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Interview with Milos Forman - click here to to read.


The DGA Interview:
A Storied Life

Since coming to America after the Czech Spring in 1968, Milos Forman has been committed to making movies about individuals fighting for their rights in films like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus and The People vs. Larry Flynt.

By Terrence Rafferty

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Panning for Gold

The Beijing Olympics was the most watched event in U.S. TV history. Here’s how the directors captured the drama of competition with split-second decisions.

By Lyndon Stambler

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Buried Treasure

It took a swashbuckling director like Gore Verbinski to go off to the four corners of the world to film the two sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean back-to-back.

By Robert Abele

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In the Screening Room:
Falling in Love Again

Everyone loves Annie Hall, but according to Ed Zwick it’s more than just a charming movie. He explains how it revolutionized romantic comedies.

By F.X. Feeney

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When in Rome

Federico Fellini created a visual style that was unmistakable in the history of cinema. In rare set photos, we capture the Maestro at work crafting some of his unforgettable images.

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Daily Life

With all that’s going on in any given day on The Daily Show, it’s a wonder that the set is so calm. In part, that’s because director Chuck O’Neil and his team keep everything running on schedule.

By Rob Feld


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Profiles
On the Job With…

Idol Manager, Commercial Pressure, AD in the City.

By David Geffner

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Independent Voice
The Bee Season

After scoring a hit with Love & Basketball, it’s taken Gina Prince-Bythewood eight years to make her second feature, The Secret Life of Bees. She explains what happened.

By Margy Rochlin

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10 Questions
Power Producer

Producer Brian Grazer talks about how he hires a director, the importance of vision, and why visiting the set is meaningless.

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Funny Business
The Not-So-Wild Life

The director of Talladega Nights and Step Brothers wonders what’s happened to the glamorous life—and if it ever existed.

By Adam McKay

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The Industry
The Trouble with Indies

Cutbacks and a shrinking market have left the indie world in a quandary. So what’s a director to do?

By Lael Loewenstein

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Shot to Remember
Devil’s Playground

William Friedkin recalls with amazing detail how he directed the horrifying climatic scene of The Exorcist.

By Jeffrey Ressner


DGA Quaterly - The End section
Critic's Corner - click here to to read.


Critic’s Corner
What’s So Funny?

A veteran critic considers how screen comedy has changed since the days of Preston Sturges—and not for the better.

By John Anderson

DVD Classics - click here to to read.


DVD Classics
At Home on the Range

Anthony Mann directed Westerns, film noirs and epics—all with his signature psychological intensity.

By Gary Giddins

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Books
Lynch, Cox, 1,000 Reviews and Hollywood’s Macho Era

By John Patterson

Out of the Past - click here to to read.

Out of the Past
Horror Show

James Whale runs some lines with a very unusual star in The Bride of Frankenstein.


Editorial Staff
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