All posts tagged "Paul Schrader"
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Bret Easton Ellis
In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis’ debut novel, Less than Zero, was published, introducing the 21-year-old author as a cataloguer of the zeitgeist,... -
Book Review: Transcendental Style in Film
In 1972, film student and aspiring critic Paul Schrader published his landmark study on spirituality in cinema, Transcendental Style in Film. Four... -
“Our Selfishness is Our Legacy”: 2018 Moviemaker of the Planet, Paul Schrader
It’s not that the planet is in danger. The planet is just fine. If we have an all-out nuclear war, in 50,000... -
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. Themes emerge... -
Telluride or Die: Telluride’s Student Symposium is a Young Filmmaker’s Dream Come True, Says a 2017 Grad
I had the honor of attending last weekend’s Telluride Film Festival as a member of its 44th Student Symposium, which ran August... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader is learning a lot these days. Simultaneously excited about the future of moviemaking and pessimistic about its finances, he recognizes... -
Still Worth the Fare: Taxi Driver Screens at Tribeca Film Festival to Celebrate its 40th Anniversary
The Tribeca Film Festival nearly stopped all traffic for the 40th anniversary of Taxi Driver at the Beacon Theater on April 21,... -
Porn Hacks: What the “Legitimate” Indie Moviemaker Can Pick Up From Pornographers
In the summer of 1977, filmgoers flocked in record numbers to behold the rousing tale of a jejune moppet ripening to vigor...
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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...1Inside the Issue: Directing
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...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...