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  1. backstories
    Reservation Dogs’ American Horror StoryIn telling a story of Indian boarding school abuse, director Danis Goulet sought to honor, not exploit: “Our people have to have agency.”
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  2. backstories
    ‘They’ve Taken a Toy and Broken It’Succession director Andrij Parekh channeled the energy of Adam McKay’s 2016 Election Night party into “America Decides.”
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  3. backstories
    Building Succession’s Haunted HouseFor the first episode without Logan, director Lorene Scafaria wanted to keep the claustrophobia alive.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  4. vulture festival 2022
    Natasha Lyonne, Director-at-Large, Is ‘Addicted’ to Zooming In“If I just had Nick Nolte and a zoom gun and a weird room, that would be my personal heaven.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  5. fire and blood
    House of the Dragon’s Director Wants You Asking Questions About DaemonGreg Yaitanes on Rhaenyra’s coronation, Daemon’s betrayal, and that dragon chase: “Something horrible happening in the midst of somewhere beautiful.”
    By Sean T. Collins
  6. yes chef!
    ‘Holy Shit, Have They Not Cut Yet?’How The Bear captured 18 frantic minutes at the Beef in one take.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  7. follow friday
    Michael Bonfiglio Wants to Tell You a StoryWe chatted with the director about the art of the stand-up comedy special — and, naturally, hummingbirds.
    By Taylor Garron
  8. a long talk
    Alena Smith Closes the Book on DickinsonThe creator and showrunner on fulfilling her vision for the Apple TV+ series, those closing moments, and the elusive meaning of hope.
    By Jackson McHenry
  9. a long talk
    Under the Tuscan SunHow Succession director Mark Mylod turned the Italian countryside into the Roys’ personal hellscape.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  10. a long talk
    Squid Game Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk Answers All Our Lingering QuestionsOn “Gganbu,” Ali, and how he lost six teeth during production.
    By Regina Kim
  11. a long talk
    ‘God, I’m Crying Over Kendall?’A guided tour of Succession’s descent into birthday hell with director Lorene Scafaria.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  12. egot it all!
    Billy Porter Looks Camp Right in the Eye As Director for HBO Max FilmFuture EGOT winner Porter is ready to shine behind the camera.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  13. a long talk
    Barry Jenkins Felt His Way Through The Underground RailroadThe filmmaker reflects on the intuition and instinct that shaped his most ambitious project to date.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  14. a long talk
    Elisabeth Moss on Tackling The Handmaid’s Tale From Both Sides of the Camera“I’ve always thought, in a way, that is actually the way a director thinks. I just never realized it.”
    By Jen Chaney
  15. filmmaking
    The Hardest Mare of Easttown Scene to FilmSeries director Craig Zobel breaks down why the shocking end to episode five took two sets and three days to get right.
    By Craig Zobel As told to Dan Reilly
  16. auteur theory
    HFPA President Shrugs Off Lack of Female Golden Globe Director Nominees“We vote by film and accomplishment.”
    By Devon Ivie
  17. emmys 2019
    Jason Bateman Is Really Surprised Jason Bateman Won an Emmy Over Game of ThronesEmmy! Win! Michael!
    By Jackson McHenry
  18. adaptations
    Amy Poehler to Direct Moxie Riot Grrrl Netflix FilmJennifer Mathieu’s 2017 novel is getting the big-screen Poehler treatment.
    By Megh Wright
  19. the industry
    Somebody Loves Kenan: Chris Rock to Direct Kenan Thompson’s Upcoming NBC PilotGood thinking, Lorne.
    By Halle Kiefer
  20. a director is born
    Bradley Cooper Directed A Star Is Born’s Grammy Scene Fake-Drunk“It just took me a little longer to communicate what I wanted.”
    By Devon Ivie
  21. directing
    Chris Rock to Direct Kevin Hart in a Comedy About a Messy DivorceNight School’s Will Packer is producing.
    By Megh Wright
  22. emmys 2018
    Extremely Bold Director Uses Emmys Acceptance Speech to Propose to GirlfriendWell, this is a first!
    By Devon Ivie
  23. Bo Burnham and the Art of the Standup SpecialWhen Chris Rock abruptly announced yesterday that Tamborine — his first of two intensely anticipated Netflix specials — would be premiering in […]
    By Erik Abriss
  24. David Wain Brings the History of ‘National Lampoon’ to Life with ‘A Futile […]David Wain is no stranger to disrupting an unsuspecting comedy mainstream. Before solidifying himself as a household name as the […]
    By Erik Abriss
  25. 8 Things We Learned Talking to Samuel L. Jackson About His MasterClassBut not just any TV — and 7 other things we learned talking to him about his MasterClass.
    By Jada Yuan
  26. Mudbound’s Dee Rees on Writing Racist Jokes and Directing Mary J. Blige“If you’ve ever been at one of her concerts, it’s like a therapy session with 30,000 people.”
    By Jada Yuan
  27. How Reed Morano Created The Handmaid’s Tale’s Emmy-Winning Look“We tried to get our voice in the first three episodes so that after I left, everybody would know what to do.”
    By Jada Yuan
  28. Behind the Camera with Ken MarinoAlthough Ken Marino says he learned nothing about how to be a Latin lover while directing How to Be a Latin Lover, he enjoyed collaborating on […]
    By Sydney Parker
  29. female directors
    Lucy Liu Will Direct the Luke Cage Season-2 PremiereLiu has previously directed episodes of Elementary and Graceland, as well as a short film.
    By Jackson McHenry
  30. How Heather Fink Made Her First Feature Film ‘Inside You’After years of performing standup comedy and making funny videos, Heather Fink struck out on her own as a writer/director. Paying the bills by […]
    By Sydney Parker
  31. Talking ‘Baby Driver’ and the Art of Visual Comedy with Edgar WrightFew mainstream filmmakers treat the full range of cinema as their playground quite like Edgar Wright does. With each film he releases, the […]
    By Erik Abriss
  32. Andrew Jay Cohen on How He Pitched His Directorial Debut to Will FerrellWith writing credits that include the Neighbors movies and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Andrew Jay Cohen is no novice when it comes to […]
    By Erik Abriss
  33. Talking ‘The Big Sick,’ ‘Wet Hot,’ and ‘Search Party’ with Michael […]If occupying multiple pockets of comedic styles as writer and performer were a Herculean task, then mastering the mechanics and successfully […]
    By Erik Abriss
  34. award season
    La La Land Gets One Step Closer to Oscar Glory by Taking Top Honor at DGA AwardsIt’s another day of sun … and a win.
    By Devon Ivie
  35. chat room
    Emmy Rossum on Her Shameless Directorial Debut “It’s like the first time I ever saw myself onscreen, just in a different way.”
    By Dee Lockett
  36. Get to Know ‘Saturday Night Live’s Director Don Roy KingFor the past ten years, Don Roy King has served as the director of Saturday Night Live, and a new video by AARP takes a closer look at the […]
    By Megh Wright
  37. animated classics
    Zoinks! Dax Shepard Is Co-Directing an Animated Scooby-Doo FilmWe do not advise eating Scooby Snacks in celebration.
    By Devon Ivie
  38. Ben Falcone on Being Partners in Comedy and Life with Melissa McCarthy Before Ben Falcone became the writer/director/producer/actor/father/husband to Melissa McCarthy that he is today, he worked as a waiter at […]
    By Sydney Parker
  39. Charlie Kaufman Candidly Reflects on Failure, Directing, and His FutureIndiewire posted a new interview today with Charlie Kaufman, and if you’re a fan of Kaufman’s work, it’s an absolute must-read. Kaufman is […]
    By Megh Wright
  40. Inside Richard Linklater’s Return to Comedy Writer and Director Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! is being released nationwide today. Like much of Linklater’s work, it has been […]
    By Clint Corey
  41. Inside the Raucous Standup Parties of ‘Flophouse’ with Lance Bangs VICELAND, the new 24 hour cable channel from Vice Media and A+E Networks, launches Feb 29th. A sweeping expansion on Vice’s brand of online […]
    By Isaac Kozell
  42. Using Comedy to Find Emotions with ‘The Final Girls’ Director Todd […]With The Final Girls (out now in theaters and VOD), director Todd Strauss-Schulson has made a movie that’s funny, emotional, scary, and […]
    By Daniel Hurwitz
  43. Behind the Camera with Nick StollerFrom writing for the Harvard Lampoon in his early years to being a writer for TV shows like Strangers with Candy and Undeclared, to going on to […]
    By Monique Madrid
  44. Talking with Writers Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello About Last Night’s […]The fourth episode of Broad City’s second season “Knockoffs” aired on Comedy Central last night, and if you’ve watched it by now, you know that […]
    By Megh Wright
  45. David Cross on Kickstarter, Millennials, and His Directorial Debut ‘Hits’2015 is off to a great start for David Cross. Not long after launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund distribution costs for his new film Hits, […]
    By Megh Wright
  46. How Chris Rock Made the Personal Impersonal in ‘Top Five’I have been a big fan of Chris Rock’s since I was young. “No Sex (in the Champagne Room)” was one of the first comedy things I listened to in […]
    By Brad Becker Parton
  47. Patton Oswalt on His Dream of Becoming a Film Director: ‘Eventually I Will’“Eventually I will. But when I make the leap to become a director, I have got to convince a platoon of people to make the leap with me, so […]
    By Megh Wright
  48. What Does it Mean to Direct an Adam Sandler Movie?The Adam Sandler assembly line began production in 1995 with Billy Madison and has since churned out over 20 films under the Happy Madison […]
    By Brad Becker Parton
  49. Is ‘Modern Family’ Really the Best-Directed Comedy on TV?On Monday night, Gail Mancuso took home the Emmy for “Outstanding Direction for a Comedy Series” for her work the Modern Family season five […]
    By Brad Becker Parton
  50. Robert Ben Garant to Direct a ‘Baywatch’ Movie (This Is Real)In a movie that will likely be 50% in slow motion, Robert Ben Garant is going to direct a comedic version of the syndicated drama about boobs […]
    By Jesse David Fox
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