Moviemaking
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Road-Tripping: Director Sebastian Schipper on Why Shooting Roads Chronologically Was His Film’s Best Path Forward
Rarely is a film shot chronologically. But then Roads is a unique feature. Inspired by children’s literary classic Where The Wild Things... -
“It Took Me 20 Years to Become an Actor”: A Conversation with the Late, Great Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach is revered as one of the greatest character actors in cinema history. With a film, television and stage career spanning... -
Framing John DeLorean: Directors Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce Talk Blending Archival Footage With Reenactments
A fleet of sleek, gull-wing DMC-12 DeLoreans revved up to New York’s SVA Theater for the recent premiere of Framing John DeLorean,... -
Stefon Bristol’s See You Yesterday Melds Time Travel and the Harsh Realities of African-American Life Seamlessly
Stefon Bristol’s See You Yesterday is full of surprises. Produced by Spike Lee, Bristol’s film takes a whimsical premise—a pair of science... -
Lost Transmissions: Director Katharine O’Brien on the Film’s Gritty Look, Career Advice From the Russo Brothers, and More
Simon Pegg and Juno Temple star in Lost Transmissions, written by Katharine O’Brien, who is also making her feature-film directing debut. The...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
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...1Inside 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