#filmmaking

#filmmaking

Tim Blake Nelson is a celebrated actor, writer, and director. His nearly 100 screen credits include The Thin Red Line, Lincoln, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Watchmen, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? For his latest, the independent film Bang Bang, he plays an aging boxer whose glory days are long past. On this episode, he details how his process has changed by comparing the patience he has now to his approach for O Brother, Where Art Thou? where "fear inspired hubris" fueled him.

A dream project that Coppola spent decades trying to realize, Megalopolis felt for many years like a defining absence in the director's career: the masterpiece he never got to make, the one that would tie everything together. And then he made it - with about $120 million of his own money, after 13 years away from the director's chair. Megalopolis came out last year, got wildly divisive reviews, and made about $10 at the box office.

"I've always really loved storytelling. When I discovered I was queer at a very young age, the YouTube film community was a huge kind of anchor for me, which inspired me to go more into film. But I also think just generally, I've always had a love of movies."

"War of the Worlds focuses on the computer screen of Homeland Security officer Will Radford as he monitors a huge network of surveillance videos to keep the country safe."

DiCaprio reflected on turning 50, noting that he feels like he's in his early 30s, emphasizing a desire to be honest and not waste time.

Matt Reeves' final draft of The Batman Part II is a 'big swing' and he and co-writer Mattson Tomlin are 'really going for it.'

Universal Pictures has embedded a warning in the end credits of 'How to Train Your Dragon' stating that the film may not be used for AI training.

Simon West's work often presents a mix of compromised studio projects with a grotesque and visually appealing style, emphasizing what he can 'get away with'.

Maio Mackay's latest is a demonic lesbian love story that's inspired by the hazy pop-horniness of 'The L Word' and her favorite episodes of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'

In immigration limbo, she found herself bonding with her brother's dog, a German Shepherd named Turbo. Santos's autobiographical short documentary, A Film Is a Goodbye That Never Ends, lingers on the quiet gestures that characterise her relationship with Turbo—walks, snuggles, and relentless companionship.

"I actually have a lot of hope in American cinema," said "Christmas Eve in Miller's Point" director and Omnes founding member Tyler Taormina.

"I've always wanted to be a filmmaker first and an actor second," Paxton said in that Texas Monthly profile, the (delightful) headline of which is Bill, Due.

During long night shoots, a sense of giddiness emerges around 4am, making the experience memorable. Celebrating the 40-year anniversary of such projects is special.

After working as a bartender for six years and an accountant for ten, I aim to shift my career towards a passion for film and media production.

Agnès Varda is a filmmaker whose art and life were inseparable, creating movies that reflect her transformative energy. Her achievements are celebrated in an exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet.

I was born in a small town in the Mekong Delta in 1986. My parents left Vietnam through the Humanitarian Operation program, which helped former re-education camp detainees immigrate to the US.

Jurassic World Rebirth reimagines the dinosaur-inhabited world on Ile Saint-Hubert, combining real-world locations in Thailand with sets in Malta, New York City, and London. The story follows operatives, including Zora Bennett and Dr. Henry Loomis, infiltrating the island to acquire DNA samples from dinosaurs while encountering a shipwrecked family. The island features a deserted InGen research facility that bred dinosaur hybrids, striving to feel advanced yet reminiscent of the original film.

"The secret to his success? Instead of begging for development deals, he decided to chase something more practical: money. I found it way easier to find people with money than it is to get a company to say 'Yes,' Grashaw said."

The zombie movie genre has remained resilient against critiques of derivativity, as it draws inspiration from influential classics like Romero's masterpieces, nurturing new cinematic visions.

Miller stated, 'I came to Cannes to support one of my closest friends in the world, Lynne Ramsey, who is one of the greatest living filmmakers.'

In Meeting With Pol Pot, Rithy Panh explores the dissonance between the realities of the Khmer Rouge regime and the idealism of foreign journalists.

"I feel so grateful to the producers and for this opportunity to go back in and continue to learn about the filmmaking process and be able to re-edit this movie."

In Armstrong's universe, tech is never morally in the black, and the people who create it are no better than despots—inept ones, at that.

Having traveled a lot, I always have to find out-when you show a movie to people, they just say, "Would you buy this?"