Directors

Michel Gondry's Unexpected New Film

The Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Eternal Sunshine, The We and I, Video, Directors, Michel Gondry the We and I, Indie Directors, Music Videos, Dave Chappelle, Michel Gondry, Science of Sleep, Bjork, Indie Film, Block Party, Culture News

Michel Gondry used to have a style that was easy to pigeonhole. His "Science of Sleep," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and past music video c...

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A List You Can't Refuse: The 15 "Boss" Gangster Directors Of Film History

Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Starz, Directors, Magic City, Martin Scorsese, Mob, Gangster Film Directors, Slidepollajax, Best Directors, Mafia, Film, Mafia Movie Directors, Classic Movies, Gangsters, Bslide-Starz, Entertainment News

Martin Scorsese may very well be a product of his environment: growing up in Little Italy while struggling with his Roman Catholic faith, only later t...

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What's It Like to Direct a Big Budget Movie for the First Time?

Quora | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Movie, Directors, Films, Film, Movies, Hollywood, Director, Entertainment News
Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. By Nick Rheinwald-Jones, Screenwriter Interestingly, a lot of big-budget feature directors end up bein...

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Hollywood's Female Trouble: Part 2, The Directors

Xaque Gruber | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: True Blood, The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow, Csi: New York, Directors, Pam Veasey, Directing, Lesli Linka Glatter, Mad Men, Jane Fonda, Directors Guild of America, Women Directors, Gloria Steinem, Video, Entertainment News
Xaque Gruber

Even with Bigelow's Oscar win in 2009, why are the statistics for female directors (in both film and television) less than golden?

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What Do Directors Think When People Make a Torrent for Their Movie?

Quora | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Bittorrent, Directors, Torrent, Directors Guild of America, Women Directors, Recording Industry Association of America, Peer to Peer Downloading, Heather Ferreira, Pipa, Mpaa, Sopa, File Sharing, Riaa, Motion Picture Association of America, Peer to Peer, Entertainment News
Quora

The Motion Picture Association of America has never written me a paycheck for anything. They're not backing my picture. These are not nice guys. They are not in this business to help filmmakers at all.

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[Interview] The Documentarians Who Prove That 'We're Not Broke'

Turnstyle | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: We're Not Broke, Documentaries, Directors, Filmmakers, Sundance, Film, Indie Film, Doccumentary, Entertainment News
Turnstyle

By Noah Nelson Exactly how and why the United States has found itself in financial crisis and up to its eyeballs in debt is, from one point-of-view, ...

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Director Nacho Vigalondo Unearths The Romantic Soul of the Modern Nerd

Turnstyle | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Directors, Extraterrestrials, Film, Nacho Vigalondo, AFI Fest, Entertainment News
Turnstyle

By: Noah Nelson One of my favorite films at this year's AFI Fest was Extraterrestrial (see our review), a farcical romantic comedy with a science f...

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Fixing Dysfunctional Boards

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Leadership, Boards of Directors, Directors, Business, Finance, Boards, Management, Business News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

What do Hewlett Packard, Yahoo, Bank of America, Sprint-Nextel, AMD, Moody's, Best Buy, Cisco, Goldman Sachs, Sears and GE have in common?

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'The Smurf Ghetto': Hollywood's New Glass Ceiling For Female Directors

Moviefone | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Female Directors, Directors, Top Grossing Movies, Women in Film, Women in Hollywood, Box Office Movies, Women Directors, Hollywood, Women News

What's the top-grossing film directed by a woman? (Hint: It's not 'Big' or 'You've Got Mail' or 'It's Complicated,' and it's certainly not 'The Hurt L...

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The Tabloid Truth of Errol Morris: A Video Interview

Alex Pasternack | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Video, Directors, Documentary, Errol Morris, Tabloid, Film, Movies, Journalism, Errol Morris Tabloid, Tabloid Documentary, Tabloid Review, Tabloid Journalism, Culture News
Alex Pasternack

There are plenty of things that make Tabloid newsworthy -- sex, Mormons, kidnapping, cloning -- but it was by total chance that Errol Morris' documentary opened in theaters just as the tabloid-worthy "British hacking scandal" was descending.

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Boards Must Create Communication Systems to Safeguard Reputation

Brad Reid | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Directors, Governance, Reputation, News Corp., Rupert Murdock, James Murdock, Suits, John & Johnson, Integrity, Business News
Brad Reid

While reputation is not a physical asset, directors are accountable for the proper oversight of all corporate assets.

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Cannes Top Prize Contenders Announced

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Pater, Palme D'Or, Directors, Bertrand Bonello, Lars Von Trier, Cannes, Julia Leigh, Maiwenn, Cannes Film Festival 2011, Film, Cannes Film Festival, Terrence Malick, Albert Brooks, Arts News

-- Here is the list of the 19 films in competition for the top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d'Or. The festival runs May 11-22...

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From Hollywood to Wisconsin: A Good Day for Unions

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: King's Speech, Wisconsin, Madison, Academy Awards, Union Members, Scott Walker, Police, Unionized, Media, Melissa Leo, Koch Brothers, Public Workers, Natalie Portman, Actors, Sag, History, Public Employees Union, The King's Speech, Best Actress, Directors, MoveOn.Org, Protest, Oscars, Best Picture, Screen Actors Guild, Union, Wearewi, Oscars 2011, Entertainment News
Sally Kohn

From the almost-entirely unionized Oscar winners to the public workers in Wisconsin continuing their two-week sit-in for worker justice, Americans everywhere were hopefully reminded that unions make America great.

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"What Really Happened" at Time Magazine?

Rick Carnes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Copyright Infringement, End of the Decade, Directors, Photographers, Time Magazine, Songwriters, Internet Piracy, Film Makers, Big Media, Time Magazine Internet Piracy, Media News
Rick Carnes

When Time reports on other iconic thieves, like Bernie Madoff, they most often take a victim's perspective. Why, then, do they always take the thieves' and looter's perspective when it comes to Internet piracy?

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Defiant Daughter Emerges in Harlem Renaissance Era Drama

Len Hollie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature, Harlem, Divorce, Tony Awards, Emmy Award, Theater, Kiss, Tony Award, Countee Cullen, Harlem Renaissance, Music, New York, Culture, Marriage, Jimmie Lunceford, Art, Directors, W.E.B. Du Bois, Lower East Side, Andre De Shields, Shakespeare, African Americans, New York News
Len Hollie

A distinctly New York play finally lands in the city when Knock Me A Kiss, by playwright Charles Smith, begins previews Thursday in its Off-Broadway premiere.

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Halloween Double Features (VIDEO)

Ben Tripp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scary-Movies, Halloween, Horror Movies, Classic Movies, Fear, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Directors, Slidepollajax, The Ring, Movies, Movie Trailer, Cinema, Entertainment News
Ben Tripp

Come with me, kiddies, down to my dungeon of cinematic despair. There's something here for every palate.

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From Russia, With Love

Richard C. Morais | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Directors, Films, Stalin, London-United Kingdom, 12 Angry Men, Nikita Mikhalkov, Burnt by the Sun, Arts News
Richard C. Morais

In real life, actor-director Nikita Mikhalkov is associated with nationalistic politics, but in his films at least he conveys a great deal of humanity and sympathy for individuals of all stripes victimized by Russia's bloody history.

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"Director to Watch": Ned Thorne

Jeff Rivera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Directors, Cannes Film Festival, Dga, Pga, Oscar Nominees, Writers Guild of America, Steven Spielberg, Wga, Entertainment News
Jeff Rivera

When people hear you're a writer, one of the first things they say to you is either A) "Oh, my God. You know what you should do? You should be on Opr...

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Iran Cranks Up Its Crackdown on Culture

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Journalists, Tehran Times, Javad Shamaqdari, Twitter, The Motorcycle Diaries, Walter Salles, Artists, Film, Facebook, Tweets, Culture, Religion, Iran, Directors, Prison, Tehran-Iran, Tehran, Jafar Panahi, Censorship, Mohammad Nourizad, Offside, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

The attack on culture in Iran has been steadily growing since last year. Before his jailing, film director Jafar Panahi had given extensive interviews about how he avoided the Culture Ministry.

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Cyrus: A Movie Review and Discussion with The Duplass Brothers

Caitlin Colford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caitlin Colford, Leslie Hassler, Summer Movies, Directors, Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly, The Duplass Brothers, Cyrus, Marisa Tomei, Movies, Independent Film, Fox Searchlight, New York News
Caitlin Colford

Cyrus is the definition of good filmmaking and a pure pleasure to watch. The Duplass Brothers take their time with every edit, creating a concise, well thought out narrative.

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George Lucas On The Daily Show With His New "Doorstop" Book (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, George Lucas Daily Show, Directors, Jon Stewart, Indiana Jones, George Lucas, New Books, Author Interviews, Books, The Daily Show, Movies, Blockbusting, Political Humor, Books News

George Lucas, beloved creator of the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" movies, was on the Daily Show last night with Jon Stewart to talk about the new b...

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What We Learned from John Hughes

Beth Armogida | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Directors, Screenwriters, Sixteen Candles, 1980's, The Breakfast Club, Home Alone, Movies, John Hughes, Comedy News
Beth Armogida

Can you imagine growing up without John Hughes' movies? His stories showed us how to laugh at our insecurities and, even more importantly, to laugh at other people's insecurities.

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Father, Writer, Actor, Father

Gildart Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Friendship, Directors, Online Film, Actor, The Office, Fatherhood, Parenting, Producers, Film, Family, Entertainment News
Gildart Jackson

The making of this movie was a family adventure. And we quickly found that this was the way we needed to look at it -- and the way we needed to sell it to our family!

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Dec. 31: By Way of Follow-Up

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: City of Los Angeles, Sag, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner, Directors, Writers, Dga, Public Access, WGA Strike, Los Angeles, Media News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

LA, as a municipality, is responsible for operating public access channels, and no cable company has the right to shut them down until the City has the opportunity to replace the channels.

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The Vision Behind Visioneers

Jared Drake and Brandon Drake | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movies, Hollywood, Young Filmmakers, Movie Business, Directors, Filmmaking, Entertainment News
Jared Drake and Brandon Drake

After graduating, the film industry had one thing to offer us: a P.A. job at a production company. Instead, we scrapped together 20k from friends and family. Then, we wrote a script we could shoot for 20k.

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