All posts by Jennifer Straus
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Isabel Coixet’s Cinematic Poem
“I think it’s an illness,” director Isabel Coixet says of moviemaking. “It’s a virus you get somehow when you’re a kid and... -
Bridging the Gap
David Paterson on the set of Love, Ludlow (2005) Most screenwriters will tell you they feel a personal connection to the scripts... -
Reel Life Lessons
Jeremy Brock has a knack for depicting the intimate lives of the very famous. Whether it’s a grieving Queen Victoria in Mrs.... -
Julia Stiles Never Lets Them See Her Sweat
SCREENWRITING Julia Stiles Never Lets Them See Her Sweat The actress steps behind the camera to write and direct Raving by Jennifer... -
Of Cinema and Cargo Pants
EDUCATION Of Cinema and Cargo Pants Palm Beach Film School’s Jim York provides words of wisdom for the moviemaker of tomorrow by... -
Truly Moving Images
Socially-conscious moviemaking is on the rise—from thought-provoking documentaries like Spike Lee’s When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts to dramatic... -
Forward Leap
Ramzi Abed Ever since he first came onto the scene in 1998, Ramzi Abed has been pushing the boundaries of moviemaking to... -
Slamdance, Circa 2004
Peter Baxter of Slamdance Since its founding in 1995, the Slamdance Film Festival has established itself as one of the premier alternative...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s...