Caleb Hammond

  • The Rundown

Cronenberg Is ‘An Atheist and Existentialist’; Tarantino Podcasts; Bleeding for One’s Art

David Cronenberg loves Fellini but still thinks life is meaningless; with a new podcast, Quentin Tarantino continues to stay busier…

2 years ago
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Oscar-Winning DP Erik Messerschmidt on the Brand New ARRI ALEXA 35: ‘The Camera Is Just a Tool’

To test out its brand new ARRI ALEXA 35 camera, ARRI paired 11 directors and cinematographers and sent them out…

2 years ago
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A Chiara‘s Extended Birthday Sequence Develops Characters Through Pure Observation

A Chiara opens with a lavish birthday celebration which unfolds in defined stages. A dinner with toasts leads to a…

2 years ago
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Watcher Director Chloe Okuno and DP Benjamin Kirk Nielsen on Staging The Film’s Two Apartments

In 1954, Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window led to the creation of an important cinematic subgenre: the voyeuristic thriller centered on…

2 years ago
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Tel Aviv and The Civil Dead Lead Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2022 Awards

Marat Parkhomovsky's drama Tel Aviv won two awards and Clay Tatum and Whitmer Thomas' ghost comedy The Civil Dead won the…

2 years ago
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The Civil Dead Director-Star Clay Tatum On Pre-Production Expectations v. Reality

Clay Tatum discovered pre-production on his debut feature film, The Civil Dead, to be much different than he had envisioned.…

2 years ago
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Tom Cruise Bests Johnny Depp; Kevin Spacey to ‘Voluntarily Appear’; Inside Outtakes

Kevin Spacey agrees to "voluntarily appear" before U.K. courts; Top Gun: Maverick sets Memorial Day records; Bo Burnham releases new…

2 years ago
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The Noise of Engines: Surreal Comedy Examines How Sexual Images Still Shock

The Noise of Engines writer-director Philippe Grégoire recalls watching a sex scene during a film at a festival, and feeling…

2 years ago
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Mission Impossible Trailer; Men Baffles Audiences; Tom Cruise Runs the World

The action-packed trailer for Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning is here; Is Tom Cruise our last true movie star?; Alex…

2 years ago
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Cannes Deadline Drama; Casting Bill Murray; Mike Tyson and Sean Penn’s Ambulance Ride

Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux insisted on altering an interview after the fact; a new book looks at Sofia…

2 years ago
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How Pleasure Writer-Director Ninja Thyberg Moved Past Her Preconceived Notions of the Porn Industry

When Swedish writer-director Ninja Thyberg decided to adapt her 2013 short film “Pleasure” into a feature, she understood the documentaries…

2 years ago
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Megalopolis Casting; Parker Posey Plays A Southern Women; Resurrection Trailer

The cast is set for Francis Ford Coppola's latest, Megalopolis; a Parker Posey profile in The New Yorker is as joyful…

2 years ago
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Avatar 2 Trailer; Succession Season 4 Update; Mubi’s Cannes Moves

The teaser trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water is here; Succession creator Jesse Armstrong answers Season 4 questions but…

2 years ago
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Why Justin Lin Left Fast 10; Chappelle’s Attacker Charged; Milwaukee and Provincetown Festival News

The man who attacked Dave Chappelle is charged, and comedians weigh in; film festival news out of Provincetown and Milwaukee;…

2 years ago
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Who is Sjón? Meet the Icelander Poet-Novelist Behind The Northman and Lamb

With writing credits on The Northman and last year’s Lamb, you might be wondering: Who is this single-named Icelander, Sjón?…

2 years ago
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Vortex: How Gaspar Noé and DP Benoît Debie Collaborated on their Split-Screen Dementia Drama

"Working with Gaspar Noé is quite unique,” says Vortex cinematographer Benoît Debie. This uniqueness manifests in a myriad of ways.…

2 years ago
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NAB Show and CinemaCon Take Vegas; Fire Island and Flux Gourmet Trailers; Women of The Northman

Fire Island, an update on Austen's Pride & Prejudice, gets a trailer, as does Peter Strickland's Flux Gourmet; TCM Classic…

2 years ago
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The Northman DP Jarin Blaschke on Staging the ‘Land of the Rus’ Battle Sequence

Early in The Northman, a team of elite warriors, which co-writer Sjón describes as “like a SEAL team,” raid a…

2 years ago
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Tribeca Lineup; Northman Roots; What’s Your Favorite Rom-Com?; Minecraft Casting

Tribeca Film Festival's lineup is announced; Northman co-writer Sjón lists the traits of a proper Viking Saga; Jason Momoa is…

2 years ago
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With The Northman, Robert Eggers and Sjón Create ‘An Original Saga’

When The Northman director Robert Eggers asked the poet-novelist Sjón to co-write his Viking epic, the single-named Icelander was apprehensive.…

2 years ago
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DC Overhaul; Deer Hunter Era v. Now; The Godfather Visual Impact

The new Warner Bros. Discovery bosses eye an overhaul of their DC Entertainment brand; after many serious roles, The Northman…

2 years ago
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Paris, 13th District Director Jacques Audiard’s Overactive Imagination is Stimulated by the 21st Century World

Paris, 13th District director Jacques Audiard's overactive imagination leads him to all kinds of different scenarios. “Imagine this: You're on…

2 years ago
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Northman Reviews; Sundance Art and Commerce; Stranger Things Trailer; David Lynch to Cannes?

Stranger Things Season 4 gets its first trailer; A writer-director reflects on what happens in the year following a Sundance…

2 years ago
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The ‘Staunchly Midwestern’ Jennifer Reeder has Forged a Name for Herself in Horror Outside of NYC or L.A.

Jennifer Reeder has carved out a distinct career in horror, all while living outside of the moviemaking hubs of New…

2 years ago