"The Chair," producer Chris Moore's follow-up to "Project Greenlight," changed the rules and timing for a Starz reality series documenting two rookie filmmakers on the road to winning $250,000 for making the best movie. Well, the films are open and the reviews are in. It's clear which is the better ...
Read More »For the best explication of what forces keep women in check in Hollywood, see the latest installment of the "Makers" series on PBS, "Women in Hollywood," which airs October 7 at 9 pm Eastern. "Hollywood measures success with awards and dollars," states narrator Julia Roberts.
Read More »Will the force behind "Cosmos," Emmy-winning writer/producer Ann Druyan, the widow of Carl Sagan, be able to bring back her reimagined television show? She needs to convince both Fox and host Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Read More »Old pals Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, who collaborated on the original "From Dusk Till Dawn" movie (which spawned an El Rey Network TV series) not to mention "Grindhouse," sit down for an hour-long talk on the August 13th installment of “El Rey Network Presents: The Director’s Chair” (9 P...
Read More »The whip-smart husband-and-wife team of director William Friedkin ("The French Connection") and Sherry Lansing, the producer ("Fatal Attraction") and first woman studio head at Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount, visited the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Czech Republic this month, whe...
Read More »If there is one defining characteristic about composer Max Richter, is that he refuses to stay within any preconceived boundaries. Classically trained at Edinburgh University and finishing his studies under the tutelage of avant-garde composer Luciano Berio in Florence, from there Richter’s career w...
Read More »Documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson talks about his latest project 'Freedom Summer' for PBS' American Experience, and why it's so important for him to make documentaries.
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