“Film Sets Are the Best Film School”: YouTubers-Turned-Filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou on Their A24 Horror Debut Talk To Me
Joe Bird as Riley in Talk To Me Ventriloquist demons go viral in Talk To Me, the feature film debut of twin brothers and co-directors Danny and Michael Philippou. While the A24 horror venture marks their first official foray into…
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“Directing Is Being a Professionally Passionate Person”: Celine Song on Past Lives
Teo Yoo and Greta Lee in Past Lives A lived-in, swooning memory piece on the intersection of roads taken and missed, Celine Song’s Past Lives is as confident as filmmaking debuts come. “I needed to invent the way that this…
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“I Observe Human Behavior With Such Pleasure”: Nicole Holofcener on You Hurt My Feelings
Tobias Menzies and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in You Hurt My Feelings. It’s no surprise that Nicole Holofcener prides herself in thinking that she can always tell when people are lying to her about her work. After all, she’s as observant as…
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“I’m Seldom Looking at Fashion Editorials”: Costume Designer Heidi Bivens on the Euphoria Fashion Book From A24
Barbie Ferreira, Hunter Schafer and Zendaya in the Euphoria Fashion book. One of most trendsetting costume designers working today, Heidi Bivens’s work on the edgy teen drama Euphoria mixes vintage pieces, subcultural styles and up-and-coming designers in surprising and visually…
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Animal Collective, David Lynch and the Marines: Elegance Bratton on The Inspection
Jeremy Pope and Raúl Castillo in The Inspection While it’s been 35 years since the release of Full Metal Jacket, Stanley Kubrick’s U.S. Marines drama that featured R. Lee Ermey showering young male recruits with derogatory four-letter words, numerous films…
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