Jonathan Miller on Crafting ‘Publish Or Perish’ and Navigating Film Industry Featured, Interviews Film Threat
Publish Or Perish – named after a lingo from academia that’s more of an ultimatum for researchers and teachers. Either keep publishing original research or risk perishing their career and losing professorship. It’s a phrase that defines years of extended…
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Filmmaker Matthew Yerby Takes Audiences into The Dirty South
Writer/director Matthew Yerby had a specific goal in mind with his new film, The Dirty South. He wanted to show the extremes human beings go to when protecting the ones they love. It all plays out to winning ends in…
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How Nia DaCosta Made ‘The Marvels’ the Movie She Wanted to Make
The Big Picture Marvel Studios' youngest director, Nia DaCosta, discusses her experience leading the charge on The Marvels and staying true to her vision. The Marvels will shed light on Carol Danvers' absence from Earth and explore her entanglement with…
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‘Scavengers Reign’ Creators Explain Season 1’s Bold Ending and What’s Next
Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Scavengers Reign. The Big Picture The creators of Scavengers Reign found the ending of the first season organically, with a lot of bouncing back and forth and refining of ideas.…
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This Much We Know Director L. Frances Henderson Deconstructs Her Bold New Documentary
This Much We Know is the kind of film that digs into your neural network and rewires it ever so slightly so that you see the world a little bit differently. Based on the quasi-nonfiction book About a Mountain by…
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‘Dream Scenario’ Director Couldn’t Watch This Extremely “Cringy” Scene
The Big Picture Dream Scenario stars Nicolas Cage as a college professor who suddenly and inexplicably starts appearing in people's dreams. Director Kristoffer Borgli uses the concept to explore parasocial relationships and how these personas can take on lives of…
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Journey to Bethlehem Filmmaker Adam Anders on the Daunting Task of His Christmas Movie
You may never see a Christmas musical quite like this. In Journey to Bethlehem, director Adam Anders creates a lavish spectacle capturing “the greatest story ever told” with the tale of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. Anders,…
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“The History of Racist Ideas”: Roger Ross Williams on Stamped From the Beginning
Stamped from the Beginning Though I’ve not read Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s New York Times bestseller Stamped From the Beginning: the Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, I’m guessing the National Book Award-winner might not be the most obvious…
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‘Love Island Games’ Steph Blackos Shares Thoughts On Getting Dumped First
The Big Picture Steph Blackos regrets not getting to know the other ladies in the villa, specifically Liberty and Lisa, as he was immediately attracted to them. Steph describes himself as a "player" in a Casanova-like sense, but his strategy…
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Talking About Upload, The Office and Seinfeld with David Rogers
Today, I am thrilled to speak with David Rogers to share an exclusive peek behind the scenes of Upload Season 3. As a fan of the show, jumping into the conversation with Dave was an absolute pleasure. We cover everything…
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Hard Drives Full of Abandoned Projects: Chris Wilcha on Flipside
Dan Dondiego in Flipside In his first feature, The Target Shoots First, Chris Wilcha documented his tenure at Columbia House, the mail-order music service whose ads famously promised “12 CDs for a penny.” Then a recent NYU philosophy graduate, Wilcha…
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It’s a Wonderful Knife Director Tyler MacIntyre on His Five Nights at Freddy’s Follow-Up Film
If you’re a fan of the Scream films, and you can’t get enough horror films where the villain wears a mask, It’s a Wonderful Knife is your movie. Think of it as Scream meets It’s a Wonderful Life. Directed by…
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