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Crossing the Line: Eric Rohmer, 1920 – 2010

Eric Rohmer, the great French moviemaker, was a sly but sympathetic observer of human folly, forever attentive to the ways…

3 years ago
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The Man in Bergman: A New German Cinema Pioneer’s Search for the Heart and Soul of Ingmar Bergman’s Legacy

In the early 1960s, I went to Paris and had no thoughts of cinema at all. The New German Wave…

6 years ago
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Gentle Heart, Gruesome Imagination: Tobe Hooper (January 25, 1943—August 26, 2017)

Tobe Hooper gave me my start in the business. We had the same agent, and he invited my writing partner/now-wife…

6 years ago
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Crossing the Line: Jonathan Demme, 1944-2017

I only met Jonathan Demme once, on March 14, 1992. The place was a ballroom at the United Nations. The…

7 years ago
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Crossing the Line: Andrzej Wajda, Pioneer of the Personal and Political in Polish Cinema (1926—2016)

Andrzej Wajda, the powerhouse purveyor of Polish cinema with a celebrated knack for devastating depictions of war-torn Europe, passed away…

8 years ago
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“Making Sense of Something That is Beyond Us:” Anton Yelchin’s Spring 2016 Interview

The MovieMaker staff was shocked and saddened to hear about the untimely passing of actor Anton Yelchin on Sunday, June…

8 years ago
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Crossing the Line: Chantal Akerman and Her Pioneering Female Eye

Belgian film director Chantal Akerman passed away on Tuesday at the age of 65. Akerman had a major influence on…

9 years ago
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A Poem is a Naked Person: The Late Blooming of Les Blank’s Final Verse

On a naked corner in the American South, a young black girl boosts herself up on a yellow fire hydrant,…

9 years ago
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Crossing the Line: Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1967 – 2014

Yesterday, the world of cinema suffered a profound and appalling loss with the death of brilliant moviemaker Philip Seymour Hoffman.…

10 years ago
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Crossing the Line: Syd Field, 1935 – 2013

MovieMaker founder Tim Rhys honors legendary screenwriting guru Syd Field, who passed away on Sunday. Syd Field always seemed younger…

11 years ago