Paula Schwartz

  • Directing

Lost Transmissions Director Katharine O’Brien on the Film’s Real Inspiration

Simon Pegg and Juno Temple star in Lost Transmissions, written by Katharine O’Brien, who is also making her feature-film directing…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Skin Writer-Director Guy Nattiv On Turning His Oscar-Winning Short Into a Feature

In February Israeli-born writer-director Guy Nattiv and his producer-wife Jaime Ray Newman celebrated winning their first Academy Award for "Skin,"…

5 years ago
  • Directing

Framing John DeLorean: Directors Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce Talk Blending Archival Footage With Reenactments

A fleet of sleek, gull-wing DMC-12 DeLoreans revved up to New York's SVA Theater for the recent premiere of Framing…

5 years ago
  • Directing

On the Basis of Sex: Director Mimi Leder on the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biopic, RBG’s Reaction to its Sex Scene, and More

On the Basis of Sex, a new movie by veteran director Mimi Leder, is the origin story of Supreme Court…

5 years ago
  • Acting

Stone Cold: Emma Stone on Her Charming, Devious Turn in The Favourite

The first thing you notice about Emma Stone are her eyes, green and enormous. But she squinted almost as soon…

5 years ago
  • Acting

Can You Ever Forgive Me? Melissa McCarthy on Inhabiting Her Most Dramatic Role to Date

Melissa McCarthy was in New York last week promoting her new movie, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Marielle Heller's first feature…

6 years ago
  • Interviews

Singing for Your Life: Paul Weitz on Adapting and Directing Bel Canto

In Bel Canto Julianne Moore plays celebrated opera diva Roxanne Coss, caught up in the center of a hostage crisis…

6 years ago
  • Cinematography

Captivating Looks: Cinematographer Hagen Bogdanski on Updating the Prison-Buddy Drama Papillon

Papillon's arresting looks are no matter of judicial negligence. German cinematographer Hagen Bogdanski's breakout film, the 2006 Stasi drama The Lives of…

6 years ago
  • Cinematography

Stealing the Shot: Ocean’s 8 Cinematographer Eigil Bryld on the Style and Influences of a Scenic Career

Danish cinematographer Eigil Bryld is an inspired choice to shoot Ocean’s 8—a heist caper that looks gorgeous but not so…

6 years ago
  • Directing

The Hope Gatherer: Debra Granik Finds Beauty in the Difficulties of Life in Leave No Trace

In Debra Granik’s narrative films, women take charge. They try to save their men from the crushing consequences of addiction,…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Sleuthy Blinders: In Darkness Director Anthony Byrne On Hitchcockian Thrillers, Writing with Partner Natalie Dormer

In his new film In Darkness, Irish director Anthony Byrne takes the cat-and-mouse crime thriller perfected by Alfred Hitchcock and…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

A Life in Pictures: Ondi Timoner on Transitioning from Docs to Narrative, Patti Smith, and Casting the Iconic Photographer in Mapplethorpe

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker, Ondi Timoner (Dig!, Brand: A Second Coming, Jungletown), brings a punk rock sensibility to her work. At this…

6 years ago
  • Screenwriting

I Feel Pretty: Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn Talk Co-Writing Their Feature Debut

Longtime writing duo Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn (Never Been Kissed, He's Just Not That Into You, The Vow, and…

6 years ago
  • Interviews

Sittin’ Pretty: Amy Schumer Talks Taking the Producer’s Chair, Growing as a Comic, and the Message of I Feel Pretty

“I'm well-versed in backlash,” Amy Schumer told me cheerfully. The remark was in response to my question about how she…

6 years ago
  • Interviews

Channeling Family Guy’s Stewie Into Churchill (Really): Brian Cox and Director Jonathan Teplitzky on Churchill

Esteemed Scottish actor Brian Cox has played a number of formidable roles over his 50-year career, including King Lear, Hamlet,…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

A Different Way of Doing Things: Orthodox Moviemaker Rama Burshtein on Her Hasidic Rom-Com The Wedding Plan

The Wedding Plan, the second feature by 50-year-old ultra-Orthodox Israeli writer/director Rama Burshtein, is a rom-com with the simplicity of…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

She’s Every Woman: In Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto, Cate Blanchett Proves It’s All in Her (Interview)

Cate Blanchett is every woman in Julian Rosefeldt’s feature film Manifesto, based on the German artist/director’s multi-screen video art installation,…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

America the Strange: With the American Gods TV Adaptation, Neil Gaiman Reenters a World Gone Mad

With three days to go before the premiere, Neil Gaiman's loyal fanbase is eagerly awaiting the small-screen adaption, by the…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Accessing the Armenian Genocide: Christian Bale on Tapping Into Historical Suffering For The Promise

The Promise, an old-fashioned romantic epic in the vein of David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago or Warren Beatty’s Reds, might not…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

"In the Saddest Moments, I Want to Do Comedy:" Lone Scherfig on Her Sparkling New Film, Their Finest

Danish director Lone Scherfig’s new romantic dramedy, Their Finest, continues her love affair with British wit and sensibility. Their Finest…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

"We Still Have Something to Prove:" Amma Asante on Directing A United Kingdom

In A United Kingdom, Amma Asante’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed Belle, the British director brings to the screen another…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Keep ’Em on the Edge of Their Seats: For Lion Screenwriter Luke Davies, Movies Must be Visceral and Emotional

Luke Davies is a critically acclaimed poet, novelist, screenwriter and essayist born and raised in Sydney, Australia—and now the up-and-coming…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Children in Peril: Why A Monster Calls Director J. A. Bayona is All About Intensity

J. A. Bayona is best known for children-in-jeopardy-themed films: the Guillermo del Toro-produced horror movie The Orphanage (2007), and The…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Charlotte Bruus Christensen: Why the Danish DP Was the Surprisingly Perfect Choice to Lens Fences

Danish cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen, known for her work with countryman Thomas Vinterberg (Submarino, The Hunt and Far From the…

7 years ago