Ethan Hawke

  • Fall 2016

How Horror Must Move Forward: Ti West’s Introduction to MovieMaker’s 2017 Guide to Making Horror Movies

For our second edition of MovieMaker's Guide to Making Horror Movies, we asked indie auteur Ti West, who made his…

8 years ago
  • Spring 2016

Miller, Lite: Rebecca Miller Does Screwball in Her First Bona-fide Comedy, Maggie’s Plan

“Oh my god, ‘Eggs Purgatory,’” exclaimed writer-director Rebecca Miller, scanning a menu. “I have to order that, if only because…

8 years ago
  • Directing
  • Editing

Nine-to-Five Warfare: The Making of Andrew Niccol’s Good Kill

One cannot criticize Andrew Niccol for not having a social conscience in his films, whether it's his take on the…

9 years ago
  • Directing
  • Documentary
  • Interviews

Seymour: An Introduction: Ethan Hawke and Seymour Bernstein Create the Opposite of Whiplash

“Do you know anyone who became a movie star at 87?” joked Seymour Bernstein, the subject of Ethan Hawke’s documentary…

9 years ago
  • Interviews

The Making of a Boy: Richard Linklater on his 12-Year Labor of Love, Boyhood

Richard Linklater is no stranger to the workings of time—both as thematic device in his films, and as necessary ingredient…

10 years ago
  • Movie News

Dead Poets Society: 25th Anniversary with Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, and more

This month marks the 25th anniversary of Peter Weir's coming-of-age drama, Dead Poets Society (we can't believe it's been that…

10 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
  • Things Learned

Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Ethan Hawke

With more than 30 years at the forefront of American film, the multi-faceted, multi-talented Ethan Hawke is in a unique…

10 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Writing Backwards: Plot Construction Using Reverse Cause and Effect

The work of the amateur screenwriter is often characterized by the unnecessary. Dialogue and description are often overdone, scenes tend…

17 years ago
  • Articles - Directing
  • Articles - Features
  • Articles - Moviemaking

From Austin to Austria: Richard Linklater Pulls An All-Nighter On Before Sunrise

Richard Linklater came to film relatively late in life. He didn't start watching movies seriously until he was a teenager—he says…

29 years ago