All posts by Phillip Williams
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The Laws of Nature, the Study of Violence: Taylor Sheridan Takes Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen to Wind River
“There’s an interesting thing about this business,” says Taylor Sheridan. “It tells you what you’re supposed to be doing. A lot of... -
Reclaiming Rewards From Rip-Offs: How to Live with Piracy
As soon as a moviemaker fortunate enough to score a release is finished with the high fives, one of the first things he... -
The Fire Inside: Jason Segel Resurrects The Muppets
Not long ago, MovieMaker Magazine caught up with Jason Segel to ask him about his role in the resurrection of The Muppets franchise. It... -
Tarsem Singh Sees the Future
Director Tarsem Singh is on a roll. With his international box office triumph Immortals still collecting receipts, and his newest picture, Mirror... -
Culture and Transformation Come to the Rainforest with the Amazonas Film Festival
The Amazonas Film Festival, which took place from November 3-9, completed its eighth annual run with a rich cycle of features from... -
Drawing from the Classics: Tarsem Singh’s Immortals
Tarsem Singh is on a roll. With his new film Immortals—in which Theseus (Henry Cavill) is a mortal man chosen by Zeus... -
Ellen Page’s Dream Job
Rising star Ellen Page—the heart and soul of Jason Reitman’s 2007 indie hit Juno—is turning up on Hollywood marquees more and more... -
Of Micmacs and Moviemaking
French moviemaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s latest film, Micmacs, gets its stateside release this spring. For the famed director of Delicatessen (1991), The City... -
James Cameron Mixes It Up With Avatar
Most moviemakers will tell you that story trumps technology on the best movie sets. It is nonetheless fair to say that advances... -
New Moon Rising
Something striking has occurred in the career of Chris Weitz. Once the self-described “techie” half of a low-key directing duo with brother...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8