All posts tagged "Dog Day Afternoon"
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In the Lion’s Den: Watch How Al Pacino’s Performances Chew the Scenery—and Everyone Else In Frame (Video)
A select few actors have managed to maintain some semblance of control while going “over the top.” By now the manic thrashing... -
My Top 10: Brad Furman’s 10 Favorite Romance Movies
With The Take (2007), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) and Runner Runner (2013), director Brad Furman has staked out a place in the... -
Screenwriting Refresher: 10 Fundamental Things to Remember
You’ve got this clever little screenplay you’ve been working really hard on for some time now. Recently, though, you’ve started to feel... -
Crowdfunder of the Week: The Dog
MovieMaker’s Crowdfunder of the Week is The Dog, a fascinating documentary on John Wojtowicz, the real-life bank robber who inspired Sidney Lumet’s...
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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...Inside the Issue: Directing
How They Did It: Seamless Stunt Work and Smartly Drawn Shot Lists Fueled The Mountaintop Sequence in Midsommar
In Midsommar—my sophomore feature about a codependent couple whose doomed fate leads them to a nightmarish summer solstice celebration among an ancestral Swedish cult called the...Inside the Issue: How To
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...