Grandma: Writer-Director Paul Weitz about his Serio Abortion Comedy Starring Lily Tomlin

I wrote the script hearing Lily’s voice. Then I asked her to lunch and told her I had written a script for her and told her the story and gave it to her. I’m sure that was a bit nerve-wrecking for her.

Last Picture Show, The (1971): Director Bogdanovich Reflects on the Film, Chloris Leachman, the Oscar

Cloris Leachan wanted to rehearse it and I kept saying, I don’t want to rehearse it; I want to see it for the first time when we actually roll.” I had learned that idea — to not let the actors show you an emotional scene before they shot it — from John Ford through Henry Fonda–Bogdanovich on that film’s famous coffee scene.

Son of Saul: Director Laszlo Nemes

The film conveys the experience of the camps, its limitations, its chaos, what it meant to be a human being living in the camps–Laszlo Nemes

Overnight, The: Produced by Adam and Naomi Scott

The movie contains male nudity, displayed by stars Adam Scott and Jason Schwartzman. “Prosthetic penises were used” says Naomi Scott, the film’s producer and Adam’s wife of 10 years.

Diary of a Teenage Girl: Interview with Writer-Director Marielle Heller

A highlight of the 2015 Sundance Film Fest, The Diary of a Teenage Girl will be released by Sony Classics. Writer and Director Marielle Heller has lived with the character “Minnie Goetze” for a long time–8 yearst. First, she began as a fan of Phoebe Gloeckner’s hybrid novel told in “words and pictures,” and then […]