[ad_1] For three-time Emmy-winning casting director Avy Kaufman — twice a victor for “Succession” and a nominee again this year for the show’s fourth and final season — the complexity of series television is twofold. “Casting ensembles is tricky, because everybody has to melt into everything,” Kaufman says via Zoom from New York City. “You… Continue reading Among ‘Succession’s’ nominees: Three directors and a casting vet
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HBO Docuseries ‘Telemarketers’ Directors on Getting Scammed
[ad_1] Telemarketers is on HBO and Max starting August 13. Photo-Illustration: HBO All of his colleagues at the Civic Development Group agreed that Patrick J. Pespas was a telemarketing legend. Before he got into recovery, he would do heroin in the office bathroom, nod off for a second, then jump right into a call —… Continue reading HBO Docuseries ‘Telemarketers’ Directors on Getting Scammed
Sundance Film Festival advice: ‘The Stroll’ directors on why festivals matter
[ad_1] (Illustration by Jess Hutchison / Los Angeles Times; Photographs by Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker look back at the Sundance Film Festival as a bit of a Cinderella experience. Their film, “The Stroll,” about the history of trans sex workers in New York’s Meatpacking District before its gentrification,… Continue reading Sundance Film Festival advice: ‘The Stroll’ directors on why festivals matter