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Prolific TV producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage on ‘Looking for Alaska’
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage made ‘The O.C.’ and ‘Gossip Girl’--some of the most defining young adult shows of the early 2000’s. They continue …
6 years, 7 months ago
Syrian director Feras Fayyad on his new documentary 'The Cave'
Almost a decade ago, Feras Fayyad was imprisoned and tortured by the Assad regime in Syria for filming anti-government protests. But after his releas…
6 years, 8 months ago
A tour through a transforming media world with analyst Rich Greenfield
With even more new streaming services launching in the months ahead, we talk with opinionated analyst Rich Greenfield about the transforming media la…
6 years, 8 months ago
How Kevin Smith tried to rescue his hero Stan Lee
This week, how filmmaker Kevin Smith set out to rescue his hero, the legendary Stan Lee. Last year, Smith began to fear that the elderly Marvel creat…
6 years, 8 months ago
Kevin Smith on Weinstein and indie filmmaking 25 years after ‘Clerks’
Twenty-five years after ‘Clerks,’ Kevin Smith is shook. Despite his insistence that he's behind the times, he's always found ways to get his movies m…
6 years, 8 months ago
Showrunner Susannah Grant on making the Netflix series ‘Unbelievable’
The Netflix series 'Unbelievable' is based on a true story about how one team of cops pursued a serial rapist while another disbelieved and bullied a…
6 years, 9 months ago
Writer-director Lorene Scafaria on the fight to make ‘Hustlers’
Hot off Toronto, where ‘Hustlers’ won raves, Lorene Scafaria tells us about her fight to direct the movie, which is based on her script about a real-…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Battle for the WGA
Five months after firing their agents, members of the Writers Guild are still at war with the major agencies over packaging fees. In the heat of the …
6 years, 9 months ago
Revisiting Ryan O’Connell on his Netflix comedy series ‘Special’
For years, Ryan O’Connell was in the closet: not because he’s gay, which he is, but because he was ashamed of having cerebral palsy. His cover? He’d…
6 years, 9 months ago
In Ben Berman’s ‘The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,’ nothing is as it seems
When Ben Berman set out to make ‘The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,’ he figured it would be a poignant film about an ailing comedian and magician. Bu…
6 years, 9 months ago