Directing
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NewFilmmakers LA: Shaz Bennett, Julian Buchan, Diana Cignoni, Meyers Zell, and More
This new installment of our series of NewFilmmakers LA interviews features conversations with moviemakers included above, as well as Sam Carmichael, Beth Gavigan, Ellie... -
A Proper Collaboration: Joaquin Phoenix and Gus Van Sant’s Big Step Forward in Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot
In the 33 years since he made his first feature, the now classic Mala Noche, director Gus Van Sant has occupied a... -
The Mythical West: The Zellner Brothers on Playing with Genre Tropes and Letting Humor Come Intuitively with Damsel
From Tarantino, to the Coen Brothers, to Kelly Reichardt, the western is so entrenched in cinematic history that it’s become a rite of... -
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are... -
NewFilmmakers LA: Asia LeMasters, Simon Ryninks, Zak Klein, Lu Han and More
This new installment of our series of NewFilmmakers LA interviews features conversations with moviemakers included above, as well as Gary Crystal, Polly Steele, Lizzie Pickering, Blake...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
A reverent initiate of a patriarchal regime; a disturbed young psychiatric hospital ward; a sexually questioning teen with a flair for the dramatic; a mysterious denizen...Inside the Issue: Directing
Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...1