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Exclusive: Pamela Adlon Won’t Let Michael Kelly Get All Square That Easy (Video)
John Zbikowski (Michael Kelly) is a small town bookie having a hard time collecting on outstanding debts. After a one night stand... -
Logan Lucky: How Interactions Between Genres Led to an Oscar Nomination for James Mangold’s Superhero Film
In this video essay, Evan Puschak of Nerdwriter seeks to examine the many different ways by which genre conventions can be examined,... -
Five Questions About An Oscar-Nominated Short: Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer’s “Revolting Rhymes”
Animated adaptations of British author Roald Dahl’s children’s fiction include two highly regarded works: Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox and Henry Selick’s... -
Sponsored Editorial: Master the Art of Film and Television Production at Sacred Heart University
The Film and Television Master’s Programs (MFA and MA) offered by the School of Communication and Media Arts at Sacred Heart University... -
NewFilmmakers LA: Sarah Weaver, Doug Purdy, Julia Quiceno, Siddharth Ahluwalia, and More
This new installment of our series of NewFilmmakers LA interviews features conversations with moviemakers included above, as well as Leah Dubac, Edgar Baghdasaryan, and... -
The End of Box Office Tyranny: Disappointing Opening Numbers No Longer Spell Doom for Long-Range Success
onhanks to the impact of rising international box office numbers, the importance of opening weekend in the U.S. as a predictor of... -
Feat Of Clay: Aardman Animation Legend Nick Park on Stop-Motion in the 21st Century, and Cavemen Soccer in Early Man
Historical revisionism meets Aardman’s signature clay animation for a comedy about cavemen playing soccer in the beloved studio’s newest stop-motion adventure, Early... -
Foreign Contenders: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson Confronts Neighborly Conflicts with Under the Tree
Not unlike an alchemist, Icelandic Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson has mastered the improbable formula to produce amalgamations of universality with specificity. His relatable... -
How They Did It: Casting and Directing Animals Requires Exhaustive, and Loving, Preparation, Says Bullet Head Director
Bullet Head is a thriller, and an action film, and a crime story—but, above all, it is a love letter to animals.... -
Black Cat Picture Show 2017: This Cat Knows Where It’s At
The Black Cat Picture Show film festival is a strange slice of paradise hidden in the small town of Augusta, Georgia. It’s...
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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...2