The psychological Atlas of America that has been charted by director Alexander Payne is so movingly enlarged in Nebraska that its Oscar nominations in six categories come as no surprise, nor do the awards it has already garnered from critics groups, especially for its star, Bruce Dern. Each of Payne’s five previous features —
FADE IN AWARD-WINNER DANNY KRAVITZ ON HIS NEW FILM “THE MARKSMAN” AND HIS ADVICE FOR ASPIRING SCREENWRITERS
Your new film, The Marksman, opened at #1 this past weekend. Was this your first screenplay sale? The first produced? Yes, this was my first screenplay sale and first produced. I have another optioned script …
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GRETA EXPECTATIONS | THE GRETA GERWIG INTERVIEW
Greta Gerwig is flirting with danger. The Sacramento-born actress is at real risk of losing her cult status. In six years, she’s gone from making small-budgeted arthouse fare — like Hannah Takes the Stairs and Baghead — to breakout stardom, co-starring with A-listers Ben Stiller, Russell Brand and Ashton Kutcher, and being directed by legends like Woody Allen.
ISN’T IT IRONIC
With the ledgers closed and audiences back to fall pursuits, the past four months can clearly be called the Summer of the Sequel. Of the ten highest-grossing films released between May and August, seven …
EXCLUSIVE: GAME OF THRONES DIRECTOR NEIL MARSHALL TAKES US BACK TO THE ’80s
Award-winning director Neil Marshall may have been nominated for an Emmy for helming the medieval fantasy “Game of Thrones” episode “The Watchers on the Wall” but his heart remains in the eighties. Let him tell you why…
COMPOUND CINEMATICS: AKIRA KUROSAWA AND I
An extraordinary first-hand account of collaborating with the great Akira Kurosawa by the screenwriter of “Rashomon,” “Ikiru” & “Seven Samurai,” Shinobu Hashimoto.
EXT. MANHATTAN | “5 TO 7” FILMMAKER VICTOR LEVIN GIVES US HIS TAKE
It wasn’t quite Murphy’s Law, but when writer-director Victor Levin shot his first feature, “5 to 7,” in New York City, let’s just say that not everything went according to plan. You got a problem with that?
DALE SHERMAN’S – QUENTIN TARANTINO FAQ
Dale Sherman shares an excerpt on the frequent visuals and concepts in Tarantino films from his insightful new book “Quentin Tarantino FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Original Reservoir Dogs.”