One Of Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Camera Tricks Came Straight From Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone loved an extreme close-up, and so does Quentin Tarantino.
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Peter Jackson Knows The First Hobbit Film Didn't Nail 48 Frames Per Second
A grand, ambitious, and perhaps foolhardy experiment.
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The Conjuring 2's Original Valak Looked Nothing Like The Nun
Before the Nun emerged as the main villain of The Conjuring 2, director James Wan had a very different vision for the character.
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Personal Experience Taught Cary Grant It Was A Good Idea To Stay Retired
'He was not the same man...'
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Moments In The Fly Movies That Took Things Too Far
The Fly franchise has become one of the greatest thematic and scare-seeking devices in horror history. Here are the moments that went way too far.
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Less Was More When It Came To The Music In The Bob's Burgers Movie
'We didn't want to make a musical, we wanted to make a Bob's musical, which is a little more sparing.'
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Robert Eggers Didn't Cut Any Corners Creating The Lighthouse's Set
Sometimes, you just need to build a lighthouse for your movie about a lighthouse.
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Sean Connery Was Quite Nervous Scuba Diving With Sharks For Never Say Never Again
'If there's no more air, where do I go?'
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Being A Leading Man Was Never A Priority For Tom Hardy
'What makes you think that that's so different from playing the lead?'
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Patton Ending Explained: That All Glory Is Fleeting
The classic war film eschews most biopic tropes, and it especially dodges them with its ending.
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By Casting Martin Sheen In Badlands, Terrence Malick Might Have Saved His Career
The actor's breakout role in an American classic almost didn't happen.
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Before The Haunting Of Bly Manor, There Was Marlon Brando's The Nightcomers
The legendary actor was hoping this unusual horror movie would give his career a shot in the arm.
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Clint Eastwood Doesn't Do Much Thinking When It Comes To Choosing Films
'Most people intellectualize their instincts away, but when you feel something, you have to go for it.'
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'Authenticity' Was The Name Of The Game For Prey's Indigenous Representation
All thanks to producer Jhane Myers and the many Indigenous/Comanche experts she consulted.
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A Simple Rule Made Sure Buster Keaton Could Always Throw In Some Improv
Buster Keaton, the Great Stone Face, had a simple rule for writing that allowed him to get the most out of his improv skills.
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Buster Keaton Had To Do Some Digging To Rescue His Early Films
Most prints of Buster Keaton's films were destroyed after their theatrical run.
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Why On The Waterfront Needed Unknowns To Fill Its Most Important Roles
Some say 90% of directing is casting, and Elia Kazan sure knew how to do that, from the top-down.
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Buster Keaton Challenged Charlie Chaplin To A Silent Movie Showdown
Brevity of speech was the soul of silent wit.
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The Strange Journey Trick 'R Treat Took To Becoming A Halloween Classic
Michael Dougherty's Trick 'R Treat struggled to get out of the gate, thanks to WB's delays — but it went on to become a Halloween staple.
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Christian Bale's Mom Gave Him Some Extreme Advice Going Into Velvet Goldmine
'Listen, why don't you just try to do what rock stars did back then...'
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Billy Eichner Expected The Studio To Tell Him Bros Had 'Gone Too Far'
'There's part of me that realized some of this would be eye-opening for certain people in the audience...'
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How The 3D Re-Release Of Jaws Puts The Audience In The Water
It's the next best thing to actually getting eaten by a shark.
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The Underrated Stephen King Miniseries That Left A Mark On Midnight Mass
Flanagan is the first to admit to this Stephen King miniseries being a big influence on Midnight Mass.
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Serenity's Small Budget Meant Finding A Way To Make A Hovercraft 'Fly'
The beloved, tragically short-lived show Firefly got film closure in 2005's Serenity, and one chase scene still stands out as an effects masterpiece.
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/Film Showdown: Dracula 2000's Dracula Vs. Seth Gecko
It's Gerard Butler's exquisitely coiffed Dracula facing off against George Clooney's tattooed Seth Gecko. Who will win?
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Without A Bit Of Blunt Advice, John Wayne Might Have Left Westerns Behind
'You give them what they want, not what you want.'
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