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Blitz director Steve McQueen Things I've Learned as a Moviemaker
January 16, 2025
Blitz writer-director Steve McQueen is revered as one of the most visionary of all filmmakers — a Best Picture winner
Val Kilmer as Elvis in True Romance
November 10, 2022
Quentin Tarantino believes Elvis Presley could have been the biggest movie star of the 1960s — "if he had ever…
Steve McQueen The Thomas Crown Affair
June 12, 2021
Here is an appreciation of actor Steve McQueen from our archives, written in 2000 to coincide with what would have…
May 22, 2021
Many decades into his prolific Hollywood career, William Fraker has become a kind of Yoda of cinema­tography; a wise, bene­volent…
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Confederate
April 6, 2021
The Falcon and the Winter Solider and HBO's Confederate share a key creative. But one is praised for its handling…
Peter Jackson Beatles John Lennon age 28
December 21, 2020
Hope for small theaters, provocative critics name a five-part series "Best Picture," and Peter Jackson previews his Beatles doc. Plus:…
Lovers Rock Steve McQueen NYFF New York Film Festival
December 20, 2020
Los Angeles Film Critics have provocatively chosen a five-part series, Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, as Best Picture.
George Lucas Mandalorian Baby Yoda Marionette Land Netflix shuffle Ben Cross Chariots of Fire
December 10, 2020
How George Lucas painfully earned $4 billion; inside the whole Johnny Depp situation; and should film shoots continue while restaurants…
The Truffle Hunters New York Film Festival NYFF
October 6, 2020
The online New York Film Festival gave a wider audience access to NYFF awards hopefuls, including Nomadland and The Truffle…
How the Black Lives Matter Movement Has Already Affected Films
June 4, 2020
As Hollywood shares support of the Black Lives Matter movement, some filmmakers have announced changes to their projects as a…
September 15, 2018
Returning for the sixth time, Beyond Fest continues to build on its reputation as the home to all of Los…
July 17, 2017
The point is: The heist movie has been one of the Dream Factory’s staples for a long time. But why…
January 31, 2017
When international co-production works, one plus one can equal three. They combine creative, financial and production resources of two or…
October 18, 2013
12 Years a Slave week on moviemaker.com concludes with an account of the film's opening night festivities at New Orleans…
October 17, 2013
12 Years a Slave Week continues with MovieMaker’s Editor’s Weekend Pick, in which Kelly Leow attempts to express the poignant,…
October 16, 2013
It’s 12 Years a Slave week on Moviemaker.com! To celebrate both the release of one of 2013’s best films, and…
September 12, 2013
MovieMaker's latest dispatch from the Toronto International Film Festival 2013, courtesy of Jeff Meyers. On Day Three, our intrepid correspondent…
September 10, 2013
Toronto International Film Festival 2013 correspondent Jeff Meyers continues his screening diary in this installment, covering screenings of Like Father,…