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  • Directing

Getting to the Heart of Lady Bird: What Makes Greta Gerwig’s Debut Tick

In the pantheon of mother-daughter movies, it might seem like a simplistic statement to say that what makes Greta Gerwig’s…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Logan Lucky: How Interactions Between Genres Led to an Oscar Nomination for James Mangold’s Superhero Film

In this video essay, Evan Puschak of Nerdwriter seeks to examine the many different ways by which genre conventions can…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2018: Academy Award-Nominated Directors Get Candid About Their Films

With three titans of cinema and two of the most acclaimed and promising debutants in years in attendance, it was…

6 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: Read the 2018 Oscar Nominees for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay

Are you aching to read and learn from the 2018 Oscar-nominated scripts? Look no further because we have them all…

6 years ago
  • Acting

“Nudges and Hints”: Timothée Chalamet on the Pure Celebration of Love in Call Me By Your Name 

Italian director Luca Guadagnino’s latest Call Me By Your Name examines the mystery of love as it enraptures 17-year-old Elio…

6 years ago
  • Other

Indie Spirit Nominations: 33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards Name Their 2017 Film Picks

The Film Independent Spirit Awards announced the nominations today for the 33rd edition of the awards, which honor indie cinema…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

“Trimming the Fat”: A Slimmer TIFF 2017 Lineup Still Offers a Robust Selection of Quality Programming

This year, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) chose to cut the number of films it opted to include in…

7 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