Cinematographer Roger Deakins (‘Empire of Light’) on his latest collaboration with Sam Mendes, being his own camera operator, and the movie that makes him cry
Empire of Light may be the title of Roger Deakins’ latest collaboration with Sam Mendes, but it’s also a fitting descriptor for his dazzling body... Read More
Interviews
Interview: Baz Luhrmann on finding his ‘Elvis’ in Austin Butler and merging the man and the myth his way
Baz Luhrmann is a sharp dressed man. We’re sitting down at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco on the Monday morning after the Golden Globe... Read More
Interview: ‘Wildcat’ directors Trevor Frost and Melissa Lesh on their mission of hope [VIDEO]
Wildcat details the story of Harry Turner, a young British soldier coming back from the war in Afghanistan with PTSD, guilt and an overwhelming sense... Read More
Interview: ‘White Noise’ production designer Jess Gonchor on recreating the 1980s, colorful product placement, and designing that bright, stocked supermarket
Since Don DeLillo’s hit novel White Noise hit the shelves in 1985, readers have imagined how the settings like the supermarket, College-on-the-Hill, and the Gladney... Read More
Interview: Jonathan Majors on bringing aviation icon Jesse Brown’s life to the big screen in ‘Devotion’ [VIDEO]
Jonathan Majors is about to become one of the biggest stars in the business. His workload in 2023 consists of playing two villains in two... Read More
Interview: ‘Babylon’ stars Margot Robbie and Diego Calva on their bond, the audaciousness of Damien Chazelle and hot chicken wings
Margot Robbie and Diego Calva are close. Not in a romantic way but in a way that two people who first meet and bond instantly... Read More
Interview: Maria Schrader on the power of portraying working mothers onscreen and the weight of telling the bombshell story at the heart of ‘She Said’
When The New York Times published the report on Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault allegations in 2017, 82 additional women gathered the courage to share their... Read More
Interview: Cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister on forming reality and composing chemistry with Todd Field in ‘TÁR’
2022 has been a busy year for the cinematographer, who has worked with Terence Davies and Scott Cooper. Along with TÁR, back in March, Hoffmeister... Read More
Interview: Director Alex Pritz on indigenous voices, environmental destruction, and exploring ‘The Territory’
The Uru-eu-wau-wau, an indigenous people living in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, take center stage in director Alex Pritz’s The Territory, an involving documentary that... Read More
Interview: Alejandro González Iñárritu on the duality of identity and making his personal dreams the foundation of his vibrant cinematic reality with ‘Bardo’
From the moment Amores Perros debuted in 2000, writer-director Alejandro González Iñárritu has been examining the emotional tapestry of the human condition, leaving audiences enamored... Read More
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Announce Dates for 2027 and 2028 Awards 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 148 – ‘Peeping Tom’ (Powell, 1960) 
2026 Chicago Critics Film Festival top Open with Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite,’ Announces Special Guests and Recipients of 2026 Emerging Critics Grant 
The 79th Cannes Film Festival Lineup is Here, With A Strong Global Slate of Films from Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Cristian Mungiu, Jane Schoenbrun, and More