All posts tagged "Mad Men"
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Elisabeth Moss Can Do Whatever She Wants
A man cuts through the bustling crew and stands in the center of the room, a bottle of champagne held aloft. “Let’s hear it for our...
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The Artist and his Subject: Rebel in the Rye Capitalizes on Parallels between J.D. Salinger and Holden Caulfield
Danny Strong has acted in some of the most acclaimed television shows of the past two decades (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mad Men), he created...
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Story-Breaking Secrets from the Writer of Air Bud: The Fundamental Questions to Ask About Your Screenplay
We can all agree that a great screenplay is the foundation of a great film. And I don’t think it’s controversial to say a great...
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Festival Spotlight Friday: Toronto International Film Festival Diary, Part 1
This is Jeff Meyers, reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival for MovieMaker Magazine. I’m a film writer and critic based out of Detroit, which...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles are just a handful...
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Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid Antarctic waters as...
Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s cancer diagnosis hidden...