December 31, 2014
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2014 in Review: Lensers, Designers, Makeup Artists & More - PART II

...with A Most Violent Year composer Alex Ebert, a film that opens today and just received a glowing review from The New York Times' A.O. Scott. Considering we published a Part I yesterday, we're obliged to...

January 14, 2015
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A Q&A with James Dever, Military Advisor on American Sniper

...more than 13 years in the Corps under his belt at the time, was assigned by his Colonel to work with Eastwood — whose character, Thomas Highway, is also a gunnery sergeant....

February 3, 2015
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A Q&A With Writer, Director & Actress Desiree Akhavan, New Girls Cast Member

...it. Whenever I read comments about myself it’s like, “That girl. How is that not a man? Freddie Mercury, Freddie Mercury. That’s a man. ” If you're gonna be compared to a...

February 27, 2015
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A Q&A With Maps to the Stars Screenwriter Bruce Wagner

...focus on the characters first and then found their journey? With Maps, I focused on the characters and found their journey. Novels— some writers don't outline at all in terms of novels…...

March 11, 2015
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SXSW 2015 Preview: Hot Docs

...Second Coming, director Ondi Timoner’s profile of the comedian/author/activist Russell Brand’s evolution from hard charging bon vivant to political disruptor and revolutionary who has his own YouTube channel devoted to delivering subscribers the...

April 3, 2015
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Check-It Follows a DC Gang that Disproves Gay Clichés

...while a portion of the funds we raise will go towards completing the film, 10% goes directly to the kids themselves, to help fund their up-and-coming fashion line,” Oppenheimer says. Flor and...

April 7, 2015
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Animation for Adults: Oscar Nominee Bill Plympton's Gorgeous Cheatin' World

Cheatin’, directed by Academy Award nominee Bill Plympton, the “King of Indie Animation,” is the animated, adults-only tale of love, jealousy, revenge and murder. It follows the story of Jake and Ella,...

April 28, 2015
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Tribeca Recap: Code Looks at the Lack of Women in Computer Science

Why is there such a dearth of women in computer science and other high-tech fields? Director/producer Robin Hauser Reynolds searches for the answers in CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, which made its...

June 1, 2015
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Spy’s Stunt Coordinator on Melissa McCarthy’s Butt Kicking

...I think she was under a lot of pressure. Yes she was game but I can’t allow her to do things where she could hurt herself, even if she wants to. I...

June 23, 2015
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Thomas Haden Church Talks War Dogs, More in Max

...Angeles for his 2,000-acre cattle ranch in his native Texas. It was director Alexander Payne who lured him back to the screen with a plum part in 2004’s sleeper indie hit Sideways,...