Ken Burns

  • Movie News

Coming Attractions: Bill Murray dresses up like John Wayne, and Richard Ayoade does Dostoyevsky

But They’re Cheerleaders! I don’t know how you feel about Lucky McKee, but he certainly has his fans among horror…

3 years ago
  • The Rundown

Being Bill Murray; Ken Burns vs. 'Toxic' Internet; What the Georgia Law Does

In today's Movie News Rundown: Bill Murray says his schtick is harder than it looks; Ken Burns isn't reading your…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Ken Burns: Things I've Learned as a Moviemaker

This fall marks the 40th anniversary of Ken Burns’ first documentary, Brooklyn Bridge. In the decades since, he’s established himself…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Ken Burns Rejects 'Toxic Cesspool' of the Internet: 'We're Interested in Deep Dives'

Ken Burns is well aware that the subject of his latest documentary, Hemingway, would be judged harshly in today's social…

3 years ago
  • November Rundown

The Rundown: Hollywood’s Oldest Star; Deepfake Fun; Bailout Time?

In today's Movie News Rundown: Actor Norman Lloyd turns 106; SNL vet Jeff Richards uses Alec Baldwin and Robert Downey…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Ken Burns Criticizes Michael Jordan Doc; Safe-Set Guidelines; Inside the Ventilator-Shaft Trope

In today's Movie News Roundup: Axl Rose travels through time to fix a movie in the edit; Ken Burns has a…

4 years ago
  • Festivals

Context and Conversation: The Discourse within Telluride’s Programming

It is a common feature of film festivals for the selections in the program to be conversant with one another.…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Telluride or Die: Telluride’s Student Symposium is a Young Filmmaker’s Dream Come True, Says a 2017 Grad

I had the honor of attending last weekend's Telluride Film Festival as a member of its 44th Student Symposium, which…

7 years ago
  • Documentary

Ken Burns: Netflix is Skywriting, Making a Doc is Like Making Maple Syrup, Human History Will Repeat Itself

The Ken Burns effect, says Artemis Joukowsky, isn't just an editing feature. "It’s the whole way that you experience history…

8 years ago
  • Spring 2015

The Art of the Interview: 10 Essential Tenets of On-Camera Conversation

Ken Burns stopped. The legendary documentarian typically plows forward with the relentless tenacity of a cragged New Englander picking rocks…

9 years ago
  • Directing
  • Documentary

Family Portrait: Ken Burns’ The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

PBS' new documentary series, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, premieres on September 14, with the first of seven two-hour episodes set…

10 years ago