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  • Arrested Development: Edgar Wright Flashback

    By on April 18, 2014

    Seven years ago, MovieMaker interviewed British director Edgar Wright about the second part of his Blood and Cornetto trilogy: the devilishly sharp cop-movie parody Hot...

  • Tom McCarthy Welcomes The Visitor

    By on April 11, 2008

    A 50-something man walks into his New York City apartment. He opens the bathroom door and finds an unknown Zimbabwean woman stark naked in his...

  • Michael Haneke Plays Funny Games With Naomi Watts

    By on March 13, 2008

    A family is traveling to their country vacation home. As they drive, the parents take turns playing “guess the classical composer” (Schubert? Brahms?) with the...

  • Tamara Jenkins Gets Savage

    By on February 1, 2008

    Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A moviemaker workshops a script through the Sundance Institute, the finished feature gets accepted into the prestigious...

  • Michel Gondry: Requiem for a Dreamer

    By on June 22, 2006

    Michel Gondry knows a thing or two about the human mind. Judging from the surreal music videos he’s concocted for the likes of Björk, The...

  • Do-it-Yourself Distribution

    By on March 22, 2006

    It’s a scenario that’s all too familiar to hundreds of moviemakers: You’ve spent years pouring blood, sweat and tears (not to mention your rich uncle’s...

  • Confessions of a Gun-Crazy Hippie

    By on September 26, 2005

    Vinterberg (on right) collaborates with fellow Dane Lars von Trier on Dear Wendy. If you happen to glance through the legendary moviemaking-manifesto-cum-mischievous-prank known as “Dogme...

  • In the Money: Danny Boyle Surprises with Millions

    By on March 19, 2005

    There are several images that spring immediately to mind when discussing director Danny Boyle’s filmography—scheming flatmates, jaded junkies, rampaging zombies. Kids, however, are not his...

  • Charlie Kaufman: Outlaw Scribe

    By on March 20, 2004

    Screenwriters have a tendency to operate by a specific set of traditional rules: Establish your characters and their situation, introduce a conflict, and resolve it....

  • Illeana Douglas’ Woolworth Touch

    By on October 10, 2003

    Illeana Douglas may be blessed with one of the film industry’s most distinctive faces, but “ I always get the ‘Did we go to school...