Roman Polanski

  • Movie News

Windfall Director Charlie McDowell Focused on Blocking For His Polanski-Inspired Thriller

“What is the new thing that I want to focus on and that I haven't necessarily done before?” director Charlie…

2 years ago
  • First Person

The Scary of Sixty-First Editor Sophie Corra Took Inspiration From Pre-Code Hollywood

Sophie Corra is the editor of The Scary of Sixty-First, the feature directorial debut from Dasha Nekrasova. In this feature,…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Tom Cruise Loved Tenet; Bella Thorne’s $2 Million; Be Your Own Indie Cavalry

In today's Movie News Rundown: Tom Cruise going to see Tenet will someday be a lovely scene in a Tom…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Once Upon a Time… in Chinatown: Exclusive Excerpt From Sam Wasson’s The Big Goodbye

(Editor’s Note: Four years after the events that Quentin Tarantino reimagined in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, director Roman Polanski and…

4 years ago
  • Directing

The Official Story: Capturing the Final Words of America’s Most Notorious Criminal

After a year of working on a documentary that investigates the original claims made about Charles Manson’s crimes, mind control,…

6 years ago
  • How They Did It

How They Did It: The Producer of Destination Unknown Spent Over a Decade Collecting Interviews With Holocaust Survivors

Despite being clad in all-weather gear, I remained chilled to the bone on an early morning visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau back…

6 years ago
  • Screenwriting

First Draft: Lessons in Screenplay Plants and Payoffs from Chinatown and The Orphanage

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, "First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “Bad for glass,” says private eye…

8 years ago
  • Directing

Mutiny! And How to Avoid It: Managing Delicate Temperaments on Set

If you want to avoid mutiny on your set, you probably shouldn’t be reading this. That’s because the best way…

9 years ago
  • Things Learned

Things I’ve Learned: Seth MacFarlane’s Golden Rules of Moviemaking

Step inside the rambunctious mind of Emmy Award winning director/writer/animator Seth MacFarlane, as he gives us his 17 golden rules of…

11 years ago
  • Acting

Tough Gals Never Die: Faye Dunaway Keeps Going Strong with Arizona Dream

Exploding onto the American screen with her high impact performance as Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde (with Warren Beatty,…

30 years ago