By Phillip Williams on July 31, 2017
“There’s an interesting thing about this business,” says Taylor Sheridan. “It tells you what you’re supposed to be doing. A lot of...
By Phillip Williams on February 11, 2015
As soon as a moviemaker fortunate enough to score a release is finished with the high fives, one of the first things he...
By Phillip Williams on May 21, 2013
Not long ago, MovieMaker Magazine caught up with Jason Segel to ask him about his role in the resurrection of The Muppets franchise. It...
By Phillip Williams on January 15, 2012
Director Tarsem Singh is on a roll. With his international box office triumph Immortals still collecting receipts, and his newest picture, Mirror...
By Phillip Williams on December 16, 2011
The Amazonas Film Festival, which took place from November 3-9, completed its eighth annual run with a rich cycle of features from...
By Phillip Williams on November 9, 2011
Tarsem Singh is on a roll. With his new film Immortals—in which Theseus (Henry Cavill) is a mortal man chosen by Zeus...
By Phillip Williams on July 6, 2010
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...
By Phillip Williams on May 26, 2010
French moviemaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s latest film, Micmacs, gets its stateside release this spring. For the famed director of Delicatessen (1991), The City...
By Phillip Williams on January 19, 2010
Most moviemakers will tell you that story trumps technology on the best movie sets. It is nonetheless fair to say that advances...
By Phillip Williams on November 16, 2009
Something striking has occurred in the career of Chris Weitz. Once the self-described “techie” half of a low-key directing duo with brother...