From left, actors Cillian Murphy, Jennifer Connelly, director Claudia Llosa and actress Melanie Laurent pose for photographers at the photo call for the film Aloft during the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)
BERLIN (AP) --
Peruvian filmmaker Claudia Llosa, a winner of the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival five years ago, is back at the event with multinational new movie "Aloft" — her first work in English.
Llosa brings together Cillian Murphy, Jennifer Connelly and French actress Melanie Laurent in "Aloft," which uses flashbacks to explore the relationship between a mother and son. The director says forgiveness is a central theme.
Llosa said as she presented the film Wednesday: "Of course it's a challenge, directing in a language that is not your mother tongue — (but) I feel comfortable in English." She said her cast helped her find the right words.
"Aloft" is one of 20 films competing for Berlin's Golden Bear award, which Llosa's "The Milk of Sorrow" won in 2009.
Nikki Glaser stands on the field after NFL football game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Denver Broncos, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
What do Tom Brady, Taylor Swift and comedy have to do with learning about football?
In the case of Nikki Glaser, it is all intertwined.
Glaser has become a familiar face to football fans this season. Her breakthrough performance at the Tom Brady Roast on May 5 paved the way for five appearances on Amazon Prime Video's "Thursday Night Football" postgame show.
Before last Thursday's game between the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers, Glaser said doing her "Late Hits" segment was a no-brainer following her success at the Brady roast.
"The football audience is kind of familiar with me already. It's one that is OK with me not knowing every detail about football or expecting me to be an expert about it because I was who I was on the Brady Roast. I kind of admitted to not really following football that much," Glaser said. "And I became a fan of Tom Brady and the sport in doing it through that process. So then I was like, 'Let me just keep learning about football through joking about it.' And that was kind of my goal."
Glaser admits her knowledge of football is not all the way there yet. Still, it is further ahead than it was a year ago when she started casually watching Chiefs games due to Swift's relationship with Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce.
And mostly then, it was to see when Swift appeared on screen.
However, Glaser decided to start learning more about the game, which she compared to trying to learn a new language.
"I went my whole life putting on blinders because I was just scared to look stupid if I tried to learn. I always thought football fans would be really judgmental and cruel about my lack of knowledge. But they're not," Glaser said. "They're eager for you to understand and... Read More
