Stories By Kyle Rupprecht
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Articles - Acting
Fictionalizing Truth: Lee Daniel’s The Butler & More
August 12, 2013We’ve all seen those stately biopics (usually with Oscar aspirations), in which renowned actors portray real-life...
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Articles
Thor Freudenthal Sets Sail with Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
August 5, 2013German-born moviemaker Thor Freudenthal started his career in visual effects and animation, working on such films...
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Articles - Cinematography
Best Of: The Most Bodacious Surfing Movies
August 5, 2013Much like an ocean wave, the surfing movie subgenre has seen its share of peaks and...
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Articles - Acting
Perfectly Paranormal: Ghostbusting in Film
July 19, 2013Where would the world be without the paranormal investigators of cinema? Overrun with evil spirits, demons...
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Articles - Auteur
The Way, Way Back: Coming of Age in Hollywood
July 8, 2013Young adulthood has long represented a rich source of inspiration for moviemakers. This confusing and confused life stage offers moviemakers ample...
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Articles - Directing
Re-Vamping: Ten Unique Takes on Vampire Mythology
June 26, 2013In celebration of the release of “Byzantium” this Friday, we’ve come up with a selection of...
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Articles - Acting
Sloppy Seconds: The Best (and Worst) Horror Remakes
June 18, 2013Horror movie remakes are a dime a dozen these days, with retreads of such genre classics...
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Articles
A Disturbing Evening: Inside Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio
June 12, 2013While there, Gilderoy encounters a culture clash with the Italian crew, and, more disturbingly, finds the...
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Articles
Precious to Violet & Daisy: Oscar-winning Screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher’s Directorial Debut
June 7, 2013In the audacious new comedy-thriller Violet & Daisy, Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel star as a...
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Articles - Cinematography
Ray Harryhausen: The Golden Voyage
May 15, 2013Visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen passed away last week at the age of 92. Long before the days...
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Articles - Directing
Venus and Serena: A doc about two of the best tennis players in history goes for a winner
May 10, 2013Superstars of the tennis world, Venus and Serena Williams have been winning championships for over a...
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Articles - Distribution
Some Girl(s): Neil LaBute launches his SXSW-vetted film on Vimeo
May 8, 2013Independent production company Leeden Media has announced that it is eschewing traditional distribution offers for its...
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Articles
Kon-Tiki Redux: Norwegian’s Oscar-nominated film arrives
April 26, 2013Kon-Tiki is a new, much buzzed-about film from Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg, which depicts a historic...
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Articles - Exhibition
Vimeo Branded Channel Brings Together Art and Business
April 23, 2013One of the world’s largest creative networks, video-sharing site Vimeo has just launched an exciting new...
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Articles - Directing
Blackmailing Prostitutes: Antonio Campos explores the disturbing mind of Simon Killer
April 16, 2013Judging by his two features—2008’s unsettling Afterschool (about a teenager who accidentally films the deaths of...
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Articles - Acting
It’s A Disaster: “Arrested Development’s” David Cross discusses his apocalyptic new comedy
April 12, 2013Actor-writer-comedian David Cross probably needs no introduction. He’s worked on two of the funniest and most...
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Festivals
Festivals: Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee 2013
April 10, 2013Everyone knows about Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, SXSW, Rotterdam, Venice and Berlin. But depending on what source...
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Articles - Directing
The Silent Revolution: In the footsteps of The Artist, Pablo Berger’s Blancanieves Impels the Silent Film Renaissance
March 28, 2013Spanish writer-director Pablo Berger made a name for himself with his offbeat 2003 debut feature, Torremolinos...
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Articles - Acting
Love and the Bomb: Sally Potter Returns to 1960s London with Ginger & Rosa
March 13, 2013From Orlando, her audacious breakthrough film (based on a Virginia Woolf novel many considered unadaptable) to...
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Movie News
Top 10 Cities to Be a Moviemaker: 2013
March 5, 2013Let’s assume for the moment that this June you’re graduating from film school in, say, New...
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Articles - Exhibition
Cinequest 2013: 4k technology and an international lineup make the Bay Area festival unmissable
February 26, 2013Now in its 23rd year, Cinequest Film Festival (CQFF) is devoted to discovering exciting up-and-coming moviemakers,...
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Articles - Directing
Lee Hirsch Rallies for Peace with Bully
February 14, 2013With over 10 million school kids being bullied, there has never been a better time to...
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Articles - Documentary
Focus Forward: Helping documentary moviemakers share their visions
February 7, 2013With its impressive pedigree and thought-provoking line-up, Focus Forward is quickly emerging as one of the...
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Documentary
To Catch a Dollar: Gayle Ferraro Banks on America
January 29, 2013With job creation a constant topic in the news, there’s no better time to see Gayle...
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