All posts tagged "Nicole Kidman"
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Why Bombshell Was Originally Called Lucite Desk
Bombshell was originally titled Lucite Desk, a reference to a type of furniture that symbolized Fox News chief Roger Ailes objectification of his female hosts....
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How Bombshell Writer Charles Randolph Cracked Roger Ailes’ Secret Society
Charles Randolph, writer of the new Fox News sexual-harassment drama Bombshell, had a special insight into the conservatives he writes about in the film: He...
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Inside the Creative Process: Karyn Kusama Walks Through Five Phases of Production, From Screenwriting to Distribution
Guest Moviemaker Karyn Kusama has been through a lot in her career. Kusama broke out in 2000 with her debut feature Girlfight, which earned the...
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The Business of Order: A Veteran Editor Breaks Down How To Shape, Switch, and Structure Your Film’s Chronology
Structure is the first thing to look at and approach as an editor. Cutting a film chronologically before breaking it up isn’t the rarest thing...
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Scene Stealer: Barry Keoghan on Learning from Yorgos Lanthimos in The Killing of a Sacred Deer
A quaint demeanor conceals his raging and unwavering yearning for retribution. His twisted take on the “an eye for an eye” concept of vengeance in...
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Eye Piece: DP Philippe Le Sourd Shoots the Human Textures in Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled
With The Beguiled—set at a girls’ boarding school in the South during the Civil War, and adapted by Sofia Coppola from Thomas Cullinan’s novel—we were...
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Keep ’Em on the Edge of Their Seats: For Lion Screenwriter Luke Davies, Movies Must be Visceral and Emotional
Luke Davies is a critically acclaimed poet, novelist, screenwriter and essayist born and raised in Sydney, Australia—and now the up-and-coming filmmaker (at the age of...
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Taylor Russell on Waves and Why She’s OK With Being an Adult Who Plays High School Students
In director Trey Edward Shults’ Waves, Taylor Russell plays the younger sister of Kelvin Harrison Jr., even though she’s five days older than him in real life. In fact,...
Inside the Issue: Directing
Rob Zombie: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Rob Zombie still can’t let go of some of his past off-screen nightmares. “After I finished Halloween II, I was so beat up by the process that I hated...
Inside the Issue: How To
Edward Norton Walks Us Through Every Part of Making Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton is the best possible person to explain each stage of the moviemaking process for his new drama Motherless Brooklyn—he’s the film’s writer, director and lead actor. For...