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If Paul Verhoeven has taught moviemakers anything during his time spent directing blockbusters, it's that action and violence can be as…
From Maya Deren to David Lynch, the cinematic "fever dream" has been conjured by many, but mastered by few. Ingmar…
When scouting for locations, moviemakers automatically consider what's going to be in the frame, but sometimes tend to forget that what's out of it…
For every production, there are existing sets, and then there are additional set layers whose creation depends upon harnessing those sets'…
What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film's cast and crew? Or…
What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film's cast and crew? Or…
What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film's cast and crew? Or…
What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film's cast and crew? Or…
Though his nomination for a Best Editing Oscar for Moonlight wasn't as monumental as his co-editor Joi McMillon's—she was the first African-American to…
The first season of I Love Dick has launched on Amazon Video, and the show's slyly funny take on gender and sexuality…
What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film's cast and crew? Or…
What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film's cast and crew? Or…
Newport Beach Film Festival's 18th annual run has come to a close, marking another year that the SoCal luxury spot…
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Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is…
A select few actors have managed to maintain some semblance of control while going "over the top." By now the…
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"The economics of an arthouse cinema are not kind, I'll admit," says C. Mason Wells, Director of Programming at Quad…
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During a time when "one-man army" stars of the rugged individualist 1980s like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone set the bar of…