Stories By Phillip Williams
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Summer 2017
The Laws of Nature, the Study of Violence: Taylor Sheridan Takes Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen to Wind River
July 31, 2017“There’s an interesting thing about this business,” says Taylor Sheridan. “It tells you what you’re supposed...
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Distribution
Reclaiming Rewards From Rip-Offs: How to Live with Piracy
February 11, 2015As soon as a moviemaker fortunate enough to score a release is finished with the high fives,...
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Articles - Acting
The Fire Inside: Jason Segel Resurrects The Muppets
May 21, 2013Not long ago, MovieMaker Magazine caught up with Jason Segel to ask him about his role in...
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Articles - Directing
Tarsem Singh Sees the Future
January 15, 2012Director Tarsem Singh is on a roll. With his international box office triumph Immortals still collecting...
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Articles - Festivals
Culture and Transformation Come to the Rainforest with the Amazonas Film Festival
December 16, 2011The Amazonas Film Festival, which took place from November 3-9, completed its eighth annual run with...
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Articles - Cinematography
Drawing from the Classics: Tarsem Singh’s Immortals
November 9, 2011Tarsem Singh is on a roll. With his new film Immortals—in which Theseus (Henry Cavill) is...
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Articles - Acting
Ellen Page’s Dream Job
July 6, 2010Rising star Ellen Page—the heart and soul of Jason Reitman’s 2007 indie hit Juno—is turning up...
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Articles - Directing
Of Micmacs and Moviemaking
May 26, 2010French moviemaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s latest film, Micmacs, gets its stateside release this spring. For the famed...
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Articles - Behind the Scenes
James Cameron Mixes It Up With Avatar
January 19, 2010Most moviemakers will tell you that story trumps technology on the best movie sets. It is...
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Articles - Directing
New Moon Rising
November 16, 2009Something striking has occurred in the career of Chris Weitz. Once the self-described “techie” half of...
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Cinematography
Michael Mann Takes a Shot in the Dark With Public Enemies
July 31, 2009Set mostly in Depression era Chicago, Public Enemies, an adaptation of Bryan Burrough’s nonfiction book, follows...
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Articles - Acting
Freddy Rodríguez Finds There’s Nothing Like the Holidays
December 16, 2008Actor Freddy Rodríguez has been picking up the pace of late. By now clearly established as...
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Directing
Julian Schnabel Paints The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
February 1, 2008In his latest picture, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, artist-moviemaker Julian Schnabel returns to familiar...
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Articles - Acting
John Turturro Romance Cigarettes
January 18, 2008With over 60 pictures to his credit, actor-director John Turturro, purveyor of somewhat off-the-wall, idiosyncratic characters...
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Articles - Directing
Casting is Everything: Expert Advice on How to Cast for Success
September 30, 2007So much of what makes a motion picture work at the level of technique (the subtle...
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Articles - Cinematography
Shooting for an Alternate Reality
February 3, 2007Benoît Delhomme, self-portrait in Taipei (cyan light) We have all heard it said countless times: cinema...
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Articles - Screenwriting
From Mrs. Brown to Charlotte Gray
February 3, 2007Cate Blanchett in Charlotte Gray Jeremy Brock had it coming. After cutting his teeth as a...
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Articles - Directing
Ice in Her Stomach
February 3, 2007Lone Scherfig In 1995 Danish moviemakers Thomas Vinterberg (The Celebration) and Lars von Trier (Breaking The...
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Articles - Cinematography
Shooting Life
February 3, 2007(L to R): Ethan and Joel Coen on the set with Roger Deakins There is no...
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Articles - Editing
Hill and Hanley: Twenty Years of Continuity
February 3, 2007Mike Hill Dan Hanley Film editors Mike Hill and Dan Hanley have a lot to celebrate....
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Articles - Directing
From Mexico to Hollywood and Back
February 3, 2007Alfonso Cuaron (center) directs Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal in Y Tu Mama Tambien. Alfonso...
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Articles - Auteur
Crossing Boundaries
February 3, 2007Sitting down to a chat with Ismail Merchant is rather like having a friendly neighbor over...
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Articles - Directing
The Triumph of Clare Peploe
February 3, 2007L to R: Jay Rodan, Mira Sorvino, Fiona Shaw, Clare Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci on the...
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Articles - Screenwriting
In the Hot Seat
February 3, 2007The Believer Henry Bean has put himself in the hot seat. A successful scribe for many...
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