Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Making a period epic is always a demanding task, and those demands are even greater when you're doing it on an independent film ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIU MIU’S NEW TALES: Mona Fastvold will be revealed Wednesday as the director of the 31st installment of the Miu Miu Women’s Tales ...

From left: Hailey Gates, Mona Fastvold, and Celia Rowlson-Hall. Courtesy of Miu Miu On a cold Thursday night in New York, the distinct smell of Miu Miu-branded popcorn filled the air of the ornate, ...

Before writer-director Mona Fastvold dove into research for her latest historical drama, she, like many today, knew the Shakers mostly through their earthly contributions to furniture design. While ...

“Hamnet” and “The Testament of Ann Lee” screened during this year’s Palm Springs International Film Festival, and following each of the films, directors Chloé Zhao and Mona Fastvold, as well as “Ann ...

"The Testament of Ann Lee," directed by Mona Fastvold — partner of fellow director Brady Corbet, with whom she worked on "The Brutalist" and who co-wrote this historical musical epic with her — ...

Centuries after the first Shakers came to America, filmmaker Mona Fastvold's vibrant movie musical brings their story to modern audiences.

Imogen Poots in director Kristen Stewart's "The Chronology of Water." (Courtesy The Forge) In a business dominated by men making movies for little boys, there’s typically a drought of female voices.

“I do think this is the kind of character that every actor looks for, and we rarely ever get the opportunity to do it,” said Amanda Seyfried. - Searchlight Pictures In “The Testament of Ann Lee,” two ...

The Oscar-nominated filmmaker spent years researching the Shakers' firebrand leader, played by Amanda Seyfried. Before writer-director Mona Fastvold dove into research for her latest historical drama, ...