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Lessons from the production and politics of Boots Riley.
Lessons from the horror smash – and its 26-year-old writer-director’s journey from YouTube to making box office history.
Unpacking the history, colonialism, inclusivity, and monumental production of the superstar’s live music performance.
A sweet series about two struggling actors trying to make it in Hollywood – which just happens to be set in the Marvel universe.
Florence Pugh said “sex scenes are awkward”. What can we learn from the larger conversation?
Lessons from the production and portrayals of race, gender, and politics in Paul Thomas Anderson’s film about revolutionaries and supremacists, parents and children.
Hilarious and beautiful, female-led, generation-spanning screwball comedy.
Storytelling lessons from a political drama for our moment.
The best Star War since Empire – and far, far better than we had any right or hope to expect.
Lessons in video game adaptation. Contains spoilers.
Outstanding horror film. Astounding reception.
The inspirations and approach powering the show’s look and feel.
A masterclass on the medium of film from Maria (2024) cinematographer Ed Lachman.
A late-stage abomination with little thematic connection to anything that brought it into existence.
Lampshading Lampshading: The Movie.
A necessarily messy successor to the perfect first instalment, just as much fun, and almost as devastating.
Dev Patel really said: Be the movie you want to see.
The polite first draft of a heartfelt tribute.
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos: creating unique perspective.
Inside the cinematography, editing, and VFX of David Fincher’s thriller.
Cinematographer of Joker, The Hangover, and Garden State gives a masterclass accessible to beginners – in 15 minutes.
Lessons from the director’s approach to character and compassion.
A not-so-esoteric-as-it-seems-at-first, beautifully made and performed, story of growing apart.
Director Sarah Polley and her cast & crew on their revolutionarily humane approach to production.
Exquisitely, achingly crafted.
The show’s true meta is its eerie, impossible, prescience.
A look at virtual production, as first seen in The Mandalorian.
The composer’s fascinating, analog-led contribution to the Star Wars universe.
A roundup of videos about ways, good and bad, that directors of major features work with their performers.
A roundup of videos on the process and significance of Chloé Zhao’s lauded film.