All posts tagged "Donald Trump"
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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... -
“Where Are We Without Truth?”: Errol Morris on Why Doc Moviemakers Should See Themselves as Journalists
“I hope I was able to talk about the film in some way,” Errol Morris joked after our hour-long exchange. Much like... -
DREAMs Deferred: MovieMaker Contributor and DACA Recipient Carlos Aguilar Shares His Story
After abruptly terminating former President Obama’s DACA program, which has granted legal status to nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the United... -
Turning the Tide: With Over 60 Million Views, Fisher Stevens’ Before the Flood Warms New Generations to Environmentalism
He was, like the rest of us who count ourselves among the environmental community, still emotionally hung over on the 10th day... -
Tell MM: What Movies Made You a Better Person?
If you had to point to a work of fiction that challenged your moral and social consciousness as a child, chances are... -
Coming Attractions: Bill Murray dresses up like John Wayne, and Richard Ayoade does Dostoyevsky
But They’re Cheerleaders! I don’t know how you feel about Lucky McKee, but he certainly has his fans among horror geeks, and...
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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
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...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...