Celebrating An Icon

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1. My Golden Rules
   Edit while you're still shooting. On every flick since Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, I've been editing while still in the midst of production. I'm not talking about some hired editor piecing together an assembly while ... read on
2. Arrested Development
   British writer-director Edgar Wright and actor-writer Simon Pegg's affectionate satire of zombie movies, 2004's Shaun of the Dead, revolved around a simple question: what would happen if an average bloke was suddenly ... read on
3. The Duke
   His gritty, gruff demeanor and that this-is-a-man-coming-through swagger defined not only the Western for decades (and in many ways still does), but American manhood in general. Wayne's roles in Westerns such as ... read on
4. The Universal Language of Film Has a Mexican Accent
   Whether he's raising $7,000 to shoot an indie film in Mexico with a group of friends or helping alfonso Cuarón spend a $70 million budget on Children of Men, for cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, it's all about the ... read on
5. Celebrating An Icon
   A man can die, but his movies will always remain in the present tense. That is why, in the case of John Wayne-whose centennial we celebrate on May 26, nearly 28 years after his demise-you can point to the precise moment ... read on
6. Sarah Polley's Uncompromising Vision
   After becoming a child star in her native Canada, Sarah Polley captured the attention of the world with her quietly powerful performance as a paralyzed girl in Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter. Now she's making her ... read on

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