judd apatow

  • Festivals

Notes from the Nantucket Film Festival, a Neighborly Island Incubator

Everyone wants to come to the Nantucket Film Festival, a place where scrappy indie filmmakers chat and mingle with some…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Knocked Up Turns 15: Judd Apatow Says Movie Was Inspired By a Random Conversation With Seth Rogen

A random conversation between Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen inspired the 2007 rom-com Knocked Up, according to director Judd Apatow.…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

New Stanley Kubrick; Slamdance Intel; Danny Trejo’s Memoir; Maria Bakalova Joins Apatow

In today's jammed Movie News Rundown: A Q&A packed with Slamdance intel; a lost Stanley Kubrick noir is coming to…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

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,…

5 years ago
  • Interviews

Sittin’ Pretty: Amy Schumer Talks Taking the Producer’s Chair, Growing as a Comic, and the Message of I Feel Pretty

“I'm well-versed in backlash,” Amy Schumer told me cheerfully. The remark was in response to my question about how she…

6 years ago
  • Interviews

Buying What He’s Selling: Michael Showalter on The Big Sick and His Transactional Approach to Storytelling

Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, the real-life couple whose love story forms the backbone of romantic comedy The Big…

7 years ago
  • Directing
  • Interviews
  • Summer 2015

The Tao of Apatow: the Comedy Moviemaker on Riding Out Career Highs and Lows

No doubt about it: “Apatowian” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as “Hitchcockian.” Or “Hawksian.” Or even “Chaplinesque.”…

9 years ago