All posts tagged "Shutter Island"
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First Draft: Best “Plant and Payoff” Scenes Screenwriters Can Learn From
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “If, in the first chapter, you say... -
First Draft: What a Children’s Book Can Teach Screenwriters About Their Craft
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The truth of the matter in screenwriting,... -
All-Seeing Eye: God’s Front-Row Seat in the Films of Martin Scorsese (Video)
Many of Martin Scorsese’s characters fancy themselves masters of their own universe. But what makes them so sure? As we’ve learned from... -
A 3-D Journey Back to the Future: Behind Robert Richardson’s Work on Hugo
Martin Scorsese’s Hugo takes audiences on a 3-D journey inside an underground train station in Paris during the 1930s. The story revolves... -
Mark Ruffalo’s Blind Faith
Mark Ruffalo’s breakthrough role as Laura Linney’s estranged and road-wearied brother in You Can Count on Me had critics and fans abuzz... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Thelma Schoonmaker
Academy Award-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker’s long, presitgious career is one of Hollywood’s most enduring, rivaled possibly by her longtime collaborator, Martin Scorcese....
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Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8