All posts tagged "Lily Tomlin"
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Grandma, What Big Roles You Have: How Paul Weitz Became a Feminist Director
In Grandma, Lily Tomlin does not play your typical grandma. She doesn’t bake cookies or assume a beatific and benign smile through adversity.... -
Can an “Older Woman” Open a Movie? Lily Tomlin and Patricia Clarkson Steer Grandma and Learning to Drive to Success
“How fabulous that we have two films opening Friday that are driven by women north of 50,” Patricia Clarkson told me last... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: John Leguizamo
Working in comedies, musicals, and dramas, John Leguizamo has one of the most diverse filmographies in all of Hollywood. Leguizamo started out...
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Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8