Stories By Caleb Hammond
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The Rundown
Tom Holland is Fred Astaire; Kenny G Addresses the Haters; Jeremy Strong Goes Method
December 6, 2021Tom Holland is confirmed as dancing king Fred Astaire; Jeremy Strong had a long road to...
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Movie News
Procession Uses Drama Therapy to ‘Give Power Back Where Power Was Taken Away’
December 3, 2021“What follows documents a three-year collaborative process between the filmmakers, a professional drama therapist and the...
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Movie News
Paul Verhoeven Reteams with RoboCop Writer Edward Neumeier for Thriller in Vein of Basic Instinct
December 1, 2021Benedetta director Paul Verhoeven is working with screenwriter Edward Neumeier on a new political thriller titled...
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Best Of
Dasha Nekrasova Channels Knack for Provocation Into The Scary of Sixty-First
December 1, 2021When Jeffrey Epstein died on the morning of August 10, 2019, Dasha Nekrasova visited the sites...
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The Rundown
House of Gucci Truth and Fiction; Sex Scenes Debate Continues; Paul McCartney In-Studio ‘Get Back’ Magic; West Side Story Reactions
November 30, 2021We break down what House of Gucci keeps and what it changes from its source material;...
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Movie News
The Humans: This Screenwriting Aide Unexpectedly Led Writer-Director Stephen Karam to Funding
November 24, 2021When Stephen Karam was adapting his Tony award-winning play The Humans, he fought the urge to...
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The Rundown
Paul Thomas Anderson On a Move to TV; Cha Cha Real Smooth and Other Sundance Hopefuls; Kevin Spacey Pays Up
November 23, 2021Paul Thomas Anderson gets candid about working in television and ponders the ideal runtime; Writer-director-star Cooper...
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Movie News
The Best Short Film Festivals in the World 2022
November 22, 2021Short films are crucial for aspiring moviemakers: Film students cut their teeth shooting shorts with their...
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Articles - Moviemaking
King Richard: How Director Reinaldo Marcus Green and Editor Pamela Martin Avoided Just Another Tennis Movie
November 19, 2021“Remember that little indie filmmaker? I’m making a big movie starring Will Smith!” That was how...
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The Rundown
Brian Cox Set for Directorial Debut; Licorice Pizza Review Roundup; House of Gucci Accents Analyzed
November 16, 2021Succession star Brian Cox is set for his directorial debut; Licorice Pizza reviews are beginning to...
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The Rundown
Lady Gaga Goes Method for House of Gucci; See Licorice Pizza in 70mm; MoviePass Resurrected?
November 12, 2021Lady Gaga stayed in character (and accent) throughout the House of Gucci production; Licorice Pizza is...
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Movie News
Passing: Rebecca Hall Stole a Sly Trick For Directing Actors
November 10, 2021When actor Rebecca Hall moved into writing and directing with Passing, she brought years of observations...
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The Rundown
Spencer Is a Motherhood Metaphor; Wicked Casting; Pity the Poor Agents; Addams Family Revisited
November 5, 2021Spencer is actually about motherhood; the sad lives of struggling Hollywood agents; casting the long-awaited Wicked;...
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Movie News
‘Not Just the Arrogant Crazy Director’: Joanna Hogg on Richard Ayoade in The Souvenir Part II
November 4, 2021Richard Ayoade popped up in a brief role in 2019’s The Souvenir — and writer-director Joanna...
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The Rundown
Inside the Shaun of the Dead Pub; Last Night in Soho Roundup; Screenwriters: Avoid This
October 29, 2021The origin story of the pub central to Shaun of the Dead; A roundup of our...
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Movie News
The Souvenir Part II Writer-Director Joanna Hogg Writes Situations in Her Scripts, Not Dialogue
October 28, 2021The Souvenir Part II writer-director Joanna Hogg has a unique screenwriting process — one that involves...
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The Rundown
True Crime Streaming Wars; Princess Diana Fever; A Potentially Loaded 2022 Lineup
October 26, 2021One streaming service takes steps to dominate true crime programming; A look ahead at a possible...
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The Rundown
Alec Baldwin Prop Gun Tragedy; The French Dispatch Design; Michael Bay is Back
October 22, 2021A tragic incident on a Sante Fe film set involving a prop gun and star Alec...
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Features - MM In The News
The French Dispatch: This 1962 Orson Welles Film Inspired the Prison Design
October 22, 2021When designing The French Dispatch, production designer Adam Stockhausen and writer-director Wes Anderson pulled references from...
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The Rundown
Eternals Reactions; Being the Ricardos Teaser; Fincher on Film
October 19, 2021Chloé Zhao’s Eternals sounds different from anything else in the MCU; a first look at Aaron Sorkin’s Being...
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The Rundown
IATSE Deal Reached; The Batman Trailer Breakdown; Succession Returns
October 18, 2021An IATSE strike is avoided; glimpses of Robert Pattinson and company in The Batman trailer; a...
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Movie News
Beyond Fest Responds to the Pandemic with 31 Free Screenings — A Mix of World, U.S. and West Coast Premieres
October 8, 2021“A core tenet from the outset was that we just want to be cool with the...
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Movie News
Lamb Started Out as an Experiment in Filmmaking
October 8, 2021The seed for the horror film Lamb was planted when moviemaker Valdimir Jóhannsson and author-poet-screenwriter Sjón...
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Movie News
Titane Director Julia Ducournau Did The Hardest Shot First
October 6, 2021Julia Ducournau jokes that a film set is “the only place on earth where your actual...
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