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Martin Scorsese is 80. Here's a Things I've Learned as a Moviemaker he shared with us in 2007. All of…
Maggie Gyllenhaal shares what she's learned as a moviemaker over years of acting, and through directing her debut feature The…
Mahershala Ali tells us 10 things he's learned as a moviemaker. He stars in Apple TV+'s Swan Song which is…
Paul Verhoeven — the director behind RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct and now Benedetta — on writing satire, directing sex…
Do the Right Thing and Da 5 Bloods writer-director Spike Lee remembers his early days at NYU — and everything…
Moviemaker Taylor Hackford shares his insights on passion, desire, obsession and the wisdom of knowing when "no" doesn't necessarily mean…
Robert Downey Jr. dishes on the importance of kindness, practicality and sanity he learned as a young, up-and-coming moviemaker.
Ken Burns, director of Civil War, Jazz and Hemingway on the joys of analog research, avoiding The Industry, and “intense,…
Falling writer-director and actor Viggo Mortensen on life experience, taking breaks, and staying up all night to watch the snow.
"Only what one cares about will survive," and other insight Jonas Mekas has gleaned from six decades of shooting without…
Bill Nighy is an actor’s actor. Over the past four decades, he’s appeared in well over 50 films, including the…
Nancy Schreiber was the fourth woman ever voted into membership of the American Society of Cinematographers, and receives its President's…
Variety is the spice of filmmaking. It might also be Queen of Katwe director Mira Nair’s secret ingredient for longevity.
Character actor Luis Guzmán has been a favorite of director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, The Limey, Out of Sight) and Paul…
Wickedly observant, consummately English, a cinematic storyteller par excellence: Mike Leigh is the award-winning writer-director behind Naked (1993), Secrets &…
Director Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg, The Saddest Music in the World) serves as guest judge for this year's Toronto Urban…
This Wisdom Wednesday, Atom Egoyan tells us his golden rules for work, life, and happiness in both.
This Wisdom Wednesday, legendary editor Thelma Schoonmaker shares the lessons she's learned from over three decades in the cutting room.
Instead of one moviemaker serving up a single course of wisdom, this Wednesday we have five experts coming together to…
This week, our Wednesday Words of Wisdom come from Wim Wenders (say that three times fast).
As Josh Ralske writes in the MovieMaker interview, "The film is at once asinine and wholly mesmerizing. It’s crazy, and…
With The House of the Devil and Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, writer-director Ti West reinvigorated the horror genre with…
Harmony Korine first gained notoriety at the age of 22, when his screenplay for Kids, about 24 hours in the…
Things I've Learned: Zak Penn