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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Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
A reverent initiate of a patriarchal regime; a disturbed young psychiatric hospital ward; a sexually questioning teen with a flair for the dramatic; a mysterious denizen...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...2