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Edward Norton Walks Us Through Every Part of Making Motherless Brooklyn

Edward Norton is the best possible person to explain each stage of the moviemaking process for his new drama Motherless…

4 years ago
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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…

5 years ago
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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…

5 years ago
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Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry

Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies…

5 years ago
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Inside the Creative Process: Karyn Kusama Walks Through Five Phases of Production, From Screenwriting to Distribution

Guest Moviemaker Karyn Kusama has been through a lot in her career. Kusama broke out in 2000 with her debut…

5 years ago
  • Fall 2016

Shooting (for) the Moon: How Operation Avalanche Pulled Off a Reanimated Kubrick and a Tricky Legal Argument

“Do you think we could get the real Kubrick for this?” That was the question I asked my producer Matthew…

8 years ago
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How They Did It: How Swiss Army Man Pulled Off That Fart-Powered Jet-Ski Daniel Radcliffe Corpse

Winter of 2011, my writing and directing partner, Daniel Kwan (the other half of Daniels, the name we go by…

8 years ago
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  • MM Guide 2014

Selling Out with Soul: Career Advice from Mark Duplass

Festival hits The One I Love and Creep, FX’s The League, box-office hit Tammy, a new HBO show, Togetherness—that’s just…

10 years ago