How Robert De Niro’s Makeup Team Traversed 50-Years in The Irishman
...of Sheeran, Hoffa, and Bufalino. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wl8U3F_4WA “They did a test to see if they could realistically de-age Bob further than we could with the makeup. And they determined they could,” remembers White....
The Lighthouse's Oscar-Nominated Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke on Capturing Madness
...look like.” L-r: Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson in ‘The Lighthouse.’ Courtesy A24 What it looks like is nothing else you’ll see in a theater this year. The Lighthouse is 100% transportive—you...
Simon Frederick on the History of Black Cinema in his Doc They've Gotta Have Us
...at the systemic racism baked into movie marketing during the forties, when, for example, studios routinely edited out black singer-actress Lena Horne from film prints screened in the south in order to...
Warner Bros. Has Made Just Mercy Available to Rent For Free
...10 release. First, it was the spread of COVID-19, which has taken the lives of more than 100,000 Americans, disproportionately affecting Black, Hispanic, Latino and Indigenous communities. Then, it was the murder...
The Lore of Lincoln…and Daniel Day-Lewis: Two Larger-Than-Life Personas Intersect in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln
...from case facts, while campaign competitors cited his love of storytelling as the faulty trait of an incompetent leader. But just as many admirers claimed Lincoln loved a good story—and telling one...
"The Funniest People I Know Are Women": Director Paul Feig on The Heat, Bridesmaids and Freaks and Geeks
As one of the most respected comedy writers in Hollywood, Paul Feig’s professional trajectory has become something of an industry legend. The comedian turned actor-writer-director-producer has been relentless in his quest to...
The Instructive Power of Cinema: Spotlight on Journeys In Film
Journeys in Film is an innovative new project that provides foreign films and accompanying curricula to middle-school classrooms. The result? Students gain a deeper understanding of cultures around the globe, while also...
Remorse and Paradise: Miguel Gomes' Tabu Compels Beyond The Screen
...so does her lucidity. Santa seems willing to do as she’s told by Aurora’s absent daughter, while Pilar—whose compassion is only matched by everyone else’s apathy—strives to get Aurora professional help. When...
LMU Spreads Holiday Cheer With Inspiring Student Filmmaking Program
...first-rate instruction in filmmaking. Loyola Marymount University, renowned for boasting a comprehensive film program for underground students, has extended its collegiate filmmaking instruction to high school students in the Los Angeles area. LMU’s...
An Evening with Dror Moreh, Oscar Nominated Director of the Documentary The Gatekeepers
...created after the Six Day War of 1967, after roughly one million Palestinians found themselves under the rule of the Israeli military. Their work includes espionage and torture, subjects not typically spoken...