All posts by Ryan Williams
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Book Review: Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art
In this exploration of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s filmography, professor Susan Napier paints a fascinating portrait of the world this renowned moviemaker... -
Book Review: Understanding Steven Spielberg
Much has been written about Steven Spielberg. He is, after all, the highest-grossing director of all time, and has managed to imprint... -
Pictures Worth a Thousand Jobs: Netflix’s Blockbuster Deal with ABQ Studios is Poised to Bring Thousands of Jobs to New Mexico
In a year where Netflix has continued to grow at an astounding rate, the streaming platform’s biggest leap was its deal to... -
Milwaukee Film Festival 2018: Cream City Hosts Cream of the Crop in Local, Awards-Contending, and Lost Silent Cinema
Milwaukee may not be the first city that jumps to mind when thinking of the film industry as a whole. It should,... -
Deep in the Heart of Waco: Behind the Scenes of the Small Texas City and its Burgeoning Film Festival
Located right in between Texan powerhouses Houston and Austin, Waco has been slowly but surely making a name for itself in the... -
Unlocking the Key: Charlie Plummer on his Horrifying Discovery of The Clovehitch Killer
Building up an impressive resume, Charlie Plummer continues his budding career with this viscerally effective horror film. Telling the tale of a... -
2018 Beyond Fest Preview: Five Screenings to Catch at Los Angeles’ Expertly Programmed Genre Festival
Returning for the sixth time, Beyond Fest continues to build on its reputation as the home to all of Los Angeles’s genre... -
Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons from Criterion’s The Tree of Life
Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic, or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is a stamp... -
“Someone to Last Your Whole Life”: James Ivory on Celebrating Maurice Over 30 Years Later
Hot off of his Academy Award win for Best Adapted Screenplay, James Ivory’s 1987 follow-up to A Room with a View screened at... -
Like Brothers: Mark and Jay Duplass Explore Their Fraternal Filmmaking Bond in New Memoir
“How do you make it in this brutal fucking business?” This is the question that indie moviemaking mainstays Mark and Jay Duplass...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles...Inside the Issue: Directing
Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s...