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Headshots Go from Paper to Pixels; Shondaland's Betsy Beers
Headshots Go from Paper to Pixels; Shondaland's Betsy Beers

KCRW's Saul Gonzalez checks in on the headshot -- still a staple of the industry despite changing technology. And executive producer Betsy Beers tell…

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How Director Tom McCarthy Got 'Spotlight' Right
How Director Tom McCarthy Got 'Spotlight' Right

Despite a shrinking budget and difficult subject matter, director Tom McCarthy pulled together a stellar ensemble including Mark Ruffalo, Michael Kea…

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Novelist and Screenwriter Nick Hornby on 'Brooklyn'
Novelist and Screenwriter Nick Hornby on 'Brooklyn'

Nick Hornby has seen his novels like High Fidelity and About a Boy made into films. He's also adapted other writers' work for movies, including An Ed…

11 years ago

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Bryan Cranston and Jay Roach on Telling 'Trumbo's' Story
Bryan Cranston and Jay Roach on Telling 'Trumbo's' Story

Bryan Cranston and Trumbo director Jay Roach tell us how they ended up making a biopic about blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and what drew the…

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Banned in India, Leslee Udwin's Documentary Opens in US
Banned in India, Leslee Udwin's Documentary Opens in US

Director Leslee Udwin was in India as a court blocked the broadcast of her documentary about an infamous gang rape and murder in that country. Her fi…

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Lenny Abrahamson & Emma Donoghue Bring 'Room' to the Screen
Lenny Abrahamson & Emma Donoghue Bring 'Room' to the Screen

Director Lenny Abrahamson didn’t expect author Emma Donoghue would choose him to make a film based on her bestselling novel Room. Abrahamson tells us…

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Davis Guggenheim's Career Evolution & 'He Named Me Malala'
Davis Guggenheim's Career Evolution & 'He Named Me Malala'

Early in his career, Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim declared he would never make documentaries. He tells us about the bad experience in Holl…

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Sebastian Schipper & Laia Costa: One Take Wonder 'Victoria'
Sebastian Schipper & Laia Costa: One Take Wonder 'Victoria'

The German thriller Victoria follows a bank heist in Berlin in real time. Director Sebastian Schipper shot the entire film in one long take. Schipper…

11 years, 1 month ago

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Amy Berg on 'Prophet's Prey' and 'An Open Secret'
Amy Berg on 'Prophet's Prey' and 'An Open Secret'

With her new film Prophet's Prey, documentarian Amy Berg takes on the polygamous, fundamentalist arm of the Mormon Church. She tells us about encount…

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Brazilian Director Anna Muylaert Finds Success, then Sexism
Brazilian Director Anna Muylaert Finds Success, then Sexism

Filmmaker Anna Muylaert has won acclaim at home and abroad for The Second Mother, which is Brazil's Oscar entry this year. But even with all the succ…

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