‘Industry’ Editor & Associate Producer Kyle Traynor on the Extreme Rewards of HBO’s Most Entertaining Drama
When Kyle Traynor (The White Lotus, House of Cards) was first asked to come aboard HBO’s Industry as an editor...
Michel Franco and Jessica Chastain’s Shattering ‘Dreams’
Mexican director Michel Franco has been making feature-length films for over fifteen years. For the most part, his work has...
‘Undercard’ Director Tamika Miller on Casting Wanda Sykes in Rare Dramatic Role
Writer/director Tamika Miller’s new film, Undercard, boasts an unlikely dramatic lead in the form of the gifted comedian, Wanda Sykes....
Tom Noonan & the Way to Get Back
A towering presence at 6 feet 5 inches, with an aggressively balding pate that left even the hair on the...
Eric Dane: “McSteamy” and Then Some
When Eric Dane first appeared on Grey’s Anatomy as Dr. Mark Sloan in its second season (episode 18), way back...
I Do Not Know How to Write About Robert Duvall
I sat around all last night with Robert Duvall and the responsibility of doing him justice living full-time in my...
Coming Home to Wuthering, Wuthering, ‘Wuthering Heights’
Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë’s classic Victorian gothic romance, Wuthering Heights, begins with a provocation. We hear a man...
Bud Cort: Solenko, Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
In the long history of cinema, there have been few actors like Bud Cort. While Cort’s resume may be modest...
Watching James Van Der Beek in ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Next to a Hospital Bed
My dad’s taste in movies doesn’t take long to describe. If Clint Eastwood or John Wayne were atop a horse,...
Reframe: Two Days, One Night
The premise of the Dardenne brothers' 2014 film, Two Days, One Night, is decidedly, and deceptively, simple. Sandra (the great...
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