Stories By Paula Schwartz
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Acting
Scant Screentime, Huge Impact: Liam Neeson Looms Large in A Monster Calls and Silence
December 21, 2016Liam Neeson is having a big week. First up, he voices a benevolent but scary monster...
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Cinematography
The Camera is a Dancer: DP Linus Sandgren Walks Us Through How He and Damien Chazelle Shot La La Land
December 13, 2016Colors pop like old-fashioned jelly beans in La La Land, Damien Chazelle’s musical about struggling artists...
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Interviews
“I Discovered One of the Most Interesting Women Ever:” An Interview with Jackie Director Pablo Larraín
December 5, 2016Previously known for his 2012 film No and 2015 film The Club, Pablo Larraín has sprung into...
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Cinematography
“Americana With a Hint of Jaundice”: DP Seamus McGarvey Talks Style, Mood of Nocturnal Animals
November 17, 2016Tom Ford, the director, writer and producer of Nocturnal Animals, turned up at a Bafta screening...
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Acting
Delving into Trauma: Natalie Portman Navigates Imitation and Real-Life Horror in Jackie
October 19, 2016Natalie Portman, who in real life neither looks nor sounds at all like Jacqueline Kennedy, completely...
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Directing
Checking Your Privilege: White Girl Director Elizabeth Wood Navigates Sex, Drugs and Racial Stereotypes
September 2, 2016The title of Elizabeth Wood’s audacious narrative feature debut, White Girl, alludes to Leah, a college...
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Directing
“Every Movie I Make, I Commit My Entire World:” Derek Cianfrance Talks The Light Between Oceans
August 31, 2016It’s just plain fun to watch Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, whose real-life romance is the...
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Acting
The Rock Star Without a Voice: In A Bigger Splash, Tilda Swinton Finds Joy in Muteness
May 3, 2016A Bigger Splash, which reteams Tilda Swinton with Italian director Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love), features...
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Acting
Do Actors Make Good Directors? Paul Bettany Talks Shelter and Becoming a “Monster”
November 19, 2015In Shelter, Paul Bettany’s directing debut, he pushes his wife, Jennifer Connelly, into dark places as...
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Directing
Handling the Truth: Director James Vanderbilt and Mary Mapes Search for the Light
October 28, 2015“I have to take some kind of perverse pride in the fact that I was fired...
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Directing
Grandma, What Big Roles You Have: How Paul Weitz Became a Feminist Director
September 3, 2015In Grandma, Lily Tomlin does not play your typical grandma. She doesn’t bake cookies or assume a...
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Interviews
Can an “Older Woman” Open a Movie? Lily Tomlin and Patricia Clarkson Steer Grandma and Learning to Drive to Success
August 28, 2015“How fabulous that we have two films opening Friday that are driven by women north of...
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Documentary
Love is a Losing Game: Asif Kapadia Navigates Guilt and Pain in Amy
July 1, 2015Amy, the beautifully detailed and heartbreaking documentary about singer-songwriter Amy Jade Winehouse, who died four years...
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Directing
An Outsider Comes In: Felix Thompson on his Tribeca Winner, King Jack
May 14, 2015With King Jack, a coming-of-age tale about a complex kid with a talent for getting into...
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Directing
Seymour: An Introduction: Ethan Hawke and Seymour Bernstein Create the Opposite of Whiplash
March 17, 2015“Do you know anyone who became a movie star at 87?” joked Seymour Bernstein, the subject...
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Directing
“Perhaps I’m a Twisted Person:” Damián Szifrón on Wild Tales
March 4, 2015The Oscar-nominated Argentine film Wild Tales is an anthology of six bizarre stories written and directed...
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Acting
The Last Five Years: Interview with Richard LaGravenese and Jeremy Jordan
February 13, 2015The Last Five Years, by director Richard LaGravenese, opens this Valentine’s Day weekend in theaters and...
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Interviews
“Why I Said Yes:” Oprah Winfrey on Producing and Acting in Selma
January 19, 2015Oprah Winfrey participated at the Manhattan press conference Sunday, December 14, 2014, at the Mandarin Oriental...
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