How Battle of the Sexes Composer Nicholas Britell Uses '70s Technology to Make Modern Score Feel Retro
...like it’s really an outgrowth of the movie itself. That was really important to us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUAKjRTVE_g And how does your collaboration with a music supervisor help sort of shift the soundscape, how...
Man Goes Ape in Director Ruben Östlund's Surreal Satire The Square
...trying to fight off this ape man.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qOu9FVb1_w To dramatize the thin veneer of civility that separates man from beast, Östlund says, “I got interested in actors who could imitate monkeys.” Enter...
Writer/Director Richard Linklater on his Timely, Devastating Last Flag Flying
...today?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iawIcVaSPTc The trio’s contrasting personalities, especially Cranston’s wise-cracking live wire character “Sal,” enabled Linklater to vary the ebb and flow of emotions. “These characters all went through the same experience together...
How Thor: Ragnarok's Many Laughs led to a Massive Weekend
...genuinely menacing, which gives all the scenes on his planet of Sakaar an unpredictability. He’s funny, but also completely insane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcAWr4gZgeI Truly minor characters make major impacts on the film, including Skurge, who,...
Writer/Director Martin McDonagh on his Dark, Brilliant Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
...prissy [laughs] or pedantic or something more pejorative about that. I’m trying to release my grip, but I don’t think it’s ever gonna happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BysLZQ4_NDw Your characters typically use salty language. Do...
Cinematographer Dan Laustsen on The Shape of Water's Fluid Fable
...a South American lagoon (Doug Jones) held captive in a Cold War laboratory by a brutal bureaucrat (Michael Shannon). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFYWazblaUA “I’m not so much into monsters, but Guillermo loves them,” says Laustsen,...
Here's the SNL Lineup for the Rest of the Year
...rock band U2, who released their album “Songs of Experience” this year, will be the show’s musical guest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNi_HC839Wo James Franco returns to SNL for his third stint as host. Franco’s film...
Get Out's Cinematographer Reveals the Methods Behind Jordan Peele's Brilliant Madness
...estate, creating the nightmarish moments with Walter and Georgina, and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRfnevzM9kQ Tickets were sold out for four showings the night I went, and I got lucky when they added a 5th...
Writer/Director Martin McDonagh on his Dark, Brilliant Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
...I’m trying to release my grip, but I don’t think it’s ever gonna happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BysLZQ4_NDw Your characters typically use salty language. Do you curse a lot? No, no, strangely I never curse...
Cinematographer Dan Laustsen on The Shape of Water's Fluid Fable
...by a brutal bureaucrat (Michael Shannon). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFYWazblaUA “I’m not so much into monsters, but Guillermo loves them,” says Laustsen, who earlier served as del Toro’s director of photography on Mimic and his...