Olivia Wilde on Her No Film School Fears, Clint Eastwood’s Advice, and a Secret Short
Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast, Ep 107: 5 things we learned talking “Booksmart” with director Olivia Wilde.
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‘The Farewell’: Lulu Wang Used a Widescreen Frame to Create a Stage for Her Performers
Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast: With a large family ensemble and 24 days to shoot, Wang’s cinematic language was a necessary risk that paid off.
‘Little Women’: The Ache at the Heart of Greta Gerwig’s Bold Adaptation
Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast Ep 105: Gerwig goes deep on adapting Alcott’s Amy and the ending, and how she gave the film a modern sense of dance.
‘1917’: Sam Mendes and Roger Deakins Wrote a Second Script for Their One-Take Camera Movements
Filmmaker Toolkit Ep 104: Mendes and Deakins explain why choosing to shoot on a large format camera was their most important decision.
Quentin Tarantino Goes Deep on ‘Hollywood’ and Why He Is a ‘Director, Not a Selector’ — Podcast
Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast: Tarantino and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” DP Robert Richardson look back at their five-film love affair.
Inside the Safdies’ 10-Year Gamble to Stage ‘Uncut Gems’ Within the Real NBA
From fair use to Kobe Bryant, Josh and Benny Safdie were determined (at any cost) to set their fantastical film in reality.
‘Knives Out’: Rian Johnson Explains How He Built a Modern Murder Mystery (Spoilers)
Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast, Ep 100: Johnson talks Hitchcock, creating the “Walter White choice,” and the joy of playing with genre structure.
Three Documentary Filmmaking Tips Every Director Should Know, From the ‘American Factory’ Team
Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast, Ep 98: Co-directors Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar talk about their process and finding career sustainability.
How Noah Baumbach Found the Visual Language of ‘Marriage Story’ Through Bergman’s ‘Persona’
Baumbach tells IndieWire about the faces, spaces, music, and performances that made him redefine his cinematic world.
‘Ford v Ferrari’: James Mangold on How to Avoid the Pitfalls Destroying Franchise Action Films
Mangold steered clear of the drama-less, green screen, sensory overload that he believes has hollowed out big-budget commercial filmmaking.
Nanfu Wang Insisted on Showing Brutality in ‘One Child Nation,’ Even If It Meant an R Rating
Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast: Wang discusses how she cut through China’s One Child Policy propaganda.
‘Honey Boy’: How Shia LaBeouf’s Past and Present Found a New Shape in the Editing Room
LaBeouf’s script was linear, which was how Alma Har’el shot it, but the film was re-written in post-production.
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