“When I was in BPI [Bard Prison Initiative], I saw guys who were into everything negative, but when they got to BPI they became some of the most articulate and engaged people,” Hall said in an interview with IndieWire. The Bard Prison Initiative isn’t just changing how we see college in prison, but how we see the incarcerated people themselves. The PBS and Emmy-nominated documentary “College Behind Bars” seeks to showcase the students of BPI as well as the need for more prison college programs throughout the country....

Given the global circumstances, the PGA will be shaking up its approach for the 32nd Annual Producers Guild Awards, opting out of a traditional in-person ceremony and instead hosting a virtual awards ceremony on March 24. However, the winners of the Sports, Children’s, and Short Form categories, in addition to the PGA Innovation Awards, will be announced during a new event launched by the organization entitled “A Day with the PGA Awards Nominees....

Now, she’s the latest recipient of a special Teddy Award from the Berlinale, which recognizes a figure “whose work has made an exceptional contribution…to queer perspectives in art, culture and the media.” Past recipients include Tilda Swinton, Christine Vachon, John Hurt, and Udo Kier. Anyone involved in queer film over the last three decades will know Olson. If you were paying attention, you’d notice her name in the special thanks of nearly every queer film restoration or re-release from the last 30 years....

This week, the country announced that it wouldn’t submit a film to the Best International Feature category for the 95th Oscars ceremony. Russia’s own Oscar committee said the decision was a surprise and resigned, but the decision didn’t come out of nowhere. For months, Russia’s presence at major film events has been a contentious subject. In early March, festivals ranging from Cannes to Venice banned Russian delegations from their gatherings; on the 94th Oscars broadcast later that month, the Academy brought out Ukrainian-born Mila Kunis to condemn the war....

IndieWire is exclusively premiering a clip from the upcoming “Full Frontal” episode, which will air on TBS tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET. In the video, Bee sits down for an interview with four individuals who were previously arrested for protesting various issues on Capitol Hill and compares their arrests to the treatment of the pro-Donald Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in January. This is Bee’s first reporting in the field since she started doing “Full Frontal” remotely last year as a result of the pandemic....

“I like that people appreciated it,” Scorsese told Empire while reflecting on “The Irishman” one year after its release. “I was very touched by that. This Covid, this pandemic, has stopped a creative process. I turned in on myself. Particularly the first couple of months, when we were locked in our houses, it eliminated a lot of distraction. I have to find a way to get back to a singular creative impulse for my new film the way I had for ‘Irishman....

In the aftermath of Connery’s passing, other Hollywood luminaries like Daniel Craig (the latest Bond), Pierce Brosnan (the previous Bond), as well as Edgar Wright, Elton John, Spike Lee, Paul Feig, and more offered tributes to the late actor. See below. “It is with such sadness that I heard of the passing of one of the true greats of cinema,” Daniel Craig said in a statement. “Sir Sean Connery will be remembered as Bond and so much more....