Stories By Margeaux Sippell
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Movie News
Citizen Ashe Directors on Arthur Ashe and Hollywood’s Fascination With Tennis
December 3, 2021“Tennis is having a little bit of a moment,” says Rex Miller, co-director of the new...
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Movie News
Sax Icon Kenny G Is Absolutely Unphased By the Haters in HBO’s Listening to Kenny G Doc
December 3, 2021In the distance, I hear it — the sweet, melodic tones of a saxophone. There is...
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Movie News
Angel Film Awards – Monaco International Film Festival Is Taking Place Online This Year
December 1, 2021For the first time in its 18 year history, the Angel Film Awards – Monaco International...
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Movie News
HBO’s Life of Crime: 1984-2020 Doc Almost Had a Very Different Ending
November 30, 2021Warning: HBO’s Life of Crime: 1984-2020 spoilers follow. “Real life gave us the ending that if...
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Movie News
Spencer: Why Princess Diana and Prince Charles Never Say the Word ‘Divorce’
November 29, 2021Warning: Spencer spoilers follow. Don’t read on if you don’t want it spoiled. Pablo Larraín’s Princess...
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The Rundown
Cousin Greg’s First Date; George Clooney’s Wake-Up Call; RIP Stephen Sondheim
November 29, 2021Nicholas Braun details what he thinks Succession‘s Cousin Greg would plan for a first date; George...
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Movie News
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles and WarnerMedia OneFifty Announce Winners of New Artist Grant Program
November 23, 2021NewFilmmakers Los Angeles and WarnerMedia OneFifty have announced the winners of a new artist grant program...
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Movie News
Danish Girl Regrets; King Richard‘s True Stories; RIP Peter Aykroyd
November 22, 2021Eddie Redmayne says playing a trans woman in The Danish Girl was “a mistake”; the true story of...
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Articles - Moviemaking
Mike Mills Wanted C’mon C’mon To Feel Like a Fable, So He Shot It in Black and White
November 20, 2021Mike Mills likes to joke that he’s pretentious, and that’s why he loves black and white...
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The Rundown
Leo DiCaprio Foretells The End; Jonah Hill as Jerry Garcia; a Kurt Vonnegut Doc Four Decades in the Making
November 19, 2021Jonah Hill is going to play the late Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia in a new...
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Movie News
This Cute Moment in C’mon C’mon Was Inspired by the Real-Life Daughter of The National’s Aaron Dessner
November 19, 2021Warning: C’mon C’mon spoilers follow. Don’t read on if you don’t want it spoiled. The young daughter...
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Movie News
Leonardo DiCaprio Jokes About End of the World at Killer Comet Comedy Screening: ‘I’m a Debbie Downer’
November 18, 2021Leonardo DiCaprio shared some dark humor about the state of the world and climate change at...
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Movie News
Mike Mills Says the Title of C’mon C’mon Was Inspired By French Composer Eric Satie
November 17, 2021Most people listen to upbeat music while they work out — maybe dance music, top 40,...
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Movie News
A Little Bit of Exposure Changed Everything for India Sweets and Spices Director Geeta Malik
November 16, 2021India Sweets and Spices writer-director Geeta Malik is an indie filmmaking success story. A little bit...
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Movie News
King Richard Skips a Major Sports Movie Cliché
November 15, 2021King Richard isn’t like other sports films. Yes, it tells the true story of Richard Williams,...
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Movie News
Emily Ruhl Used Her College Fund to Make Her Debut Short, a Queer Love Story Called “Blue Moon”
November 12, 2021Emily Ruhl became a model after she was scouted at the young age of 13. Now,...
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Movie News
Paul Verhoeven Does Storyboards for Sex Scenes
November 10, 2021Paul Verhoeven doesn’t understand why there’s such taboo around sex scenes. In fact, he says, he...
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Movie News
Full Sail University to Build On-Campus Virtual Production Studio
November 10, 2021Full Sail University announced plans Wednesday to build a virtual production studio on its Winter Park,...
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Movie News
Passing Producer Margot Hand Wants to End the ‘Self-Fulfilling Prophecy’ of Micro-Budget Movies
November 9, 2021Producer Margot Hand spent years working with Passing writer-director Rebecca Hall in order to get away...
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The Rundown
RIP Dean Stockwell; Foo Fighters Movie; How to Format Texts in a Screenplay
November 9, 2021Blue Velvet and Quantum Leap actor Dean Stockwell has died; Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters are making a movie...
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Movie News
How Paul Verhoeven Lucked Into That RoboCop Walking-on-Water Scene
November 6, 2021For some Robocop fans, the 1987 action hit is just the story of a half-man, half-robot...
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Podcasts
Spencer Director Pablo Larraín Says His Princess Diana Story Is Really ‘a Movie About Motherhood’
November 4, 2021When Pablo Larraín saw Princess Diana on TV as a child, he saw her in large...
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Movie News
Why John Ridley Doesn’t Explain Time Travel in Needle in a Timestack
November 4, 2021Screenwriter John Ridley didn’t feel the need to explain time travel in Needle in a Timestack, his...
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Podcasts
Grizzly II: Revenge: How a Producer’s Determination Finished a Decades-Old George Clooney and Laura Dern Horror Movie
November 3, 2021The 1983 horror movie Grizzly II: Revenge boasts a cast that includes George Clooney, Laura Dern,...
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