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Julie Delpy's 2 Days in Paris
Richard Linklater's muse offers her own quirky take on cross-cultural romance with her directorial debut, 2 Days in Paris
After sharpening her multi-tasking skills with Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy is writing, directing, producing, editing, scoring and starring in her own take on cross-cultural romance with 2 Days in Paris.
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Random Thoughts From the Set of Jeff Garlin's I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" turns his attention to the big screen
From soundless filming to nausea on the set, Jeff Garlin relives the experience of writing, directing and starring in his directorial debut, I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With.
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Things I’ve Learned As A Moviemaker
Follow through with your word. People give a lot of false promises in this business. Fight that temptation.
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Mr. Roboto Revisited
Actor Tony Hale is living life after "Arrested Development" to the fullest
He's voiced a pope, rocked out to Mr. Roboto and lost his hand to a dolphin. Now he's playing best friend to an almost-serious Will Ferrell. After rising to fame as Buster Bluth on the tragically short-lived series "Arrested Development," Tony Hale is taking Hollywood by storm, with a slate of new films in various stages of production--including Paul Feig's Unaccompanied Minors and Marc Forster's Stranger Than Fiction.
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Kevin Costner Goes Psycho
Hollywood's golden boy gets dark in Mr. Brooks
Earl Brooks is a fabulously successful businessman, a devoted father and husband, a much-respected pillar of his community and, on those occasions when he simply cannot suppress his baser instincts, a coolly meticulous serial killer. Kevin Costner is an Oscar-winning director and a chronically underrated actor who delights in exploiting his own star power to illuminate every facet of his starring role in Mr. Brooks, a movie that is equal parts ice-cold thriller and pitch-black comedy.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Working with great actors-be they stars or not-doesn't matter. But it's usually the non-stars that are the impressive actors because all they do is work on their craft. I study them and watch them and see how they finesse and massage their characters. So I got to say my inspiration in acting is the journeymen-the working character actors.
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John Leguizamo Hates Labels
The consummate scene-stealer goes from class clown to zombie hunter
Actor. Writer. Producer. Director. Comedian. Playwright. John Leguizamo has been called many things, and for a guy who above all else doesn't want to get "pigeon-holed," that suits him just fine. The former class clown speaks with MM about his formidable body of work and why it's always better to "pick the shit part" in a great movie.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Even if you think it's crap, you'll be glad you finished it. Do a lot of random favors for people so that when you make your movie you can guilt them into working on it for free.
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One Sucker at a Time
Jenna Fischer shows her philanthropic side in LolliLove
Jenna Fischer, the actress best known to audiences as Pam, the sweet receptionist on NBC’s “The Office,” is proving she’s more than just a pretty face. Fischer spoke with MM about her hilarious new mockumentary, what it takes to make it as a director and the difficult task of keeping her husband—writer-director James Gunn—under control.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Budgets have never scared me as an actor or as a director or as a producer. I've worked on movies that cost $3 million and I've worked on movies with larger budgets. It's just the question about whether one feels the emotional connection to the material and the need to tell that story. I think a lot of movies have very large budgets because they're mismanaged and have indulgent qualities that don't need to happen. Lower budget doesn't mean lower quality. Look at the movies that were celebrated at the Oscars.
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For Love or Country
After 16 years, Andy Garcia brings The Lost City to life
Though he’s considered one of the most talented actors of his generation, bringing The Lost City to life was no easy task for Andy Garcia. A project 16 years in the making, the quadruple threat producer-director-actor-composer took time out from working on the film’s soundtrack to speak with MM about bringing his passion project to the screen and directing his first feature.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Gone with the Wind in the morning and The Dukes of Hazzard just before wrap. You can't take way too much time with stuff-you have to pick and choose what your vital scenes are to get done because you have a finite time to get them done in (unless you're Stanley Kubrick).
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The Dark Side of the Circus Performer
Donal Logue goes from comedic supporting actor to dramatic scene-stealer in The Groomsmen
Donal Logue has one of those faces-the kind that you'll spot in a movie or on TV and immediately think, "Hey, that guy looks familiar." There's a reason for that. With more than 60 film and TV roles to his credit, including this month's The Groomsmen, Logue is proving that he is a leading man's worst nightmare-a rare character actor who, even in the smallest of parts and armed only with wit and charm, can upstage the star.
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Cate Blanchett’s Golden Age
If it's not impossible, she's not interested...Playing complicated women is what this versatile, Oscar-winning actress does best.
Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett, never your typical Hollywood ingénue, never looked back from her Academy Award-winning turn as Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator. Now, on the heels of her stunning performance in Babel, and with powerful roles in four highly anticipated new films (Notes on a Scandal, The Good German, I'm Not There and The Golden Age), this Aussie's star has never shone brighter.
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Frances McDormand
The 40-something actress proves that age is no match for talent.
Don't tell Frances McDormand that Hollywood is a tough place for actresses over 40. Her versatile body of work has allowed her to become one of cinema's more prolific character actors.
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From Stage to Screen, Made Easy
If the next stage of your acting career is film, you'll want to hear what "Pocahontas" director Daniele Suisa has to say
If the next stage of your acting career is film, you'll want to hear what "Pocahontas" director Daniele Suisa has to say.
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Reviews: Ed Wood Have Been Proud
Tim Burton, who gave the horror genre a “Leave it to Beaver” twist with Frankenweenie, made Paul Reubens a role model in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure and added a hint of menace to Batman, has moved beyond TV-land inspirations to make a movie about a moviemaker. With Ed Wood, Burton has created a weirdly loving portrait of a man often mentioned as the worst director of all time.
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Confessions of the Adrenaline Junkies
Stuntmen and women are the unsung heroes of the motion picture industry. Why do they do it?
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Sound Acting Advice
Establishing and training your voice can mean a potentially lucrative supplement to your acting income.
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Tough Gal Faye Dunaway Keeps Going with Arizona Dream
Despite her status as a film legend, American studios still seems reluctant to release Dunaway's finely crafted and low-profile "art" films.
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Stars in Your Eyes? Here’s Looking at You
Great directors will tell you that one of the secrets to becoming an effective movie actor is the ability to communicate through the eyes.
Take it from Frank Capra - using your eyes effectively is one of the keys to becoming a film star.
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Auditioning for Love and Money
Forget about trying to please the director-getting the part takes getting the character
Auditioning is what actors really do for a living. Here's how to do it better.
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Bullets as a Gimmick
An indie producer must go to great lengths to get his film noticed.
A moviemaker "bites the bullet" to get his film in the limelight.
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American Messiah
Distributors often promise you "Titantic" but deliver the "Minnow."
American Messiah diary, part IV. In the wee hours, a moviemaker ponders his feature's box office potential.
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Making a Movie, Cont.
A moviemaker's enthusiasm for a project often returns during the editing stage
At the editing stage a movie takes ona life of its own.
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Providence Comes Through
- but sometimes the view is better from below. (A post-mortem of a moviemaker's dream).
The maker of Seattle's latest no-budget feature has a chance to catch his breath.
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Making Movies
A monthly journal of a moviemaker's first feature film.
The founder of Seattle's Screenwriter's Academy embarks on his first feature film.
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