All posts tagged "Jeremy Saulnier"
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Novel Ideas: Moviemakers Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair on Adapting a Book for the Screen and Building Atmosphere
In September, director Jeremy Saulnier and screenwriter Macon Blair attended Fantastic Fest 2018 to present Hold the Dark—a fully-immersive cinematic adaptation of... -
Fantastic Fest 2018: Peak Programming and Premieres and a Self-Reflective Tone Shape the Austin Hotspot’s 13th Year
At its heart, Fantastic Fest is not simply a film festival: It’s a weeklong experience of controlled extremity, in which audiences are... -
Surrounded By Wolves: Jeremy Saulnier Teamed up with Netflix to Adapt His Latest Atmospheric Thriller Hold the Dark
Since Jeremy Saulnier’s second feature, the slow-burn revenge tale Blue Ruin premiered to rave reviews at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Saulnier has... -
At Home Behind the Camera: Actor-Turned-Director Macon Blair Talks Making I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore
Macon Blair is no stranger to Sundance. The actor is the childhood friend of, and a long-time collaborator with, writer-director Jeremy Saulnier,... -
Bite, Don’t Bark: Three Things Reservoir Dogs Reminds Us About Tough, Thought-Provoking On-Screen Violence
24 years ago today, Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs was released, bringing with it a vicious wake-up call to the crime genre and... -
“Making Sense of Something That is Beyond Us:” Anton Yelchin’s Spring 2016 Interview
The MovieMaker staff was shocked and saddened to hear about the untimely passing of actor Anton Yelchin on Sunday, June 19. A... -
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Raising the stakes. That’s what moviemaker Jeremy Saulnier does so well in his new film Green Room (read our full cover story... -
Shooting the Green Room: Full Interview with DP Sean Porter
We’ve covered Green Room‘s director and cast in previous articles this week. Today we round out our exploration of Jeremy Saulnier’s siege... -
Green Room Outtakes: Interviews with Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat and Imogen Poots
In Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room, a punk band dubbed The Ain’t Rights (played by actors Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole and... -
Back Against the Wall: Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room Lands like a Punch to the Gut
Is there a more overused word in film journalism than “visceral?” The adjective is applied and misapplied with such frequency that it...
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Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8