‘Point Blank’ – John Boorman’s Amalgamation of American, British and French Filmmaking Styles
The stories behind director John Boorman and screenwriter Alexander Jacobs brilliant retelling of Donald Westlake's THE HUNTER
The stories behind director John Boorman and screenwriter Alexander Jacobs brilliant retelling of Donald Westlake's THE HUNTER
A friend of mine, an American painter living in London, had read the book and suggested that I look at it. I read it and thought ‘If I’m going to make a...
While he was teaching screenwriting at the UCLA Film School, American director and screenwriter Paul Schrader got a character idea during one of his...
Long-time independent filmmaker Abel Ferrara was never one to pander to the expectations of either critics...
The late American director John Frankenheimer began his career when the Cold War was at its peak...
During his film career that lasted from 1964 to 1985, Italian filmmaker Fernando Di Leo worked as a director...
The year 1990 saw the publication of a non-fiction book entitled Deep Cover: The Inside Story of How DEA Infighting...
American director and screenwriter Paul Schrader grew up in a strict Calvinist family in Grand Rapids, Michigan...
The 1980s were an intense decade for Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan. He had made his directorial debut in 1982...
English director, screenwriter and composer Mike Figgis made his directorial debut in 1988 with Stormy...
Many a movie has been based on prolific writer Stephen King's works of fiction. And while quite a few of...
American filmmaker Walter Hill is famous and revered for both his action movies and the fact that he revived the...
December 5th, 2020 will mark the 40th anniversary of a lavish space opera hitting US theaters and subsequently...
American director and screenwriter Brian de Palma, a leading member of the New Hollywood movement that lasted...
“Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."
“I think I was always controversial, provocative. But I can’t help it. I have to go there. It’s my nature. It’s my father’s nature, too..."
There’s an old rule among directors that you see a film in its totality about four times. The first is when you really decide you love the story and you...
Once it opened, everybody kept saying, ‘Oh, what a brilliant satire.’ But Paddy and I always said, ‘This isn’t satire, it’s sheer reportage.’
Don Siegal's follow up to *Dirty Harry*, an adaptation of John C. Reese's *The Looters,* and a masterclass in character-driven storytelling
The idea originated in a conversation between me and Irving Kirshner. We were talking about espionage, and he said that most people thought the safest ...
Robert Graysmith knew he was a guy on the sidelines of this story. He wanted to be a part of it and he made himself a part of it. He was doing it on his...
Filmmaker Carol Reed, hailed as one of the greatest U.K. directors, became famous in the late 1930s and 1940s with motion pictures such as Night Train ...
The legendary director Robert Altman was given an Academy Honorary Award in 2006, “in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented...