Jessica Chastain

  • Movie News

Jessica Chastain’s Memory Character Became So Second Nature to Her That She Was Surprised by Her Own Acting Choices

Jessica Chastain was in such a flow state while filming Michel Franco's new dementia drama Memory that she didn't remember…

4 months ago
  • Movie News

CODA Wins Best Picture as Apple Upsets Netflix’s The Power of the Dog

CODA, writer-director Siân Heder's moving story of a child of Deaf parents in a Massachusetts fishing town, won Best Picture…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Tammy Faye Director Michael Showalter Sees America’s Televangelist Obsession as a Mixture of These Two Things

The Eyes of Tammy Faye director Michael Showalter believes America’s longstanding fascination with televangelists and charismatic leaders has to do…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Is Maura Tierney’s Character in The Report Based on the Same CIA Agent Who Inspired Jessica Chastain’s Character in Zero Dark Thirty?

The Report, now streaming on Amazon Prime, includes a morally compromised CIA agent played by Maura Tierney who bears little…

4 years ago
  • Criterion Crash Course

Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons from Criterion’s The Tree of Life

Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic, or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is…

6 years ago
  • Articles - Directing

Ace in the Hole: Aaron Sorkin Plays Molly’s Game

After decades as one of Hollywood’s most lauded screenwriters, Aaron Sorkin makes a play for directing with the high rolling…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

Cannes Film Festival 2017: Charlize Theron, David Lynch, Will Smith and More in Our Red Carpet Gallery

Stars aligned at the 70th anniversary edition of Cannes Film Festival, May 17-28, 2017. It was a typically eventful time…

7 years ago
  • Screenwriting

The Politics of Plot: What Liberal or Conservative Architecture is Your Narrative Constructed Upon?

One hears a great deal these days about the universal nature of story. It’s a gratifying conceit that deep down…

8 years ago
  • Directing
  • MM Guide 2014

Outside Chances: How to Shoot Outdoors, by the Team of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby

Shooting outdoors anywhere is submitting yourself to Murphy’s Law, but in and around New York City—as I’m sure every moviemaker…

9 years ago
  • Directing
  • How They Did It

Poetry in Motion: James Franco and 12 Students Create The Color of Time

It all started in a class James Franco was teaching at NYU's Graduate Film program. The topic was "How to…

9 years ago