January 3, 2020
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Valerie Pachner and August Diehl in the film A HIDDEN LIFE. Photo Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures. © 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved

Hidden Life's Production Designer on Working in Terrence Malick's World

...of them. We ended up having most of the locations.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJXmdY4lVR0 As for how Malick shot and lit them, Krawinkel says the director would “float around problems like water around rocks. Over...

January 6, 2020
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Photo Credit: François Duhamel / Universal Pictures

How Editor Lee Smith & Sound Editor Oliver Tarney Crafted the Immersive Story of 1917

...event.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hSjs2hBa94&t=11s Sound and music also aided in controlling the pace and rhythm. “It became evident early on that if we made everything too focused there was a danger of it being...

January 21, 2020
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Photo Credit: Universal Pictures

Building Dolittle’s Many Worlds of Magic Across England

...de-21st-century-ing any comparable contemporary location, while the Buckingham Palace chambers of a youthful Queen Victoria necessarily derived entirely from Gaghan and production designer Dominic Watkins’s vision for obvious logistical reasons. Additionally, “Buckingham...

February 5, 2020
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How Parasite’s Oscar-Nominated Editor Helped Shape Thrilling Shifts in Tone

...Best Picture Oscar contender Parasite shocked audiences this autumn on the strength of writer-director editor of Bong Joon-ho‘s meticulously constructed blend of comedy, melodrama and thriller elements. The story follows the poor...

February 5, 2020
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Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan and Emma Watson in Greta Gerwig's LITTLE WOMEN. Photo by Wilson Webb. Courtesy Sony Pictures.

How Little Women's Oscar-Nominated Costume Designer Jacqueline Durran Shaped the Story

...outlining their individuality and quirks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AST2-4db4ic&t=15s Costume design was led by Osca-nominated Jacqueline Durran, who’s known for crafting elegant bespoke styles having worked on quintessential period films Pride & Predjudice (2005), Atonement...

March 2, 2020
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GENTEFIELD. Photo credit: Kevin Estrada/NETFLIX.

The Cast of Gentefied on Netflix's Glorious New Series

...our men are worth pouring into. Their anger, frustration, and aggression is just passion they don’t know how to actualize in a healthy way, for themselves, their community, and humanity.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxeG4Ygk3E4 J.J...

March 3, 2020
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Elle Fanning ("Violet"), Justice Smith ("Theodore Finch") in ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES. Photo by Michael K. Short. Courtesy Netflix.

Director Brett Haley on His Compelling Adaptation of All the Bright Places

...to this project and what he hopes viewers will take away from it. Edited interview excerpts follow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfQXKVCudec How did this film come your way and why did you choose to take...

March 16, 2020
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Lena Waithe, Marshawn Lynch, Aaron Paul. Photograph by John P. Johnson/HBO

Westworld Cinematographer & Director Paul Cameron on Season 3's Big Time Ambitions

...those calls come, the answer is usually “yes,” and so it was that Cameron “wound up on a plane, looking for cities.” These were mostly in Europe and Asia, and the locations...

March 24, 2020
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Silent Sunday Nights Host Jacqueline Stewart's Easy Going Film Expertise

...classic cinema: the silent film. During her programs, she provides both seasoned cinephiles and newbies with background information and lively historical context to silents that range from early comedies from Buster Keaton...

March 25, 2020
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The Walking Dead & Better Call Saul Director Bronwen Hughes Talks Drama, Real & Imagined

...is that every month if I’m fully employed, I’ll get to try something completely different from the last round. That’s so invigorating, it’s such a fantastic playground to draw on my entire...