Filmmaking

Cinematographer John Bailey

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We visit the movie set of the Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood with an artist whose medium is light and shadow.

Cinematographer John Bailey

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Videogame Moviemaking

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Now Playing: The Royal Tenenbaums

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Stunt Double

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Now Playing: Y Tu Mama Tambien

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In English, the movie title means, “And Your Mother, Too.” It has broken all box office records in Mexico. We look at this unusual Mexican road movie that opens across the U.S. next week.

Dody Dorn on the Art of Editing

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Kurt Andersen and film editor Dody Dorn look at the art of editing and the people who decide what stays and what goes.Dorn is a twenty-year veteran of the film industry. This year, she was nominated for an Oscar for her editing of Memento, the mind-bending thriller directed by Christopher Nolan. She is the editor […]

Cinematic Knockouts

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Filmmakers have explored the drama and brutality of boxing since the beginning of film history. Writers Victor Navasky and Jack Newfield talk about boxing at the movies.

Movie Mistakes

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Sara Fishko looks at how we watch movies closely, and how even their tiniest storytelling flaws resonate on the set and off.

Cinematic Street

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From Rocky to The ‘Burbs, there are all kinds of ways the street gets featured on film. Sarah Lilley explores how the street on the screen becomes, for the viewer, much more than a just scenic backdrop.