Blog – MM Remembers
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MM Remembers: Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron, the director behind rom-com classics You’ve Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle (both of which she also wrote), passed away... -
MM Remembers: Paul Newman
Back somewhere in 1975, just before Paul Newman started filming The Drowning Pool in and around my hometown of New Orleans, he... -
Nothing Is Private for Towelhead
America’s largest civil liberties group, CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations), is urging Warner Bros. executives to re-title Alan Ball’s upcoming film... -
Nothing Is Private for Towelhead
America’s largest civil liberties group, CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations), is urging Warner Bros. executives to re-title Alan Ball’s upcoming film... -
MM Remembers: Stan Winston (1946-2008)
His creations are legendary. Just to name a few…The Terminator, the Jurassic Park dinosaurs, Edward Scissorhands, Aliens, The Monster Squad, Predator and,... -
MM Remembers: Sydney Pollack (1934 – 2008)
This is my favorite Sydney Pollack memory: It’s December 1982 in New York, during a press junket for Tootsie. Pollack approaches the... -
Roy Scheider: 1932 - 2008
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat!” Delivering that single, splendidly spot-on line of dialogue—in Jaws, of course—was more than enough to eternally... -
Roy Scheider: 1932 – 2008
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat!” Delivering that single, splendidly spot-on line of dialogue—in Jaws, of course—was more than enough to eternally... -
Crossing the Line: Delbert Mann: Jan. 30, 1920 – Nov. 11, 2007
In parts of Europe if you create just one great work of art you’re forever after known as a “maestro,” a genius,... -
MM Remembers: Joel Siegel (1943 - 2007)
Being a movie critic wasn’t always as easy as starting a blog and telling all your friends about it. Now any and...
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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...Inside 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