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Tribeca 2023 Festival Slate Full of Actors-Turned-Directors With Films From Steve Buscemi and Michael Shannon

Tribeca 2023 will be full of feature films from actors-turned-directors, with a lineup including The Listener directed by Steve Buscemi…

1 year ago
  • Movie News

A Little White Lie Director Says Michael Shannon’s Acting Was So Moving, ‘He Seduced Everybody’

When Michael Shannon performed a certain scene in the new literary drama A Little White Lie, director Michael Maren says…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

R.I.P. Sonny Chiba; So Much Acid; Danny DeVito Seems Cool

R.I.P. to Sonny Chiba; Michael Shannon on pretending to do acid, and other stars on actually doing psychedelics; escaping the…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Nine Perfect Strangers Star Michael Shannon Tells Us All About Those Acid Trip Scenes

Warning: Spoilers follow for Episode 3 of Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers, starring Michael Shannon. Michael Shannon has never done acid.…

3 years ago
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Up and Away: Super (and Not-So-Super) Hero Flicks

Superhero movies tend to come in just one of two flavors: Exceptional and terrible. They either work as visually breathtaking,…

3 years ago
  • Interviews

Echo Boomers Stars Michael Shannon and Jacob Alexander Tell Us Their Favorite Crime Movies

https://shows.acast.com/moviemaker-interviews/episodes/michael-shannon-and-jacob-alexander-echo-boomers Echo Boomers, starring Michael Shannon and Jacob Alexander, is about a group of broke young people who take to…

3 years ago
  • November Rundown

The Rundown: What’s Your Favorite Crime Movie?; Inside CAA; Collateral Secrets

In today's Movie News Rundown: We talked with Michael Shannon and Jacob Alexander about their young vs. old crime movie;…

3 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Making Your Own Breaks: What Resources to Tap and What Rules to Break as a First-Time Screenwriter

When I wrote the screenplay for What They Had, my debut feature about a family thrown into crisis as they…

6 years ago
  • Directing

The Shape of Water: Del Toro Likes Digital, Octavia Spencer Quits Period Pieces, Guy in the Fish Suit Deserves an Oscar

High on the list of the greatest contributions Mexico has given to the world, Guillermo del Toro’s monster-fueled mind exudes…

6 years ago
  • Interviews

“This Is Not Our Planet Anymore”: Werner Herzog on Why He Makes Movies From “The Quasi-Perspective of an Alien”

"Did you drink some sort of strange herbal tea this morning?" That question, asked of me by Werner Herzog as…

7 years ago
  • Movie News

ICYMI: The Best of November 2016 on Moviemaker.com

Break out of that Thanksgiving food coma and join us as we wrap up November 2016 on Moviemaker.com with our…

7 years ago
  • Cinematography

“Americana With a Hint of Jaundice”: DP Seamus McGarvey Talks Style, Mood of Nocturnal Animals

Tom Ford, the director, writer and producer of Nocturnal Animals, turned up at a Bafta screening last night with stars…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Defining Complete Unknown: Joshua Marston on Writing Shape-Shifting Characters, Directing a Contained Set

Joshua Marston's latest film, Complete Unknown, is an exploration of what it means to be a filmmaker, a film actor…

8 years ago
  • Winter 2016

Close Encounters: Michael Shannon, Jeff Nichols and Their Big-Canvas Sci-Fi Chase Movie Midnight Special

Michael Shannon is coming off a remarkable year. 2015 saw him in three wildly different fall releases: Peter Sollett’s lesbian…

8 years ago
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Fighting the Deafening Chorus of “No”: Michael Shannon and Ramin Bahrani on Real-Estate Thriller 99 Homes

Ramin Bahrani's third feature film, 2008's Chop Shop, was declared by Roger Ebert as one of the 10 best films…

9 years ago
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  • Festivals

Park City 2014: Sundance Film Festival Diary, Entry Four by Jeff Meyers

The final entry of Park City correspondent Jeff Meyers' Sundance Film Festival Diary sees him working hard to squeeze in…

10 years ago