His drama training at the Bristol Old Vic school had encouraged in him the sense that theatre work was the goal. Then there's films: bit dodgy. Television: like, really? OK, you gotta pay the gas bill. That was the thinking. There was no concession [in the training] to movies at all. But secretly, most of us [students] longed to make movies, because we'd been raised on movies, and movies seemed just so wonderful to us and magical. Not that the theatre isn't too, but the theatre in itself is an elite cultural form.
The New York Film Festival was a family affair for the Daniel Day-Lewis and Rebecca Miller family. Day-Lewis returned from retirement to co-write and star in "Anemone," directed by his 27-year-old son Ronan, who sent in his film after his mother submitted her five-hour Martin Scorsese documentary, " Mr. Scorsese." New York Film Festival artistic Director Dennis Lim invited them both.
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This year's BFI London Film Festival line-up has been announced in full - and the fest will be a happy homecoming for one of the city's greatest actors. Daniel Day-Lewis's new film, , is one of the films on the LFF's newly announced 2025 programme. Directed by his son Ronan, it's the Londoner's first screen appearance since Phantom Thread in 2017. He'll also be appearing for a sure-to-be roadblocked screen talk at the festival.
