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China Has a Change of Heart on Filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud
The 1997 movie Seven Years in Tibet was banned in China, and its director Jean-Jacques Annaud barred from entering the country. A decade later, China…
10 years, 9 months ago
Revisiting Norman Lear & His Lifetime of TV 'Experience'
Television icon Norman Lear wrote sitcoms that tackled real issues, like rape, abortion and race relations. This Labor Day, we revisit Lear's convers…
10 years, 9 months ago
Bobcat Goldthwait on 'Call Me Lucky'
For years, Bobcat Goldthwait wanted to make a movie about his mentor, Barry Crimmins. A stand-up comic with a taste for sharp political satire, Crimm…
10 years, 9 months ago
Keegan-Michael Key on 'Key & Peele,' Flipping Expectations
Writer and comedian Keegan-Michael Key shares why he and Jordan Peele have opted to go the "British route" and end their Comedy Central show Key & Pe…
10 years, 10 months ago
How Will Forte Became 'The Last Man on Earth'
A TV show about the one man left alive after a virus wipes out the rest of humanity may not sound very funny, but Will Forte saw great comedic potent…
10 years, 10 months ago
'Episodes' Creators Break Free of Playing "the Stupid Game"
David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik hit the TV jackpot with shows like Friends and Mad About You. They mined their experience of years in network TV to ma…
10 years, 10 months ago
James Ponsoldt and Jason Segel on 'The End of the Tour'
Jason Segel says he was terrified to take on the role of writer David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour, but director James Ponsoldt never doubte…
10 years, 10 months ago
David Wain and Friends Head Back to Camp on Netflix
The 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer tanked at the box office, but acquired a cult following as many members of its ensemble cast went on to have hu…
10 years, 10 months ago
'Web Junkie' Filmmakers; 'East Los High:' A Soap with Smarts
Filmmakers Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia tell us about the secretive, years-long process of making Web Junkie, a documentary about an internet addict…
10 years, 11 months ago
'Soaked in Bleach' Explores Questions around Cobain's Death
Filmmaker Benjamin Statler hopes his new documentary Soaked in Bleach will help reopen the Kurt Cobain case. Meanwhile, Courtney Love and her lawyers…
10 years, 11 months ago