sarah: maybe on this one. jeffrey: polleyirector has prioritized the workplace aspect of film production. sarah: i kind of have a policy that it is your responsibility as a filmmaker to create a healthy working environment. and i think that kind of gets underplayed in the job description. jeffrey: underplayed because people don't think of it on a hollywood set or film set? sarah: i think people just expect filmmakers to be these wild, creative, imaginative geniuses, and it's irresponsibility or spontaneity or madness is part of the job description, maybe a symptom of a goodilmmaker. and i have found that better work is done on sets where attention is paid to those basic principles of a decent place for people to work, and the hours not being crushingly long, and people's emotional and physical well-being prioritized. jeffrey: on the set of "women talking," that meant having a therapist, laurie haskell, on hand for the most emotional scenes, including one in which the character played by claire foy finally explodes, exhorting

director sarah polley discusses her new phone.h more. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: it was eight earthquake last may when the draft support court opinion overturning roe v. wade was leaked before the ruling was handed down. chief justice john roberts launched an investigation, and today, the court issued its report. john: the investigation has not been able to identify the leaker. no one confessed and none of the available evidence points to a culprit. the investigation, which was reviewed by michael chertoff, did identify weaknesses in the way the court handles sensitive documents. how did the supreme court go about investigating this? >> as you recall, the investigation was assigned to the courts-martial. she is a former national security lawyer for the army. and pretty much is an administrator now. and when she manages the courts security. the marshal undertook the investigation and there were intervi

the latest from canadian writer, director sarah polley was a hit with festival goers in toronto and rolls out on movie screens. in january. it follows a group of women in a tight knit religious community grappling with a sexual abuse scandal. women talking is the latest post me to film to show women taking back control of their bodies and destiny we liberated ourselves. we will have to ask ourselves who we are. the film is 24 hours in the life of these women and the debate that they have will be forced to leave the colonies. if we do not forget these men, we cannot endure any more of the world's largest ice and snow carnival is underway in china. this giant ice block tower is the centerpiece of the winter wonderland in hobbin for the next 2 months and north western city will celebrate the cold with faint parks skating rinks of more than 300 ice and snow sculptures. hundreds of thousands of tourists are expected to visit the festival, which was scaled back in previous years because of coven 19 restrictions. is reminder of our top stores at this hour. the u. s. in germany have announced pla

. >> seth: you mentioned sarah that's sarah polley, the incredible director of this film and i've read in the cast. even though it was this dark subject matter, it did seem -- and i was happy to read it - that you all also had a great deal of fun making the movie, which is the way it should be. >> oh, we had so much fun. and actually, i was like laughing at that clip of ben poor ben whishaw i gave him an awful time on this and we're like really good friends, and he would be my friday wife, which basically meant that he went and drank wine with me every friday. [ light laughter ] everybody needs a friday wife. i'm up to being somebody's friday wife this friday if anybody -- if anybody wants. [ cheers and applause >> seth: i think there will be a lot of takers. >> so we had lots of fun, and yeah, rooney brought a fart machine onto set >> seth: see, that's very -- so rooney mara is wonderful in this film, and watching the film, it's surprising to me that she would ever have had a fart machine onset. >> it's always the quiet ones. [ laughter ] >> seth: that is true. >> silent but violent.

screenplay by sarah polley. and here are the nominees for original screenplay.ything, everywhere, all at once. written by daniel kwan and daniel scheinert. the fablemans, written by steven spielberg and tony kushner. tar, written by todd field. and triangle of sadness, written by reuben osmond. here are the nominees for performance by an actor in a supporting role. brendan gleeson in the banshees of inisherin . brian tyree henry, in causeway. judd hirsch in the fablemans. barry keoghan in the banshees of inisherin. and ke huy quan, in everything, everywhere, all at once. here are the nominees for performance by an actor in a leading role. austin butler, in elvis. colin farrell in the banshees of inisherin. brendan fraser in the whale. paul mescal in aftersun. and bill nye in living. and bill nighy in living. and, now, the five nominees for performance by an actress in a leading role. cate blanchett in tar. ana de armas in blonde. andrea riseborough in to leslie. michelle williams in the fablemans, and michelle yeoh in everything, everywhere, all at once. just tw

i spoko the dirr sarah polley when he was on here about it.ople what it's about. >> so it was based on-- there was an article that came out in "vice" magazine about this mennonite community in bolivia where the women had been told they-- they woke up and in the morning there was blood all over them and they had no recollection of what had happened. and they were told by the community and the elders in the community that they-- it was dreams and it was the devil visiting them in the night. and one of the younger people discovered that some of the men were creeping into their rooms in the night time and tranquilizing them with cow tranquilizer. the men were brought to community but because of their faith in community, they were-- the men went to bail the other men out and said, "if you want to go to heaven, you have to forgive these men." so while they were away, these women held a meeting in an attic over three days where they debated whether to stay and fight, to leave, or to do nothing. and so the story is about this group of women basically

. >> seth: you mentioned sarah that's sarah polley, the incredible director of this film and i've read- and i was happy to read it - that you all also had a great deal of fun making the movie, which is the way it should be. >> oh, we had so much fun. and actually, i was like laughing at that clip of ben poor ben whishaw i gave him an awful time on this and we're like really good friends, and he would be my friday wife, which basically meant that he went and drank wine with me every friday. [ light laughter ] everybody needs a friday wife. i'm up to being somebody's friday wife this friday if anybody -- if anybody wants. [ cheers and applause >> seth: i think there will be a lot of takers. >> so we had lots of fun, and yeah, rooney brought a fart machine onto set >> seth: see, that's very -- so rooney mara is wonderful in this film, and watching the film, it's surprising to me that she would ever have had a fart machine onset. >> it's always the quiet ones. [ laughter ] >> seth: that is true. >> silent but violent. [ laughter ] >> seth: absolutely. so it's filmed in a very rural area in

by peter craig and justin marks. [ applause ] and "women talking." [ applause ] screenplay by sarah polleyiel scheinert. [ applause ] "the fabelmans" written by steven spielberg and tony kushner. "tar" written by todd field. [ applause ] and "triangle of sadness" written by ruben ostlund. >> now, it's with great pleasure that i get to announce this year's nominees for best live action short film. "an irish good-bye." [ applause ] "ivalu." [ applause ] "le pupille." [ applause ] "night ride." [ applause ] and "the red suitcase." [ applause ] >>> now, the nominees for best animated short film. "the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse." [ applause ] "the flying sailor." [ applause ] "ice merchants." [ applause ] "my year of dicks." [ applause ] [ laughter ] and "an ostrich told me the world is fake and i think i believe it." [ applause ] >> no comment. here are the nominees for performance by an actor in a supporting role. brendan gleeson, "the banshees of inisherin." [ applause ] brian tyree henry, "causeway." [ applause ] judd hirsch in "the fabelmans." [ applause ] barry keoghan in "the b