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Todd Phillips
17 juni 2009 · 29 min
Director Todd Phillips (Starsky & Hutch, School for Scoundrels, All The King's Men) has a gift for finding guys who have to
show the worst side of themselves. He’s revealed them both in
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Brad Silberling
10 juni 2009 · 29 min
For television fans, the phrase "not a routine expedition" ranks up there with "a three-hour tour." Director Brad Silberling (Casper, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) brings TV fans the classic Land of the Lost to the big screen -- with extra cheese. Lees meer
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Pete Docter
3 juni 2009 · 29 min
Elvis hosts writer-director Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc, Toy Story, Wall-e) to talk about his latest film, Up, the first Pixar movie to be projected in 3-D as well as being the first ever animated feature film to be screened as the opening night film at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Lees meer
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Lloyd Kaufman
27 mei 2009 · 30 min
Troma Studios co-founder Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead) has been about do-it-yourself. His new book, Direct Your Own Damn Movie, is the same thing.
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Russell Brand
20 mei 2009 · 30 min
Russell Brand (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) has established his own separate wing to the garden of earthly delights...
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Rian Johnson
13 mei 2009 · 30 min
Elvis hosts writer-director Rian Johnson (Brick) whose new film is The Brothers Bloom, starring Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo.
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Matt Tyrnauer
6 mei 2009 · 30 min
After a tenure at Vanity Fair, Matt Tyrnauer has turned to making documentaries. The subject is the couturier, Valentino, at the end of his career but not his powers...
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James Toback
29 april 2009 · 30 min
From the scripts for The Gambler and Bugsy to his own
films as a director, James Toback has made intensely personal work. His
documentary, Tyson, is his own take on the boxer... -
Tim Disney
22 april 2009 · 29 min
The past twelve months have seen slew of films on perversions of justice. American Violet brings that material to a smaller, more intimate scale. Director Tim Disney (Blessed Art Thou) uses real life details to give his drama bite.
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Steve McQueen: Hunger
15 april 2009 · 30 min
Turner Award-winner Steve
McQueen’s directorial debut, "Hunger," is based on the 1981 IRA hunger strike in Northern Ireland's
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John Hamburg
8 april 2009 · 29 min
Comedy about shifting definitions of masculinity is where writer-director John Hamburg (Zoolander, Safe Men, Meet the Fockers) finds laughs. His newest film is I Love You, Man, starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel.
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Tony Gilroy
1 april 2009 · 30 min
A world where the protagonist and the viewer doesn't know where he stands. From the Bourne films, to Michael Clayton and the new film, Duplicity. It's what writer-director Tony Gilroy does. More duplicity from the horse's mouth.
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Ellen Kuras
25 maart 2009 · 30 min
Cinematographer turned filmmaker, Ellen Kuras (Summer of Sam, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan) dedicated years of her life to making the documentary, The Betrayal, a look at a family devastated by abandonment...
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Jody Hill
18 maart 2009 · 30 min
Elvis hosts writer-director Jody Hill (The Foot Fist Way) whose latest work is the HBO TV series Eastbound & Down.
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Diablo Cody
11 maart 2009 · 30 min
From the blogosphere to an Oscar (Juno) to Showtime. It’s quite a career for screenwriter Diablo Cody. Her series, The United States of Tara, looks at multiple personalities. She just might know something about that.
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James Gray
4 maart 2009 · 30 min
Elvis hosts writer-director James Gray (The Yards, We Own the Night, Little Odessa ) whose latest film is Two Lovers, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow and Isabella Rossellini.
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Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen
25 februari 2009 · 29 min
As America's only black-and-white comedy team, Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen wrote the book on comedy. Now they've written a book...
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Barry Jenkins
18 februari 2009 · 30 min
Medicine for Melancholy, the debut film from writer-director
Barry Jenkins, takes a dreamy contemplative look at a young African
American couple in San Francisco. It's a black art film when art films
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Danny Boyle
11 februari 2009 · 30 min
Director Danny Boyle (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Millions) has
moved from suspense film to post-punk despair, to zombies, to the
center of the sun. He combines all that for Slumdog Millionaire and
adds a musical number to the mix. It's a Bollywood happy ending. Lees meer -
David Fincher
4 februari 2009 · 17 min
In just six films, director David Fincher (Seven, Panic Room, Fight Club) has established themes and textures. So much so that his latest, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, both conforms and contradicts that work. Lees meer
Note: This show first aired January 7 and is being repeated in recognition of
it's having received thirteen Academy Award nominations, including Best
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Sally Hawkins
28 januari 2009 · 30 min
Actress Sally Hawkins has had quite a year, stemming from her third collaboration with writer-director Mike Leigh. Happy-Go-Lucky is bright-eyed comedy-drama that's won her audiences and accolades.
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Ed Zwick
21 januari 2009 · 30 min
Director Edward Zwick has made films (The Siege, Glory, Blood Diamond) about social causes, but also about social responsibility. His newest, Defiance, examines that as deeply as any of his others.
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Steven Soderbergh
14 januari 2009 · 30 min
In the 20 years since Sex, Lies and Videotape, director Steven Soderbergh (Out of Sight, Erin Brockovich, Oceans Eleven/Twelve/Thirteen) has made 20 films. His newest, the epic Che, is both formalist and intimate.
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David Fincher
7 januari 2009 · 29 min
In just six films, director David Fincher (Seven, Panic Room, Fight Club) has established themes and textures. So much so that his latest, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, both conforms and contradicts that work.
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Jenny Lumet
31 december 2008 · 30 min
Elvis Mitchell hosts actress-teacher-writer Jenny Lumet, whose screenplay Rachel Getting Married has been made into a critically acclaimed film, starring Anne Hathaway and directed by Jonathan Demme.
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Darren Aronofsky
24 december 2008 · 30 min
Director Darren Aronofsky is know for portraying anguish in his films (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain) with dazzling stylistic flourish. With The Wrestler, the tale unfolds with a stark minimalism.
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Ron Howard
17 december 2008 · 30 min
Frost/Nixon, from director Ron Howard (Happy Days,
Arrested Development, Apollo 13, A Dangerous Mind) is the the interview as blood sport, with a fallen president and a desperate talk-show host going toe to toe... -
Richard Jenkins
10 december 2008 · 27 min
You may know actor Richard Jenkins in his role as the dead father in Six Feet Under, or his films with the Coen Brothers, Mike Nichols of the Farley Brothers. Now the cosmic character actor stars in The Visitor.
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Marc Forster
3 december 2008 · 29 min
There's probably no director working who's made films focusing on a characters with a compact with loneliness the way that Marc Forster has. (Finding Neverland, Monster's Ball, The Kite Runner) He's brought James Bond into that world in which Bond has to figure out his own compact with loneliness. The new bond film is Quantum of Solace. Lees meer
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Tim Kring
26 november 2008 · 30 min
For writer-producer Tim Kring (Chicago Hope, Crossing Jordan), his series Heroes was a way to bring a full meal to audiences...
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus
19 november 2008 · 30 min
Though Seinfeld and The New Adventures of Old Christine are different shows, both took times to catch on. Julia Jouis-Dreyfus talks about the move from cult hit to the mainstream.
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Lance Hammer
12 november 2008 · 30 min
Low-key photorealism, well-chosen non-actors and an achingly heart-felt drama played out in the Mississippi Delta. That's Ballast, the feature film directing debut of Lance Hammer. Lees meer
Elvis Mitchell hosts writer/director/producer/editor Lance Hammer, whose directorial feature debut, Ballast,
has been the recipient of several film festival awards, including the
Directing Award and Cinematography Award at the 2008 Sundance Film
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John Malkovich
5 november 2008 · 30 min
WEB EXCLUSIVE! Actor John Malkovich (The Killing Fields, Dangerous Liaisons, Being John Malkovich, The Sheltering Sky)
John MalKovich has to be engaged, and when he is, it shows. Whether it’s in films by Spielberg, Bertolucci, Eastwood (Changling), or Burn after Reading by the Coen Brothers. He talks about being turned on – and off. Lees meer -
Stefan Forbes
29 oktober 2008 · 30 min
Before the Swift Boat Veterans and the dirty tricks of Karl Rove, Lee
Atwater treated political ads as trailers for horror films. Director Stefan Forbes' new documentary, Boogie Man, examines Atwater and the wages of fear. -
Steven Bochco
22 oktober 2008 · 30 min
No living writer/director has influenced TV in the way that Steven Bochco has.
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Simon Pegg
15 oktober 2008 · 29 min
Actor and writer Simon Pegg (Spaced, Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz) has found a way to integrate his pop-culture obsessions into movie and TV projects. His latest feature film is How to Lose Friends and Alienate People...
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Clark Gregg
8 oktober 2008 · 30 min
You probably know Clark Gregg as an actor from The New Adventures of Old Christine or Iron Man. You should also know him as a writer-director...
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Ed Harris
1 oktober 2008 · 30 min
Elvis Mitchell hosts actor-director-writer-producer Ed Harris (The Right Stuff, The Truman Show, Pollock) whose latest film as screenwriter, director, actor and producer is Appaloosa, starring Viggo Mortensen, Jeremy Irons and Renée Zellweger.
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Stuart Townsend
24 september 2008 · 30 min
Stuart Townsend is best known as an actor. For his writing and directing debut, Battle in Seattle, he chose the 1999 WTO conference as his source.
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Wayne Wang - Web Exclusive
17 september 2008 · 29 min
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Director Wayne Wang (Joy Luck Club) not only moves from studio films such as Maid in Manhattan to indies such as Smoke, but also blurs the line between truth and fiction. That's the heart of his new film, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers. Lees meer
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Alan Ball
10 september 2008 · 30 min
Six Feet Under and his Oscar-winning screenplay for American Beauty established Alan Ball's interest in the underside of American life. His feature directorial debut, Towelhead, and the HBO series True Blood furthered his interest in the outsiders under the same roof. Lees meer
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Edgar Wright
3 september 2008 · 30 min
You know director Edgar Wright from his films Hot Fuzz and Shawn of the Dead, but his partnership with actor Simon Pegg precedes them. They also worked together on the smart, action-packed and emotional British comedy series, Spaced...
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Don Cheadle
27 augustus 2008 · 30 min
Elvis Mitchell hosts actor Don Cheadle (Oceans Eleven, Oceans Twelve, Oceans Thirteen, Crash, Hotel Rwanda) whose latest starring role is in the film Traitor.
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Susanna White
20 augustus 2008 · 30 min
Paranoia, hostility and patience -- not exactly the stuff of war dramas. The seven-part mini-series, Generation Kill, focuses on just that. Susanna White (Bleak House, Jane Eyre) directed four of seven episodes and talks about getting her "ground attack" together. Lees meer
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Ben Stiller
13 augustus 2008 · 30 min
Ben Stiller (Zoolander, Meet the Fockers, The Cable Guy, Reality Bites) is a director, producer and writer. But he's first
and foremost an actor who's done comedy and drama on the stage and on
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Courtney Hunt
6 augustus 2008 · 30 min
Elvis Mitchell hosts writer-director Courtney Hunt whose debut feature film, Frozen River, won the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
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Jenji Kohan and Roberto Benabib
30 juli 2008 · 30 min
The suburban dealer-mom of the cable series Weeds has moved her act to the beach and Mexico. Weeds’ executive producerss Jenji Kohan and Roberto Benabib hit us with the ideas they use to keep this comedy-drama fresh – and seedless.
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Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight
23 juli 2008 · 30 min
Christopher Nolan makes films in which the protagonists' emotional chaos is mirrored in the physical world around them. His second Batman film is the pinnacle of that.
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Jonathan Levine
16 juli 2008 · 30 min
What do you get when you bring Ben Kingsley, Method Man, Josh Peck and Mary-Kate Olsen together? Besides the dream episode of Access Hollywood, you get writer-director Jonathan Levine's first, film, The Wackness.
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Alex Gibney: Gonzo
9 juli 2008 · 30 min
WEB EXCLUSIVE: 2008 has been quite a year for director Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room). Two documentaries he was involved with were nominated for Oscars, and his film, Taxi to the Dark Side, won. His new doc, Gonzo, takes us into the heart and soul of Hunter S. Thompson. Lees meer