Stories By Caleb Hammond
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Interviews
Light of My Life: Writer-Director-Star Casey Affleck’s Character-Driven Vision of a World Without Women
August 16, 2019Academy Award-winning actor Casey Affleck takes his time between directing projects: Affleck’s intimate post-apocalyptic drama Light of...
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Festivals
Fest Beat: An Ever-Expanding Audience and a Surprise-Filled Slate Highlight Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2019
May 6, 2019A short hour and a half drive north of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara is one of...
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Directing
High Life Director Claire Denis Discusses Black Holes, Bringing an Astrophysicist On Set, and the Death Penalty
May 1, 2019On the surface, many entries in Claire Denis’ filmography appear relatively easy to synopsize (her latest...
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Cinematography
If Beale Street Could Talk DP James Laxton on Using the Large Format Alexa 65 Freely for Barry Jenkins’ Period Romance
March 26, 2019Director Barry Jenkins and cinematographer James Laxton have enjoyed a meteoric rise through the industry together,...
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Directing
Where The Movie Came to Life: How Editor Bob Murawski Brought The Other Side of the Wind Back from the Dead
November 27, 2018This Fall, following a tour of the prestigious festival circuit, Orson Welles’ long lost Hollywood satire...
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Articles
The Great Bogdanovich: The Moviemaker’s Varied Film Career Has Always Celebrated His Idols
September 28, 2018Peter Bogdanovich has enjoyed a remarkably balanced career as both a film historian and acclaimed moviemaker....
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Directing
The Mythical West: The Zellner Brothers on Playing with Genre Tropes and Letting Humor Come Intuitively with Damsel
July 11, 2018From Tarantino, to the Coen Brothers, to Kelly Reichardt, the western is so entrenched in cinematic history...
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Directing
Embracing Your Inner Masochist: WIP Your Project Into Shape With Work-in-Progress Screenings
May 17, 2018Let’s assume you’ve achieved the impossible: you’ve stressed your way through pre-production on your first feature,...
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News
True/False 2018: The Midwestern Doc Fest Returns to Test the Limits of Non-Fiction
May 14, 2018The heart of the Midwest beats in Columbia, Missouri, a charming college town where the land...
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Other
Exclusive: Nick Thune and Kaily Smith Westbrook Trip on the Digital Age in This Clip From People You May Know (Video)
December 1, 2017At what point will our online presences actually define who we are? Have we already reached...
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