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Revisiting director Lulu Wang on ‘The Farewell’
When filmmaker Lulu Wang set out to write and direct a personal movie based on a real-life family saga, she had a clear vision for an American film, …
6 years, 5 months ago
Megabanter year-in-review: 2019 edition
The streaming wars got real, writers fired their agents and time was up--or was it? Matt Belloni, editorial director of The Hollywood Reporter, and L…
6 years, 6 months ago
How Victoria Mahoney made ‘Star Wars’ history
Victoria Mahoney literally went through homelessness to direct a small indie feature in 2011 and then became a TV director. She wanted to make more m…
6 years, 6 months ago
Nanfu Wang on going back to China – and avoiding surveillance – to make ‘One Child Nation’
“One Child Nation,” a documentary about the devastating effects of China’s one-child policy, has been nominated for many awards. But director Nanfu W…
6 years, 6 months ago
Greta Gerwig on making ‘Little Women’ -- her way
When a studio executive “suggested” that Greta Gerwig change the ending she had devised for her version of "Little Women," Gerwig channeled Jo March,…
6 years, 6 months ago
With #PayUpHollywood, assistants speak out
This week, we talk with a Hollywood assistant who, like many, has not only been underpaid, but has had staplers and markers thrown at her. She came t…
6 years, 6 months ago
‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ director on the bumpy road to a box office bomb
Most filmmakers hide for a while after a bomb, but not ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ director Tim Miller. Miller tries to figure why audiences were not say…
6 years, 7 months ago
Revisiting Peter Jackson on 'They Shall Not Grow Old,' back in theaters soon
Peter Jackson generated whole worlds for his ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Hobbit’ trilogies. Last year he made a documentary that magically brought to li…
6 years, 7 months ago
Damon Lindelof goes deep on the unreleased movie ‘The Hunt’
In part two of our interview with Damon Lindelof, he and Kim Masters have a heart to heart about ‘The Hunt.’ In August, following back-to-back mass …
6 years, 7 months ago
Showrunner Damon Lindelof on HBO’s ‘Watchmen’
The writer of the 1980s ‘Watchmen’ comic books, Alan Moore, has been very clear: no ‘Watchmen’ movie or TV show will ever get his blessing--and that …
6 years, 7 months ago