Q&A: ‘CYRANO’ Director Joe Wright

Director Joe Wright in Q&A with HamptonsFilm Artistic Director David Nugent following the East Coast Premiere of CYRANO at the 29th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival. CYRANO is now playing in theaters. Watch the trailer. “Joe Wright’s splendid new adaptation presents CYRANO as 21st-century MGM musical… With its swooping cameras and beyond-dazzling production design, one […]

Q&A: BECOMING COUSTEAU

Director Liz Garbus took part in a Q&A with Artistic Director David Nugent following the New York Premiere of BECOMING COUSTEAU at the 29th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival.  BECOMING COUSTEAU is now playing in select theaters. The film begins streaming on Disney+ November 24, 2021. Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: […]

Q&A: JULIA

Directors Betsy West + Julie Cohen + editor Carla Gutierrez participated in a Q&A with HamptonsFilm Executive Director Anne Chaisson following the East Coast Premiere of JULIA at the 29th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival.  Now playing in theaters across the US. JULIA brings to life the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who […]

Q&A: Carla Simón’s ‘Summer 1993’ is a Touching Cinematic Memoir

Following the death of her parents in Barcelona, six-year-old Frida (the haunting Laia Artigas) is sent to her uncle’s (David Verdaguer) picturesque countryside home, in Carla Simon’s autobiographical feature debut SUMMER 1993. Frida battles with a sense of loneliness and displacement while also yearning to fit into the picture with her new family. Punctuated by […]

Q&A: Jason Kohn’s ‘Love Means Zero’ is Shakespearean Tennis Tale

With his notorious no-nonsense approach to coaching, Nick Bollettieri is regarded as a controversial figure in the world of tennis—but also, crucially, as a mentor with the know-how to push players to greatness in LOVE MEANS ZERO. Director Jason Kohn balances the pointed questions to his subject, who remains intransigent throughout, with interviews with many […]