Filmmaking

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Will Hollywood’s Pendulum Swing Back Towards Commercial Directors?

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As Hollywood’s ‘visionaries’ struggle with studios, commercial directors are poised to make a comeback.

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‘The Shape of Water’ and How Falling in Love with Monsters Can Set You Free

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In praise of del Toro’s Gill-Man: Why fantasy is the political genre we need and deserve right now.

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Disaster Artists: Despotism, Directing, and the Troubled Production

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Lights! Madmen! Action!

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The House Always Wins: The Gambling Drama as an Allegory for Filmmaking

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“You said that you felt alive for the first time while playing the card table. What do you want me to understand?”

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The Plot Twist Checklist

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A toolbox for the construction of plot twists, not an instruction manual (nobody reads those anyway).

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Fade Out: Saying Goodbye to Sam Shepard, A Pioneer of Many Frontiers

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Actor, Writer, Musician, Whatever.

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“My intention was not to make the grossest film of all time.”

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“…but to show ugly in a time where everyone is trying to be beautiful.” Our conversation with ‘Kuso’ director Steven Ellison.

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SDCC 2017: A Tour Through The Beautiful Laika Experience

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“I have cheered the uncheerable!”

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Exploring The Roald Dahl Cinematic Universe

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With over ten of the author’s stories adapted for the big and small screens, Roald Dahl’s novels are preserved in cinematic history.