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Breaking Director Abi Damaris Corbin Remembers Michael K. Williams: ‘His Voice Is Honey Meets Gravel’

One of the last movies that Michael K. Williams ever acted in, Breaking, comes out in theaters today from director…

2 years ago
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Lena Hudson Says ‘Power of the Cold Email’ Got Succession‘s Peter Friedman in Her Short ‘Daddy’s Girl’

Lena Hudson credits a cold email for her luck in casting Succession star Peter Friedman in the role of the…

2 years ago
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How to Shoot a Movie Inside a Trailer, According to A Love Song Director Max Walker-Silverman

Max Walker-Silverman's drama A Love Song, starring Dale Dickey and Wes Studi, takes place mostly inside a trailer, on the…

2 years ago
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Deep in the Heart of Vengeance: How B.J. Novak Got Acquainted With Texas

Early in Vengeance, a New Yorker writer named Ben — played by the film’s writer-director, B.J. Novak — is stunned…

2 years ago
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Why John Mayer Is in the Opening Scene of B.J. Novak’s Vengeance

B.J. Novak’s new film Vengeance stars Ashton Kutcher, Issa Rae, Boyd Holbrook, Lio Tipton, J. Smith Cameron, Dove Cameron, Isabella…

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My Old School: Alan Cumming and Jono McLeod Retell the High School Legend of Brandon Lee

Jono McLeod's new documentary My Old School reunites his former Bearsden Academy classmates to share their memories of the Glasgow…

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Where The Crawdads Sing Director Olivia Newman Was ‘Terrified’ to Read the Book

Where the Crawdads Sing director Olivia Newman was "terrified" to read the beloved crime-infused love story by Delia Owens. Why?…

2 years ago
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‘First, They Have to Understand’: Mind Over Murder Director on ‘Surprising’ Story of the Beatrice Six

Director Nanfu Wang knows that in order to empathize with the Beatrice Six, viewers must first understand the subject's motivations…

2 years ago
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Elon Musk’s Crash Course Director Does a Deep Dive Into Tesla’s Self-Driving Cars

Director Emma Schwartz raises questions about Tesla's self-driving cars in Elon Musk's Crash Course, a documentary she made with The…

2 years ago
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Let Fury Have the Hour: A Lesson in Making Fire and Creative Response

  Twenty-five hundred days. The number feels heavy, eternal. If I divide it into years—seven—it becomes plainer still that the…

3 years ago