August 1, 2019
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Photo Credit: Andrew Cooper.

Meet the Caricaturist who Created Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood's Classic MAD Magazine Cover

...master for Quentin Tarantino’s production company Magnum Opus for the film. They were looking for an illustrator to create an early 1960’s era TV Guide cover depicting Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Rick Dalton...

April 20, 2020
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Cinematographer Prinyanka Singh on the set of 'Kicking Balls.' Courtesy Priyanka Singh.

Cinematographer Priyanka Singh on COVID-19, Her New Documentary & More

...For Singh, one of the most talented cinematographers working in India, that means more time to consider her most recent documentary, which under ordinary circumstances would be top of mind. The documentary,...

June 4, 2020
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L-r: Elisabeth Moss is Shirley and TK is TK in 'Shirley.' Courtesy Neon.

Director Josephine Decker on Capturing American Gothic Writer Shirley Jackson’s Complex World

...chaotic party, Shirley testily holding court to a group of standing admirers, they have no idea what’s in store. Shirley initially rebuffs Rose’s introductory politesse, but as the younger woman comes around...

September 29, 2020
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Wunmi Mosaku. Photograph by Eli Joshua Ade/HBO

"Lovecraft Country" DP Michael Watson on Lensing HBO's Multi-Genre Hit Series

...era, and follows the surreal, often sinister, and always compulsively compelling journey of Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) and Letitia Lewis (Jurnee Smollett) as they criss-cross the country in search of Atticus’s missing...

December 24, 2020
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Wunmi Mosaku. Photograph by Eli Joshua Ade/HBO

Best of 2020: "Lovecraft Country" DP Michael Watson on Lensing HBO's Multi-Genre Hit Series

...Eli Joshua Ade/HBO Lovecraft Country is set in the Jim Crow era, and follows the surreal, often sinister, and always compulsively compelling journey of Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) and Letitia Lewis (Jurnee...

February 19, 2021
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Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton appear in "Mass," by Fran Kranz. Photo by Ryan Jackson-Healy.

Director Fran Kranz & Editor Yang-Hua Hu on Their Heartbreaking Film “Mass”

...almost two realities, and such intense disagreement. Reading about these meetings and, going back to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, I discovered that in order to sort of breach...

May 10, 2021
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Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy star in COMING 2 AMERICA © 2020 Paramount Pictures

Eddie Murphy’s Barber Stacey Morris Takes Her Talents to Zamunda in "Coming 2 America"

...your appearance and how you’re perceived and what you represent.” Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy star in COMING 2 AMERICA. © 2020 Paramount Pictures Eddie Murphy is one of the most famous...

June 10, 2021
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Caption: A scene from Warner Bros. Pictures’ “IN THE HEIGHTS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

"In The Heights" Executive Music Producer Bill Sherman on Marshaling Many Musical Styles

...everybody went underground. Literally the day before. We were in New York and then Jon Chu got home the next day just as lockdown began, which was just insanity. How do you...

December 8, 2021
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Woody Norman, Joaquin Phoenix (L-R). Photo by: Julieta Cervantes

"C'mon C'mon" Writer/Director Mike Mills on Creating a Space For Intimacy

...process. Woody Norman, Joaquin Phoenix (L-R). Photo by: Patti Perret One of the visual storytelling tools you used was shooting in black and white. Did it have any kind of underlying meaning...

March 15, 2022
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Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith in "After Yang." Courtesy A24

“After Yang” Cinematographer Benjamin Loeb on the Spare Sci-Fi Beauty of Kogonada's Latest

...he jokes. Speaking from their temporary home in Silver Lake California, Loeb breaks down the philosophy and techniques that gave rise to After Yang‘s understated beauty. Colin Farrell is Jake, Jodie Turner-Smith...