Filmmaking

‘The Hill’: Sean Connery’s Sisyphean Bond Break-Out

  April 17, 2023   By Tim Pelan   I think one of the reasons we immediately got close was…

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Peter Weir’s ‘Dead Poets Society’: An Awe-Inspiring Celebration of the Human Spirit

  March 17, 2023   I've tried, to some extent, to disassemble my style, to fight against my own signature.…

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‘The Fisher King’: Terry Gilliam’s Touching Film About Grief, Trauma and Hope

  January 26, 2023   I started reading and I stayed up till—I don’t know what time in the morning…

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‘The Driver’: Walter Hill Behind the Wheel of a Glorious Experiment

  January 10, 2023   You’re a filmmaker. You start out with a big vision, a big appetite, a dream.…

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Exposing Femicide in Iran: Cyrus Nowrasteh’s ‘The Stoning of Soraya M.’

  December 29, 2022   My intention was to show stonings for what they really are, and present the ritualistic…

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James Mangold’s ‘Identity’: The Devil in the Details

  December 28, 2022   I love 'Identity.' I love it. In fact, I think some of the filmmaking, the…

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