Director Andrea Berloff discusses The Kitchen

August 4, 2019

A DGA Q&A in Los Angeles

Three women take over their incarcerated husbands’ criminal empire in Director Andrea Berloff’s crime-drama, The Kitchen.

Based on the comic book series, Berloff’s film tells the story of Kathy (Melissa McCarthy), Claire (Elisabeth Moss) and Ruby (Tiffany Haddish), three 1978 Hell’s Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by the FBI. Forced to take matters into their own hands, they discover they are unexpectedly adept at mob life including running the gangs and taking out the competition.

Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on August 4, Berloff sat down with Director Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right) to discuss the making of The Kitchen.

The Kitchen is Berloff’s directorial debut. She became a DGA member in 2018.

You can listen to Berloff's Q&A by clicking the podcast episode embedded below. You can find more DGA podcast episodes here.

Pictures

Event photos by Byron Gamarro - Print courtesy of Warner Bros.

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Director Andrea Berloff speaks about the making of her crime-drama, The Kitchen, following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles.

Elisabeth Moss as Claire, Melissa McCarthy as Kathy and Tiffany Haddish as Ruby in Director Andrea Berloff’s The Kitchen.

Director Andrea Berloff (right) speaks about the making of The Kitchen with Director Lisa Cholodenko (moderator) following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles.

Tiffany Haddish as Ruby, Melissa McCarthy as Kathy and Elisabeth Moss as Claire in Director Andrea Berloff’s The Kitchen.

Director Lisa Cholodenko (moderator) asks Director Andrea Berloff a question about the making of Berloff’s crime-drama, The Kitchen, following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles.

Tiffany Haddish as Ruby in Director Andrea Berloff’s The Kitchen.

A member of the audience asks Director Andrea Berloff a question about the making of her crime-drama, The Kitchen, following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles.

Elisabeth Moss as Claire in Director Andrea Berloff’s The Kitchen.

Directors Lisa Cholodenko (moderator) and Andrea Berloff pose for a photo following the Los Angeles DGA membership screening of Berloff’s new crime-drama, The Kitchen.

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