Molly Ringwald received Variety’s Creative Vanguard Award on Saturday at the Miami Film Festival. The award honors Ringwald for her illustrious career in Hollywood, which…
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Molly Ringwald received Variety’s Creative Vanguard Award on Saturday at the Miami Film Festival. The award honors Ringwald for her illustrious career in Hollywood, which includes prominent work in classic films like “Pretty in Pink,” “Sixteen Candles,” and “The Breakfast Club.” She also currently stars in FX’s miniseries “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.”
Presented by Variety’s senior awards editor, Clayton Davis, the award presentation was followed by a Q&A covering Ringwald’s more than four-decade career in film and television.
“I think this is the first award that I’ve ever received in my life, so thank you,” said Ringwald, who was welcomed to the stage by a roar of applause. Ringwald, who got her start in theater, fell in love with movies after acting in “Tempest” with John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands. Although her only film education up to that point had been from television, there was no turning back once she experienced the thrill of acting for film.
“Once I did that movie and experienced filmmaking, I realized, ‘Oh, that’s really what I want to do.’ So I think it was John Cassavetes and Paul Mazursky who made me a film actress,” Ringwald explained.
Ringwald said the best advice she ever received as an actor came from film producer and production designer Polly Platt. During her early 20s, Ringwald was feeling “very discouraged about everything” and decided to ask Platt for her thoughts over dinner.
“She said, ‘Just don’t stop. The only thing that will stop you is you. So all you have to do is keep doing what you are doing.’ That has always come back to me because it’s a really hard business. There are ups and downs, there’s a lot of competition, and everyone is replaceable.”
Watch the full conversation above.