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“There’s an interesting thing about this business,” says Taylor Sheridan. “It tells you what you’re supposed to be doing. A

As soon as a moviemaker fortunate enough to score a release is finished with the high fives, one of the first

Not long ago, MovieMaker Magazine caught up with Jason Segel to ask him about his role in the resurrection of The Muppets

Director Tarsem Singh is on a roll. With his international box office triumph Immortals still collecting receipts, and his newest
The Amazonas Film Festival, which took place from November 3-9, completed its eighth annual run with a rich cycle of

Tarsem Singh is on a roll. With his new film Immortals—in which Theseus (Henry Cavill) is a mortal man chosen
Rising star Ellen Page—the heart and soul of Jason Reitman’s 2007 indie hit Juno—is turning up on Hollywood marquees more
French moviemaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s latest film, Micmacs, gets its stateside release this spring. For the famed director of Delicatessen (1991),
Most moviemakers will tell you that story trumps technology on the best movie sets. It is nonetheless fair to say
Something striking has occurred in the career of Chris Weitz. Once the self-described “techie” half of a low-key directing duo

Set mostly in Depression era Chicago, Public Enemies, an adaptation of Bryan Burrough’s nonfiction book, follows the attempts of FBI
Actor Freddy Rodríguez has been picking up the pace of late. By now clearly established as one of the most

In his latest picture, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, artist-moviemaker Julian Schnabel returns to familiar terrain while managing to
With over 60 pictures to his credit, actor-director John Turturro, purveyor of somewhat off-the-wall, idiosyncratic characters drawn largely from the

So much of what makes a motion picture work at the level of technique (the subtle or dramatic use of
Benoît Delhomme, self-portrait in Taipei (cyan light) We have all heard it said countless times: cinema is a collaborative art.
Cate Blanchett in Charlotte Gray Jeremy Brock had it coming. After cutting his teeth as a writer in British television
Mike Hill Dan Hanley Film editors Mike Hill and Dan Hanley have a lot to celebrate. Their latest montage, Ron
Sitting down to a chat with Ismail Merchant is rather like having a friendly neighbor over for coffee and a
The Believer Henry Bean has put himself in the hot seat. A successful scribe for many years now, he moved
Sam Mendes (l) and Conrad Hall on the set of The Road To Perdition With over 40 years of experience
Carol Littleton Some people plan and scheme for years about how to forge a career in the film business. For
Jonathan Firth in Luther. Moviemaker Bart Gavigan is a rare bird. A writer-of-repute for countless years, he is only now
Director Anthony Minghella There are few people truly interested in cinema to whom the name "Anthony Minghella" is not familiar.