Sony Pictures Classics

  • Movie News

Mothering Sunday Director Eva Husson on Sex Scenes, Merkins, and Full-Frontal Male Nudity

The new Sony Pictures Classics romantic drama Mothering Sunday takes place in 1924 in the English countryside, starring Josh O'Connor…

2 years ago
  • Inside MM - How To

Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry

Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies…

5 years ago
  • Inside MM - Distribution

A Sale Unto Oneself: About To Have Your First Market Experience? Here’s Why Self-Distribution Is the Way To Go

Every indie moviemaker has the fantasy of premiering a movie at Sundance, then selling it for millions after an all-night…

5 years ago
  • Directing

Trojan Horse: Sebastián Lelio on the Music and Writing of His Oscar-Nominated Movie About Movies, A Fantastic Woman

In using his power to uncover explosive strength in previously vulnerable individuals, Chilean auteur Sebastián Lelio has dedicated himself to…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Foreign Contenders: Andrey Zvyagintsev Breaks Down the Technical Aspects of Shooting Russia’s Melancholic Loveless

Not far removed from the philosophical and ethical inquiries that 19th century literary masters like Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Dostoyevsky debated…

6 years ago
  • Interviews

Housing History: Maudie Director Aisling Walsh Rebuilt a Famous Folk Painter’s House For Her Intimate Period Piece

Beyond endless research, painstaking preparations and digging for historical accounts, creating a period piece requires something more than just the knowledge…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Elle Director Paul Verhoeven: “Look at American Movies, There is a Total Addiction to Destruction”

Breaking new ground with a psychological rape-revenge thriller, says Paul Verhoeven, "inspires a certain kind of fear"—especially one that many denounced as…

7 years ago