Rebecca Hall
Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021
Rarely have the hues of black and white, cinematographically speaking, looked so beautifully lush as in "Passing," the hugely impressive directorial debut of actor Rebecca Hall.
But at its core, this film is about shades of gray.
Which is to say, motivations, desires and ambitions...
Monday, Feb. 1, 2021
Rebecca Hall came across Nella Larsen's novel "Passing" at a time when she was grappling with her own family history.
She'd become aware that her maternal grandfather was "white passing," and it might have gone back even further. Then someone handed her this book, from 1929, about two...