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Revisited: How the World Became Wellesian

By Mark Cousins | September 6, 2022

By Mark Cousins | September 6, 2022

Revisited: How the World Became Wellesian

Mark Cousins, whose new film March on Rome just premiered at the Venice Film Festival, on how Orson Welles was a man ahead of his time.

The Way We Get By: Barry Sonnenfeld Thinks You Should Watch Some Screwball Comedies

By Barry Sonnenfeld | May 27, 2020

By Barry Sonnenfeld | May 27, 2020

The Way We Get By: Barry Sonnenfeld Thinks You Should Watch Some Screwball Comedies

The director, whose book Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker is out now, prescribes more laughter in our lives.

How the World Became Wellesian

By Mark Cousins | March 15, 2019

By Mark Cousins | March 15, 2019

How the World Became Wellesian

Mark Cousins, director of the new doc The Eyes of Orson Welles, on how our current age has caught up to a genius ahead of his time.

Second Screen: Is Billions a New High for Cable Television?

By Jim Hemphill | March 27, 2017

By Jim Hemphill | March 27, 2017

Second Screen: Is Billions a New High for Cable Television?

Jim Hemphill on the abundance of riches to be found in the Showtime series, which brings the best of cinema to the small screen.

Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again

By Randy Russell | December 2, 2015

By Randy Russell | December 2, 2015

Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again

A holiday movie about a heartbroken Christmas tree salesman finds beauty and even hope in the melancholy.