sofia coppola

  • Movie News

Priscilla Producer Youree Henry on Keeping Elvis Out of the Spotlight

"Your instinct is that you want to pan up to Elvis, because he's sparkly and he's Elvis," Priscilla producer Youree…

4 months ago
  • The Rundown

Cannes Deadline Drama; Casting Bill Murray; Mike Tyson and Sean Penn’s Ambulance Ride

Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux insisted on altering an interview after the fact; a new book looks at Sofia…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

To Cast Bill Murray in Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola Enlisted the Help of Wes Anderson

Critic Hannah Strong’s new book Sofia Coppola: Forever Young surveys all of the writer-director’s films, from 1999’s The Virgin Suicides…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

What Godfather Coda Changes About Godfather III

Francis Ford Coppola promised that Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone — his re-edit of The Godfather III —…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

The Rundown: The Good Crash; Sofia Coppola on Godfather III; Corruption is Lethal

In today's Rundown: What Sofia Coppola learned from the Godfather III pile-on; how a nightclub fire exposed corruption and inspired a fight…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Sofia Coppola Says Godfather III Criticism Made Her Stronger

Sofia Coppola was doing her father a favor when she stepped in to replace Winona Ryder in The Godfather III…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Godfather Coda, the New Godfather III Re-Edit, Shows the Limits of Editing

Francis Ford Coppola is marking the 30th anniversary of The Godfather Part III by re-editing and re-releasing it as The…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

On the Rocks Cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd Worked to Understand Sofia Coppola’s Vision — Then Embraced Questions

Cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd reunited with writer-director Sofia Coppola for On the Rocks, which is Coppola's first film set in…

4 years ago
  • Spring 2017

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…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Cannes Film Festival 2017: Charlize Theron, David Lynch, Will Smith and More in Our Red Carpet Gallery

Stars aligned at the 70th anniversary edition of Cannes Film Festival, May 17-28, 2017. It was a typically eventful time…

7 years ago
  • Video - Directing

Watch: Barry Jenkins Rides the Cinematic High of Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood For Love

How can a film's setting feel so massive in scope and scale, yet so insular, as if it's a microcosm of…

7 years ago
  • MM Guide 2013
  • Screenwriting

The Screenwriter’s Toolkit: 18 Exercises to Combat Writer’s Block

Before I got into screenwriting, I was in a poetry group (don't snark; some of us like poetry). For me,…

11 years ago
  • Articles
  • Articles - Education
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Pussy Riot, Sofia Coppola & Film Education Roundtable in Summer Issue #104

In MovieMaker Magazine's Summer Issue #104, look out for an interview by Timothy Rhys with Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin,…

11 years ago
  • Articles - Festival Beat
  • Articles - Festivals
  • Festivals

If Only I Could Cannes: 9 Cannes premieres to look out for (that I won’t get to see till they come to New York) by Josh Ralske

Festival de Cannes is upon us. Like me, you wish you were there. Or unlike me, you are there, which…

11 years ago