
- 1/27/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Though Martin Scorsese and his team worked closely with many members of the Osage Nation tribe on the production of Killers of the Flower Moon — which follows the real-life 1920s murders of Osage members after oil was found on their Oklahoma land — one of the film’s consultants admitted to complicated feelings after watching the film.
Christopher Cote, an Osage language consultant on the project and one of many Osage members who attended its Los Angeles premiere Monday, told The Hollywood Reporter he was “nervous about the release of the film; now that I’ve seen it, I have some strong opinions.
“As an Osage, I really wanted this to be from the perspective of Mollie and what her family experienced, but I think it would take an Osage to do that,” Cote said, referencing Lily Gladstone’s character in the movie. (Historical spoilers from the film ahead.) “Martin Scorsese,...
Christopher Cote, an Osage language consultant on the project and one of many Osage members who attended its Los Angeles premiere Monday, told The Hollywood Reporter he was “nervous about the release of the film; now that I’ve seen it, I have some strong opinions.
“As an Osage, I really wanted this to be from the perspective of Mollie and what her family experienced, but I think it would take an Osage to do that,” Cote said, referencing Lily Gladstone’s character in the movie. (Historical spoilers from the film ahead.) “Martin Scorsese,...
- 10/17/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have been quite open in interviews when discussing the massive “Killers of the Flower Moon” script overhaul that took place during the film’s development. In a new interview with The Irish Times, the director revealed that he and co-writer Eric Roth had been working on the “Flower Moon” script for two whole years when DiCaprio took issue with the approach.
“Myself and [my co-screenwriter] Eric Roth talked about telling the story from the point of view of the bureau agents coming in to investigate,” Scorsese said. “After two years of working on the script, Leo came to me and asked, ‘Where is the heart of this story?’ I had had meetings and dinners with the Osage, and I thought, ‘Well, there’s the story.’ The real story, we felt, was not necessarily coming from the outside, with the bureau, but rather from the inside, from Oklahoma.
“Myself and [my co-screenwriter] Eric Roth talked about telling the story from the point of view of the bureau agents coming in to investigate,” Scorsese said. “After two years of working on the script, Leo came to me and asked, ‘Where is the heart of this story?’ I had had meetings and dinners with the Osage, and I thought, ‘Well, there’s the story.’ The real story, we felt, was not necessarily coming from the outside, with the bureau, but rather from the inside, from Oklahoma.
- 10/16/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
The director brought in Chief Standing Bear as a consultant on Killers of the Flower Moon. When they met, Scorsese made it clear that the crime drama would not be an insensitive Hollywood portrayal of Native Americans
Geoffrey Standing Bear, chief of the Osage Nation, is about to get changed into his tuxedo, bow tie and traditional blanket for the London premiere of Killers of the Flower Moon. This will be the fifth time he’s seeing the three-and-a-half-hour movie, he says. “You need to see it more than once to get the depth.” Mind you, the second time, at the Cannes film festival, he couldn’t really pay attention. “It was hard to concentrate on the film because I was always looking at famous people,” he says, laughing. Like who? “I saw Cate Blanchett, you know, who played Galadriel [in The Lord of the Rings movies]. She was right there.
Geoffrey Standing Bear, chief of the Osage Nation, is about to get changed into his tuxedo, bow tie and traditional blanket for the London premiere of Killers of the Flower Moon. This will be the fifth time he’s seeing the three-and-a-half-hour movie, he says. “You need to see it more than once to get the depth.” Mind you, the second time, at the Cannes film festival, he couldn’t really pay attention. “It was hard to concentrate on the film because I was always looking at famous people,” he says, laughing. Like who? “I saw Cate Blanchett, you know, who played Galadriel [in The Lord of the Rings movies]. She was right there.
- 10/12/2023
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Martin Scorsese, the Killers of the Flower Moon crew and several members of the Osage Nation descended upon New York City on Wednesday night to celebrate the premiere of the Apple original film. As the actors strike continues, though, the film’s ensemble cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons and Brendan Fraser were not able to attend the red carpet and screening.
Based on David Grann’s best-selling book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, the film takes place in 1920s Oklahoma and tells the story of the Osage murders through the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart (DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Gladstone).
“It’s a terrific story, and it’s the kind of thing I think that was a time to try to deal with the subject matter,” Scorsese told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. “When we started to make the film,...
Based on David Grann’s best-selling book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, the film takes place in 1920s Oklahoma and tells the story of the Osage murders through the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart (DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Gladstone).
“It’s a terrific story, and it’s the kind of thing I think that was a time to try to deal with the subject matter,” Scorsese told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. “When we started to make the film,...
- 9/28/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A good director only gives their actor a line reading as a last resort. All other avenues for capturing a moment need to be exhausted, with overtime looming. We’re not suggesting for a minute this is what happened during Joe Pesci’s “how’m I funny?” sequence in “GoodFellas,” but there is now evidence that if it had to go that way, Martin Scorsese could have done it.
During the press conference for “Killers of the Flower Moon” at the Cannes Film Festival, the 80-year-old American treasure, winner of the fest’s Palme D’Or for “Taxi Driver” and Best Director trophy for “After Hours,” was dumbstruck when asked if he’d ever consider making an film with fewer risks.
With the 36-year-old Lily Gladstone smiling beside him, the Oscar-winning director of “The Departed” (and “Raging Bull” and “Kundun” and “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “The Last Waltz...
During the press conference for “Killers of the Flower Moon” at the Cannes Film Festival, the 80-year-old American treasure, winner of the fest’s Palme D’Or for “Taxi Driver” and Best Director trophy for “After Hours,” was dumbstruck when asked if he’d ever consider making an film with fewer risks.
With the 36-year-old Lily Gladstone smiling beside him, the Oscar-winning director of “The Departed” (and “Raging Bull” and “Kundun” and “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “The Last Waltz...
- 5/22/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Returning to the Cannes Film Festival with director Martin Scorsese 47 years after they won the Palme d’Or for “Taxi Driver” was “perfect,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Robert De Niro said on Sunday afternoon at the Cannes press conference for the film.
“It was perfect,” De Niro said. “We haven’t been here since 1976. [It feels] ancient. It was nice being back in this way.”
Saturday night, the three-and-a-half-hour epic played to rapturous reactions at its star-studded premiere. On Sunday, Scorsese and De Niro joined stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone, as well as Osage Nation Chief Standing Bear (a consultant on the movie) to talk to the press about the film that deals with the real-life murders of Osage people by white men trying to take the money they’d made when oil was discovered on the land given to them by the U.S. government.
“It was the culmination...
“It was perfect,” De Niro said. “We haven’t been here since 1976. [It feels] ancient. It was nice being back in this way.”
Saturday night, the three-and-a-half-hour epic played to rapturous reactions at its star-studded premiere. On Sunday, Scorsese and De Niro joined stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone, as well as Osage Nation Chief Standing Bear (a consultant on the movie) to talk to the press about the film that deals with the real-life murders of Osage people by white men trying to take the money they’d made when oil was discovered on the land given to them by the U.S. government.
“It was the culmination...
- 5/21/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
“Taking risk at this age, what else can I do?” Martin Scorsese said Sunday at the Cannes press conference for Killers of the Flower Moon, which had its world premiere last night here.
The director appeared with stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone and the leader of the Osage Nation, Chief Standing Bear, to talk about how they aimed to bring attention to the atrocities that occurred in the oil-rich Osage nation in the early 1920s, which was in the vicinity of the Black Wall Street massacre.
De Niro drew a parallel to what occurred with the Osage nation to the recent George Floyd tragedy, which took place during the Donald Trump presidential administration. The Oscar winner has often blasted Trump.
Commenting on his Killers of the Flower Moon character William Hale, a lynchpin in the Osage Tulsa society who appeared as a friend to the people but was their foe,...
The director appeared with stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone and the leader of the Osage Nation, Chief Standing Bear, to talk about how they aimed to bring attention to the atrocities that occurred in the oil-rich Osage nation in the early 1920s, which was in the vicinity of the Black Wall Street massacre.
De Niro drew a parallel to what occurred with the Osage nation to the recent George Floyd tragedy, which took place during the Donald Trump presidential administration. The Oscar winner has often blasted Trump.
Commenting on his Killers of the Flower Moon character William Hale, a lynchpin in the Osage Tulsa society who appeared as a friend to the people but was their foe,...
- 5/21/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Martin Scorsese got perhaps the most glowing endorsement of his latest film The Killers of the Flower Moon at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Apple Original Films feature, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, explores a series of murders of members of the oil-rich Indigenous Osage Nation in the 1920s, unravelling the betrayal the community faced by white outsiders and the FBI investigation that eventually brought the killers to light.
Speaking at the press conference for the film festival on Sunday, Chief Standing Bear — leader of the Osage Nation — said that his people still “suffer” to this day.
“But I can say on behalf of the Osage Nation that Scorsese and his team have restored trust,” he said.
The previous evening, the Apple film bowed to an enthusiastic reception in the Palais, the audience rising for a standing ovation lasting 9 minutes, among the lengthiest of the festival so far.
The Apple Original Films feature, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, explores a series of murders of members of the oil-rich Indigenous Osage Nation in the 1920s, unravelling the betrayal the community faced by white outsiders and the FBI investigation that eventually brought the killers to light.
Speaking at the press conference for the film festival on Sunday, Chief Standing Bear — leader of the Osage Nation — said that his people still “suffer” to this day.
“But I can say on behalf of the Osage Nation that Scorsese and his team have restored trust,” he said.
The previous evening, the Apple film bowed to an enthusiastic reception in the Palais, the audience rising for a standing ovation lasting 9 minutes, among the lengthiest of the festival so far.
- 5/21/2023
- by Alex Ritman and Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: As Robert De Niro and director Martin Scorsese ready their splashy reunion mob drama The Irishman to world premiere at the New York Film Festival before Netflix releases its this fall, the actor and director are getting closer to jumping right back in with the Imperative Entertainment-produced Paramount drama Killers of the Flower Moon. De Niro is in early negotiations now to team with the director’s other most frequent collaborator, Leonardo DiCaprio.
An adaptation of the nonfiction book by David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon tells the true crime story of multiple murders of members of the Osage Indian tribe in 1920s Oklahoma that occurred after they found oil on their lands.
Sources said that an offer is imminent and that, subject to a final budget being approved, they are clearing schedules for a movie that should be in production by the middle of next year.
An adaptation of the nonfiction book by David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon tells the true crime story of multiple murders of members of the Osage Indian tribe in 1920s Oklahoma that occurred after they found oil on their lands.
Sources said that an offer is imminent and that, subject to a final budget being approved, they are clearing schedules for a movie that should be in production by the middle of next year.
- 7/30/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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