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    [The Daily] Back in a Bit By David Hudson

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    [The Daily] Art of the Real 2018 By David Hudson

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    [The Daily] Varda, Bazin, and More By David Hudson

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    The Sounds of Dead Man

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  • The Back Lot of Beyond

    By Stan Berkowitz

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    The following account of a visit to the Beyond the Valley of the Dolls set is excerpted from an issue of the University of California, Los Angeles, newspaper. Read more »

    Behind the Scenes

    • Posted on October 04, 2016
  • From the Antonioni Archives

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    Today, we’re celebrating iconic Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni on what would have been his 104th birthday. A pioneering force in European cinema in the sixties, Antonioni won international acclaim for his breathtaking portraits of . . . Read more »

    Behind the Scenes

    • Posted on September 29, 2016
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  • Storyboarding Blood Simple

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    Since the beginning of their three-decade creative partnership, Joel and Ethan Coen have developed a meticulous approach to filmmaking. From the tight scripting to the impeccable visual style, each new Coen film is marked by a scrupulous . . . Read more »

    Video, Behind the Scenes

    • Posted on September 19, 2016
  • Notes from the War Room

    By Terry Southern

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    In this essay, first published in Grand Street in 1994, Dr. Strangelove coscreenwriter Terry Southern offers a lively behind-the-scenes look at the film’s production. Read more »

    Features, Behind the Scenes

    • Posted on June 29, 2016
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  • The Dazed and Confused Mixtapes

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    School’s out for summer! And what better way to mark this first day of the season than by revisiting Richard Linklater’s classic 1993 teen comedy Dazed and Confused. Set in suburban Texas in 1976 amid a haze of bong smoke and a sea of . . . Read more »

    On Five, Behind the Scenes

    • Posted on June 20, 2016
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  • Howard Hawks’s Original Treatment for Only Angels Have Wings

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on April 15, 2016
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  • Wim Wenders on Dennis Hopper

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    For the lead role of Tom Ripley in Wim Wenders’s The American Friend, a melancholy neonoir that fused Wenders’s New German sensibility with classic Hollywood drama, the director needed an actor who could convey menace with complexity. Wenders . . . Read more »

    Video, Behind the Scenes

    • Posted on January 14, 2016
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  • Resurrecting The Apu Trilogy

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    This month marked the long-awaited release of The Apu Trilogy on DVD and Blu-ray. Now that Satyajit Ray’s dazzling epic is back out in its original glory, take a look back at the painstaking process of rescuing and restoring the films, whose . . . Read more »

    Video, Behind the Scenes

    • Posted on November 30, 2015
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  • Happy Seventy-Fifth, John Lennon

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    The eternal Beatle and mischievous star of A Hard Day’s Night (1964) would have turned seventy-five today. Read more »

    Behind the Scenes, News

    • Posted on October 09, 2015
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  • Mister Johnson and the Making of a Nigerian Village

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on September 23, 2015
  • Birthday Greetings for Anna Karina

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    To celebrate the French New Wave’s eternal muse Anna Karina on her seventy-fifth birthday, here’s a behind-the-scenes image from her former husband Jean-Luc Godard’s Vivre sa vie, which gave her one of her greatest roles. Read more »

    Behind the Scenes, News

    • Posted on September 22, 2015
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  • Happy Birthday, Hal Ashby!

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    The cuddliest of the New American Cinema auteurs of the seventies was born on this day in 1929. Hal Ashby’s output from that decade never loses its ability to astonish; bookended by two of the era’s great social-minded comedies, The Landlord . . . Read more »

    Behind the Scenes, News

    • Posted on September 02, 2015
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  • Behind the Scenes of Robert Siodmak’s The Killers

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on July 09, 2015
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  • Behind the Scenes of Sullivan’s Travels

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on April 16, 2015
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  • Making My Darling Clementine

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on October 20, 2014
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  • Directing Macbeth

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    Behind the Scenes, Video

    • Posted on October 17, 2014
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  • Behind the Scenes of The Innocents

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on September 18, 2014
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  • Scenes from the Set of Eraserhead

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on September 15, 2014
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  • Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Behind the Scenes

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on August 25, 2014
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  • John Cassavetes Directs Love Streams

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    Behind the Scenes, Video

    • Posted on August 11, 2014
  • On Set with Jacques Demy

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on August 01, 2014
  • Behind the Scenes of Picnic at Hanging Rock

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on July 09, 2014
  • Behind the Scenes of The Life Aquatic

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on May 28, 2014
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  • Making Riot in Cell Block 11

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on April 22, 2014
  • Behind the Scenes with Harold Lloyd in The Freshman

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on April 07, 2014
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  • Making Tess

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on March 07, 2014
  • Making a Fox (and His Friends)

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on February 24, 2014
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  • The Making of The Great Beauty

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on February 21, 2014
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  • Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries

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    Behind the Scenes, Video

    • Posted on June 12, 2013
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  • Making Walkabout

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    Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries

    • Posted on June 04, 2013
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