“I’m curious what makes you so curious.” — Django, Django Unchained
MUDBOUND
“There’s a whole lot of evil in the world that looks pretty on the outside.” — Hillary Jordan, Mudbound
OKJA
“We inflict economic damage on those who profit from their misery. We reveal their atrocities to the public.” — Jay, Okja
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THE HAND OF GOD | PAOLO SORRENTINO
“I want an imaginary life, just like the one I had before.” — Fabietto, Hand of God
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MALCOLM & MARIE
“I feel like once you know someone’s there for you, and once you know they love you, you never actually think of them again. It’s not until you’re about to lose someone, that you finally pay attention.” — Marie, Malcolm & Marie
Read MoreDIAVOLO LA | SIGNS OF STRENGTH
Beautiful and moving piece by my friends at Diavolo LA
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CHRISTOPHER NOLAN | INTERSTELLAR
DAWN | ABILITY IN PROGRESS
Ability in Progress is a beautiful, groundbreaking piece about embracing diverse demographics in all of their layered complexities without simply being defined by their most visible or simplistic traits.
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ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY | THE LITTLE PRINCE
“If you want to drum up people to build a ship, teach them — rather than by assigning tasks — to long for the endless immensity of the sea,” one of the many sayings I’ve come to adore by French WWII pilot, explorer and author Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
Sometime in the 1940s, he disappeared. Though accompanied by numerous speculations and strange foreshadowings, whatever happened to him has remained a mystery since. Even so, his writings have continued to live on, bringing profound insight into the realms of faith, imagination and the human spirit.
Read MoreLIKE STORIES OF OLD →
Like Stories of Old explores nearly every literary, philosophical and humanistic theme or device used across various film and television genres. His dissection is equal parts inquisitive, illuminating and inspiring, and continually leads me to revisit or explore the art of film and storytelling in entirely new ways.
Read MoreSK-II CHANGE DESTINY | MISA KURANAGA
“My DNA is a funny little dictator. It dictates that I will see the world through brown colored eyes, that my narrow hips will limit the range of my movements, that my features are too flat to show emotion, that my legs are too short to be graceful. It dictates that I will be too petite to stand out.
But most of all, my DNA dictates that I shouldn’t listen to little dictators.”
— Misa Kuranaga, the first Asian ballerina promoted to principal dancer for the San Francisco Ballet, and ambassador for SK-II’s Change Destiny Stories
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is an anthology of deeply humorous and philosophical short films set during the era of the Old West, and one of my favorites from the Coen Bros. duo. This is one of those pieces you need to watch multiple times over in order to uncover all that is there.
“Uncertainty — that is approprate for matters of this world. Only regarding the next can we vouchsafe certainty. I believe certainty regarding that which we can see and touch, it is seldom justified, if ever. Down the ages, from our remote past, what certainties survive? Yet we hurry to fashion new ones, wanting their comfort. Certainty is the easy path, just as you said.”
“Straight is the gate.”
“And narrow the way. Indeed.” — The Girl Who Got Rattled
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PATRICK MELROSE
“I don’t understand what is superior about being amoral” — Anne Moore, Patrick Melrose
Read MoreI AM HUMAN FILM
“History is littered with good intentions but if we start tinkering with the brain, we start changing it, are we about to fundamentally change what it means to be human?” — I am Human, A Documentary
Read MorePortrait of Iraq
“The Iraq I’ve come to know and love over the course of these visits is a drastically different place than the version of the country I grew up seeing in the news. On my most recent trip, I brought a 16mm film camera and a few cans of film to capture portraits of people I met along the way.” — Janssen Powers, Portrait of Iraq
Read MoreBurberry Shorts
“A modern twist on the classic Gene Kelly’s Singin’ in the Rain. The idea came from the brand’s heritage, where founder Thomas Burberry once created weatherproof outerwear used by arctic explorers.” — Ryan Wheeler, Saatchi & Saatchi for Creative Moment
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EMMA WATSON
“Getting behind the camera and learning how it works is about the most empowering thing I’ve learned in lockdown. As a young woman, I always thought the most glamorous and exciting thing would be to be someone’s muse, but wow it’s something else to be able to tell your own story and that of others’ “ — Emma Watson
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Gemma Chan →
“My dad said to me, ‘It doesn’t matter how good you are or how talented you are — how many faces do you see on the screen that look like ours?’ I said, ‘Dad, I just want to be part of a change.’
If you find something you are passionate about, you’ve got to try. Even if something doesn’t quite work out. Disappointment is a temporary thing. Regret lasts forever.” — Gemma Chan
Read MorePrada presents "Castello Cavalcanti" by Wes Anderson
“Son-of-a-bitch I’ve seen pictures of this old man. Great-great-grand uncle Michaelangeo, I know you! (He’s the one who stayed behind).” — Castello Cavalcanti, Wes Anderson
Read MoreIngrid Silva | The Journey
A short film following the life journey of Ingrid Silva from the slums of Rio to the professional Ballet stage of New York City. — Ben Briand, Moonwalk Films
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