All posts tagged "Charlize Theron"
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Defying the Expectations of Romcom: Long Shot Director Jonathan Levine on Portraying a True Relationship
Jonathan Levine knows what you think about his movie. Schlubby guy, gorgeous woman. He’s funny, was at one time employed, and *checks notes* has an...
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Fall From Race: Jason Reitman Talks Gary Hart’s Political Demise in The Front Runner, Releasing Two Films in One Year
On April 13, 1987 a young, charismatic, Democratic Senator from Colorado hauled a small caravan of press, aides, and family up to a sweeping vista...
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Miller Time: Get Schooled In Shooting Action With This Masterclass On George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road (Video)
For George Miller, the sound of slews of asses being kicked is, quite literally, music to the ears. In Miller’s manic magnum opus of kinetic action, Mad Max: Fury...
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First Draft: Tap Into Rhythm, Rhetoric and Other Dynamics of Dialogue
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Good dialogue strikes a nerve, usually in my spine. I’ll sit...
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First Draft: Five Surefire Steps to Nailing Your Screenplay’s Theme
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. A script can have wonderful characters, a terrific plot, great...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Patty Jenkins
Patty Jenkins is an American writer and film director, best known for her breakthrough, critically acclaimed debut film Monster. Monster follows Charlize Theron through her tribulations...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles are just a handful...
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Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid Antarctic waters as...
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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 family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s cancer diagnosis hidden...