Baumbach: How He Made Delillo’s Unfilmable Movie into his Own Picture

I felt like there was so much in the novel. And there’s so much in the movie. In some ways, it’s like, ‘Take all of this and then go on your way and see how it all shakes out–Baumbach

Artist, The: Interview with Director Michel Hazanavicius–Part 2

The Artist, one of the year’s most enjoyable and original films will be released by the Weinstein Company November 25, 2011

Eight years ago, I fantasized about making a silent film. Probably because the great mythical directors I admire most all come from silent cinema… Hitchcock, Lang, Ford, Lubitsch, Murnau, Billy Wilder (as screenwriter)…

Artist, The: Interview with Oscar-Winning Director Michel Hazanavicius

The Artist, one of the year’s most enjoyable and original films will be released by the Weinstein Company November 25, 2011

Eight years ago, I fantasized about making a silent film. Probably because the great mythical directors I admire most all come from silent cinema… Hitchcock, Lang, Ford, Lubitsch, Murnau, Billy Wilder (as screenwriter)…

Argentina, 1985: Director Santiago Mitre on the Trial That “Created Democracy in Argentina”

The film is inspired by the true story of Julio Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo, the public prosecutors who, together with a young and untested legal team, put Argentina’s military on trial. In 1985, they dared to prosecute the architects of Argentina’s bloody “dirty war.”

Siccità: Italian Paolo Virzì on his Dystopian Dramedy, Starring Monica Belluci

It is set amid a protracted drought caused by climate change in the Italian capital where the Tiber has dried up.