All posts by Paula Schwartz
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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, Trotsky, Stalin,... -
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 a fairy... -
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, a hot... -
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 Starz network,... -
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 be the... -
"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 stars Gemma... -
"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 gripping real-life... -
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 filmmaker (at... -
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 Impossible (2012),... -
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 Madding Crowd)...
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Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
A reverent initiate of a patriarchal regime; a disturbed young psychiatric hospital ward; a sexually questioning teen with a flair for the dramatic; a mysterious denizen...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...2