{"id":389284,"date":"2026-01-25T06:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/389284\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T06:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:38:07","slug":"natalie-portman-slams-ice-and-champions-women-directed-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/389284\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Portman Slams ICE and Champions Women-Directed Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNatalie Portman<\/a> hit the Sundance Film Festival press circuit for \u201cThe Gallerist<\/a>\u201d wearing \u201cICE Out\u201d and \u201cBe Good\u201d pins, just hours after a man was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis. Portman\u2019s \u201cBe Good\u201d references Ren\u00e9e Good, who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis earlier this month. During an interview at the Variety Studio presented by Audible, Portman openly blasted ICE brutality.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is such a joyful community celebrating film here and we\u2019re so excited to be showing \u2018The Gallerist,\u2019 but we\u2019re also at a moment in our country\u2019s history that is quite devastating,\u201d Portman said. \u201cIt\u2019s really impossible not to talk about what is happening right now and the brutality of ICE and how it has to stop immediately. But also, there\u2019s a beautiful community that Americans are showing right now. They\u2019re showing up for each other, protecting each other and fighting for their freedom. It\u2019s a bittersweet moment to celebrate something we\u2019re so proud of on the backdrop of our nation in pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPortman\u2019s interview took place ahead of the \u201cThe Gallerist\u201d world premiere at this year\u2019s festival. The movie, directed by \u201cBirds of Prey\u201d helmer Cathy Yan and co-starring Jenna Ortega, centers on a desperate gallerist who conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami. Portman heaped praise upon her younger co-star.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShe\u2019s such a fucking great actress and so knowledgeable about film,\u201d Portman said of Ortega. \u201cShe\u2019s so on and in it. It is rare. I think you\u2019re very focused and in tune with everything. You\u2019re not there to mess around.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPortman went on to call Yan \u201ca brilliant leader,\u201d adding: \u201cShe has a specificity of vision. All the work ahead of time and her precise leadership leads to the possibility of spontaneity. Balancing this very specific tone that is satirical but also true emotion in it, which is almost impossible to create, she knew how to do it and guide us to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWith \u201cThe Gallerist\u201d being one of Sundance\u2019s biggest movies from a woman director and the premiere taking place just a few days after the Oscar nominations, Portman also took a moment during the interview to call out the Academy for snubbing a handful of female-directed movies this year. While Chloe Zhao\u2019s \u201cHamnet\u201d scored 8 nominations, including best picture and best director, many other movies directed by women were shut out.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSo many of the best films I saw this year were made by women,\u201d Portman said. \u201cYou just see the barriers at every level because so many were not recognized at awards time. Between \u2018Sorry Baby\u2019 and \u2018Left-Handed Girl\u2019 and \u2018Hedda\u2019 and \u2018The Testament of Ann Lee\u2019\u2026 Extraordinary films this year that I think a lot of people are enjoying and loving, but are not getting the accolades they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Natalie Portman hit the Sundance Film Festival press circuit for \u201cThe Gallerist\u201d wearing \u201cICE Out\u201d and \u201cBe Good\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,11403,146071,146867,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-389284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-natalie-portman","11":"tag-sundance-studio-2026","12":"tag-the-gallerist","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}