Ben Stiller

  • Festivals

Notes from the Nantucket Film Festival, a Neighborly Island Incubator

Everyone wants to come to the Nantucket Film Festival, a place where scrappy indie filmmakers chat and mingle with some…

2 years ago
  • Podcasts

Ben Stiller and Dan Erickson Tell Us If It Matters What Lumon Does on Severance

Ben Stiller and Dan Erickson won't say what Lumon does on Severance, but they do think it matters. The series,…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Ethan Hawke Talks Sense; Cha Cha Real Smooth Trailer; All About Your Mothers

The new trailer for Cha Cha Real Smooth, Apple's next big Sundance bet after the Oscar-magnet CODA; Ethan Hawke seeks peace…

2 years ago
  • Directing
  • Interviews

“You Always Need a Buddy on a Movie:” Noah Baumbach on Mistress America and Trust in Moviemaking

Is Noah Baumbach the manic moviemaking factory his filmography suggests? Mistress America, a modern screwball comedy about a college freshman (Lola…

9 years ago
  • Cinematography
  • Interviews

Funny, with Restraint: How DP Sam Levy Shot While We’re Young

“I was lucky to grow up with music and have a movie buff dad who’d tell me, ‘You need to…

9 years ago
  • Articles - Directing
  • Articles - Features
  • blog-test

Reality Bites: 20th Anniversary Retrospective with Ben Stiller

Reality Bites, that seminal early-'90s snapshot of post-college love and ennui, turns 20 years old this week, first premiering February…

10 years ago
  • Acting

Amy Adams and the Benefits of Doubt

Whereas most celebrities take pains to hide their personal relationships from the press, 34-year-old Amy Adams brings hers along to…

15 years ago
  • Articles - Acting
  • Articles - Directing
  • Articles - Moviemaking
  • Articles - Producing
  • Articles - Screenwriting

Ben Stiller’s Days of Thunder

Every kid has a collection of heroes and role models. For me, it was Carl Yastrzemski, Teddy Roosevelt and Steve…

16 years ago