All posts by Natalie Chudnovsky
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“An Evolution in Long-Form Storytelling:” An Interview with Marco Polo Co-Show Runner Daniel Minahan
On the heels of Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos’ announcement that Netflix will aim to premiere new original content every two and a half weeks,...
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Intimate Terror: Rose Leslie and Harry Treadaway Embody a Fractured Relationship in Honeymoon
Leigh Janiak’s psychological thriller Honeymoon brings together actors Rose Leslie and Harry Treadaway as a recently married couple under one cabin roof. As one would...
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Flash Forward: Interview with the Fearless Carla Juri of Wetlands
Swiss actress Carla Juri makes a splash (a putrid, bacteria-laden splash) in the NSFW German film Wetlands, which premiered at Sundance this January, and opens...
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Small Budget Horrors: Director Leigh Janiak on Psychological Thriller Honeymoon
Leigh Janiak took a circuitous route to filmmaking – she was studying for her PhD in Modern Jewish Literature when she realized that she wanted...
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Feast for the Eyes: Breakfast at Howl’s Moving Castle
Food is a rich cultural signifier and storytelling device, both ripe for fetishization and so familiar that we often overlook its cinematic affect. In Feast for...
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Dead Poets Society: 25th Anniversary with Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, and more
This month marks the 25th anniversary of Peter Weir’s coming-of-age drama, Dead Poets Society (we can’t believe it’s been that long, either). Revisit the end...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Taylor Russell on Waves and Why She’s OK With Being an Adult Who Plays High School Students
In director Trey Edward Shults’ Waves, Taylor Russell plays the younger sister of Kelvin Harrison Jr., even though she’s five days older than him in real life. In fact,...
Inside the Issue: Directing
Rob Zombie: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Rob Zombie still can’t let go of some of his past off-screen nightmares. “After I finished Halloween II, I was so beat up by the process that I hated...
Inside the Issue: How To
Edward Norton Walks Us Through Every Part of Making Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton is the best possible person to explain each stage of the moviemaking process for his new drama Motherless Brooklyn—he’s the film’s writer, director and lead actor. For...