How ISIS' "Inconceivable" Music Ban Inspired 'Broken Keys': 'THR Presents' Q&A With Director Jimmy Keyrouz, Composer Gabriel Yared

Sound of Metal director Darius Marder and its stars Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci sat down with Tatiana Siegel of The Hollywood Reporter to discuss their acclaimed film in a THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media. Golden Globe nominee Ahmed stars in the film as Ruben, the drummer of a heavy metal duo known as Blackgammon fronted by Ruben's girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke).

For director Lee Daniels and the cast of his new film, The United States vs Billie Holiday, Billie Holiday was a public figure with whom they felt a personal connection, like "one of my aunties," Daniels said of the jazz singer. But the film, which will premiere on Hulu Feb.

 Eiza Gonzalez  has been busy doing press for her new movie, ‘I Care a Lot’ that premieres on Netflix this Friday. On Tuesday, the Mexican actress was spotted heading to a studio to make an appearance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ to chat about the new film.For the appearance, the 31-year-old showed off her curves wearing a dark green bustier style bodysuit paired with a matching form-fitting skirt.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentIndie Sales has acquired Jimmy Keyrouz’s feature debut “Broken Keys” which was part of Cannes 2020’s official selection and represented Lebanon in the Oscar race. “Broken Keys” is a follow-up of Keyrouz’s short “Nocturne in Black,” winner of a flurry of international awards, including the BAFTA Los Angeles Student Film Award.

Google Doodle is once again honoring an important Latinx figure.

“Judas And The Black Messiah” is gathering from hip-hop greats, with Nipsey Hussle posthumously joining Jay-Z for The Inspired Album.

“Judas And The Black Messiah” is gathering from hip-hop greats, with Nipsey Hussle posthumously joining Jay-Z for The Inspired Album.

A.D. Amorosi A week after guitarist-composer H.E.R.’s era-appropriate “Fight for You” was nominated for a 2021 Golden Globes Award for best song in a motion picture, the full track list for the soundtrack to “Judas and the Black Messiah” has been revealed.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Mia Galuppo sat down with director Regina King, screenwriter Kemp Powers and stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr. to discuss their Amazon Studios film,One Night in Miami, in aTHRPresents Q&A powered by Vision Media.

Filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to discuss the pair’s acclaimed documentary feature Boys State in a THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media. Joining them was Steven Garza, one of the 1,000 teenage subjects in the film who participated in the annual event at the University of Texas at Austin.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Alex Ritman spoke to Sergio Navarretta, director of The Cuban, plus the film's lead star and producer Ana Golja and her fellow castmembers Louis Gossett Jr. and Shohreh Aghdashloo, in aTHR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Tatiana Siegel sat down with director Bryan Fogel to discuss his new documentary The Dissident in a THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media. Fogel, whose 2017 film Icarus won the Oscar for best documentary feature, has delivered another shocking exposé into the murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.

Mike Nichols had been a guest at Mark Harris' wedding to writer Tony Kushner, and the couple had dined with the filmmaker many times since Nichols directed the 2003 HBO adaptation of Kushner's play Angels in America. But when Harris' book publisher, Penguin Press, approached the journalist and author to write a biography of Nichols after the director's death, "I knew that there was a ton I didn't know," Harris says.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Alex Ritman spoke to Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari Goenaga, directors of Spanish dramaThe Endless Trench (La Trinchera Infinita)in a THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media. During the conversation, the three filmmakers discussed how key themes in their historical drama had — entirely coincidentally —strong parallels with the experiences of many in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Carolyn Giardina spoke to Yibing Jiang, director of WiNDUP, and the short's animation supervisor Jason Keane, for a THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media. Written by Jiang, who was born in Wuhan, China, WiNDUP is a story of hope told through the connection of a father and his ailing daughter, Kiki.

Alissa Simon Film CriticAn endangered musician in a Syrian town controlled by ISIS must sell his beloved piano in order to escape the country in the gripping drama “Broken Keys.” It marks the feature debut of Columbia U.-trained, Lebanese writer-director Jimmy Keyrouz.