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Things I’ve Learned: Clark Gregg
This Wisdom Wednesday, multi-talented writer/director/star of Trust Me, Clark Gregg, shares the things he’s learned as...
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Prisoners and Acting: An Interview with Melissa Leo
MovieMaker spoke to Melissa Leo, one of 2013’s hardest-working actresses (she turned in performances in six...
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Editor’s Weekend Pick: Short Term 12
MovieMaker‘s pick of the films out in theaters this week is the award-winning, heart-pumping Short Term...
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Fictionalizing Truth: Lee Daniel’s The Butler & More
We’ve all seen those stately biopics (usually with Oscar aspirations), in which renowned actors portray real-life...
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Perfectly Paranormal: Ghostbusting in Film
Where would the world be without the paranormal investigators of cinema? Overrun with evil spirits, demons...
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Sloppy Seconds: The Best (and Worst) Horror Remakes
Horror movie remakes are a dime a dozen these days, with retreads of such genre classics...
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The Fire Inside: Jason Segel Resurrects The Muppets
Not long ago, MovieMaker Magazine caught up with Jason Segel to ask him about his role in...
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It’s A Disaster: “Arrested Development’s” David Cross discusses his apocalyptic new comedy
Actor-writer-comedian David Cross probably needs no introduction. He’s worked on two of the funniest and most...
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Hitchhike a Thousand Miles: Oscar nominee John Hawkes gives seven tips for surviving the film industry
I’m an untrained actor with no formal education in moviemaking. I learned my trade by observing...
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Love and the Bomb: Sally Potter Returns to 1960s London with Ginger & Rosa
From Orlando, her audacious breakthrough film (based on a Virginia Woolf novel many considered unadaptable) to...
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Dennis Christopher Teams Up with Tarantino for Django Unchained
Best known for his star-making performance in the coming-of-age classic, Breaking Away, Dennis Christopher is the definition...
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85th Academy Awards: Expectations and Hopes for the 2013 Oscars
My mom texted me this morning and said: “Amour Oscar nominated this am as one of...
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Top 10: Movies I Couldn’t Be Bothered to Finish in 2012
The best thing about streaming movies is that there’s no sunk costs. I don’t have to...
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The Highs & Lows of Paul Rudd
If there’s one thing the entire human race can agree upon, it’s the inherent likability of...
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It’s Alive!: The Best in Performance Capture
Performance capture: It’s the wave of the future. This fascinating computer technology allows ordinary human actors...
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I Love Torture, Michelle Williams, and Alex Karpovsky, Not in That Order
That Buzz You Hear The chatter in my insular little film-nerd world this week was all...
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Bill Murray dresses up like John Wayne, and Richard Ayoade does Dostoyevsky
But They’re Cheerleaders! I don’t know how you feel about Lucky McKee, but he certainly has...
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Odd Couples: Cinema’s Quirkiest Pairings
In the new movie The Sessions, John Hawkes stars as a poet, paralyzed from the neck...
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Oddfellas: Cinema’s Quirkiest Heist Teams
What’s the key to pulling off a successful heist? Having a competent and quick-witted team, for...
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Acting or Directing. Why Not Both?
For some actors the role of a lifetime is . . . becoming a real-life director....
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More Scream For Your Buck: Five Great Horror Anthologies
Remember when you were a kid sitting around the campfire with your friends, swapping scary stories?...
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Which Movie Teachers Make the Grade?
School’s officially back in session, and with it can be heard the collective groan of kids...
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Greta Gerwig, Inside Outsider
The speed at which media travels can do funny things to a moviemaker’s career. In this...
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Bad Dads (10 Movie Dads Who Make You Celebrate Your Own)
If Father’s Day reminds us to do anything besides send a card, it’s to look back...
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