French new wave influences “every movie” Noah Baumbach makes
French groundbreakers of film
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 09/2025
‘Jade’: The movie that sent William Friedkin into Hollywood exile and “a deep funk”
This failure hit Friedkin hard.
The easiest way to hypnotise a chicken, according to Werner Herzog: “With determination”
Herzog sees death in the eyes of a chicken. Yes, really.
The mindset behind Graham Greene’s eclectic career: “I want to be diverse in roles”
He didn’t want to be pigeonholed.
The one movie Kevin Costner will always regret not making: “I wasn’t the right guy”
Cinema dodged a bullet.
The only actor Marlon Brando knew he could never match: “You’ve always been better”
Praise doesn’t come much higher.
The “pornographic” reason Stephen King hates superhero movies: “Man, that’s wrong”
Weird, since it’s a largely sexless genre.
