Who was the director kidnapped and forced to make propaganda movies?
Stranger than stranger-than-fiction.
Film Archives: 02/2025
David Fincher thinks ‘films’ and ‘movies’ are two very different beasts, but is he right?
Is this art vs commerce by any other name?
‘Bacurau’: The Brazilian movie that beats Quentin Tarantino at his own game
A blood-soaked horror western with political overtones.
“That’s my vote”: Why Mel Brooks called Alfred Hitchcock the greatest filmmaker ever
As one of Hollywood’s eldest elder statesman, Mel Brooks is uniquely qualified to comment on who he thinks the greatest director of all time is.…
“I just completely withdrew”: Why ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ sent Uma Thurman into Hollywood exile
Running away while the iron is hot.
When Burt Reynolds tried to romance Ryan Gosling’s mother: “I thought he took a shine to me”
Imagine if this had gone somewhere.
“He sounds exactly like a dog”: Anthony Hopkin’s special method to prep for intense scenes
An unexpected technique.
Ray Charles: the best ever ‘SNL’ host, according to Bill Murray
Murray was blown away by this genius.