All posts tagged "christopher nolan"
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Movie News
Up Close and Personal With the Slamdance Film Festival
January 23, 2020The Slamdance Film Festival has helped moviemakers launch great careers — and great relationships. “We’re connected,...
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Movie News
13 Joker Easter Eggs and Inspirations: The King of Comedy is Just the Start
January 13, 2020Joker received 11 Oscar nominations Monday, the most of any film this year, including for Best Picture,...
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Movie News
13 Joker Easter Eggs and Inspirations: The King of Comedy is Just the Start
October 11, 2019Todd Phillips’ Joker borrows unapologetically from other movies, especially Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and King of...
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Directing
The Art of Fear: How Christopher Nolan Uses Perspective to Express Fear in Dunkirk
March 3, 2018Garnering Christopher Nolan his very first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director, Dunkirk represents...
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Movie News
Logan Lucky: How Interactions Between Genres Led to an Oscar Nomination for James Mangold’s Superhero Film
March 3, 2018In this video essay, Evan Puschak of Nerdwriter seeks to examine the many different ways by...
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Directing
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2018: Academy Award-Nominated Directors Get Candid About Their Films
February 13, 2018With three titans of cinema and two of the most acclaimed and promising debutants in years...
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Acting
“Nudges and Hints”: Timothée Chalamet on the Pure Celebration of Love in Call Me By Your Name
November 28, 2017Italian director Luca Guadagnino’s latest Call Me By Your Name examines the mystery of love as...
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First Draft
First Draft: Remember These Three Key Differences Between Short and Feature Scripts
November 7, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. A...
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Acting
Scene Stealer: Barry Keoghan on Learning from Yorgos Lanthimos in The Killing of a Sacred Deer
October 25, 2017A quaint demeanor conceals his raging and unwavering yearning for retribution. His twisted take on the...
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First Draft
First Draft: Manipulate Your Audiences’ Psychological States With These Three Screenwriting Tricks
October 10, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Suspense...
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Screenwriting
Muddled Mythology: Hollywood’s Gluttonous Appetite For Franchises Undermines Fantastical Films’ Potential to Inspire
August 14, 2017In the run-up to the release of this summer’s superhero saga Wonder Woman, articles hyping the...
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Other
Staying Alive: The Director of Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey Shares How He’s Sustained A 63-Year Moviemaking Career
August 14, 2017My first job out of UCLA Film School in 1954, at age 22, was directing the...
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Other
Score! Five Things Directors Should Learn About Working With Composers (From Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore and More)
June 7, 2017Three years ago, I packed up my things at my desk in a Sacramento television news...
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Moviemaking
Selling With Soul: Why Make A Spec Commercial? It Could Be The Career Calling Card You’re Looking For
May 15, 2017Just yesterday, for Mother’s Day, I released a personal project that I had been working on...
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Festivals
Festival Wrap: A Weekend Film School, Spaceballs Screening and Joe Pantoliano at Sunscreen Film Festival 2017
May 10, 2017Through its unprecedented success on both the festival circuit and mainstream awards platforms, Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight...
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Producing
Continental Divides: Could a U.S. Film Commission, Like The National Ones in Europe, Ever Add Up?
May 1, 2017When surveying the messy U.S. landscape of ever-changing film incentives and the fluctuating health of state...
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Moviemaking
What is it Like to Direct a Feature at Age 16? Evan Hara on Making His Sci-Fi Film The Boundary
April 19, 2017There are so many things you have to learn before jumping into something as big as...
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Directing
Foreign Contenders: Veteran Actor Rade Šerbedžija Turns Director for Macedonian Drama The Liberation of Skopje
December 13, 2016MovieMaker’s series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the...
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Acting
Why the Hell Didn’t Marion Cotillard Get an Oscar Nomination for Rust and Bone?
February 25, 2013Hollywood often rewards transformational performances. Charlize Theron won her Oscar after gaining 30 pounds to play...
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