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Random Thoughts From the Set Jeff Garlin I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

I have a good job. As an actor, executive producer and sometime director on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” I’m very happy.…

3 years ago
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Alex Karpovsky’s RED FLAG

When you first watch Red Flag, a new dark comedy from HBO “GIRLS” star and independent director Alex Karpovsky, it…

3 years ago
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A Look Inside Backwards: Shooting an Independent Sports Film

When I set out to make my first film, I knew exactly what I wanted to tell: a story about…

3 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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How They Did It: Seamless Stunt Work and Smartly Drawn Shot Lists Fueled The Mountaintop Sequence in Midsommar

In Midsommar — my sophomore feature about a codependent couple whose doomed fate leads them to a nightmarish summer solstice…

5 years ago
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How They Did It: Director Joanna Hogg Drew from her Memory to Craft the Sets for The Souvenir

Resurrecting momentous events in her personal history—including the physical spaces where they occurred—deftly-introspective British moviemaker Joanna Hogg created The Souvenir,…

5 years ago
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How They Did It: Navigating the Turbulent Waters of the Oscar-Nominated Short “Lifeboat”

In 2015 our creative team set out to produce "50 Feet from Syria"—focused on the civilian impact of the Syrian…

5 years ago
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How They Did It: Asghar Farhadi Lived in the Country of His Spanish-Speaking Stars to Write and Direct Everybody Knows

Before I went to Spain to make my new film Everybody Knows—a thriller which follows the tumultuous events that ensue when Laura (Penélope Cruz) returns to…

5 years ago
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How They Did It: Working With Students and Screen Vets Alike on an 18-Day Shoot to Make Sarah Q

I’ve been making movies professionally since 1978, when I stepped out of Emerson College in Boston and right into directing…

5 years ago
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How They Did It: Directing Actors, Stunt Doubles, Dogs, and Roosters on the Unpredictable Set of Mobile Homes

Shooting a scene in my new film Mobile Homes in which a mobile home falls into a lake presented a big…

5 years ago