March 26, 2023
Director Steven Soderbergh burst onto the scene in 1989 with his first feature Sex, Lies, and Videotape that won the Audience Award at its Sundance premiere and went on to win the top prize four months later at Cannes. In the subsequent two decades his path has been eclectic and unpredictable; ranging from arcane personal projects (Schizopolis) to highly commercial (Ocean’s Eleven). In 2000 he received an Academy Award for […]
By Leonard Klady A titan of the art world, Julian Schnabel’s large canvas paintings and sculptures became a sensation in the early 1980s and his… […]
Oscar-winning cinematographer Dean Semler’s association with Mel Gibson stretches back to the early Mad Max films in Australia, even though he’d… […]
Milos Forman began his career in the forefront of the Czech new wave of the 1960s with such social comedies as Loves of a Blonde and The Fireman’s… […]
“No one should be surprised that Bill [Condon] is my favorite director to work for; I really feel we grew up together,” observes Virginia Katz…. […]
By Leonard Klady Perhaps the most apt introduction for Francis Ford Coppola is to say that he is someone who needs no introduction. The first of the… […]
During the production of Gone With the Wind, producer David O. Selznick conferred a singular honor on William Cameron Menzies. In Selznick’s view,… […]
“Coverage is the death of cinema.” It’s a rather bold statement, especially for a cinematographer. But there’s no doubt that Emmanuel Lubezki,… […]
It’s a familiar story. When the producers and director of Capote were prepping to film the story behind the author’s book In Cold Blood they sat… […]