Sydney PollackThere's a big cliché in Hollywood: if an actor gets big enough, he or she eventually wants to direct. Sometimes this can be terrific. Clint Eastwood, for instance, or Kevin Costner....

Kurt LuedtkeSome screenwriters spend their whole life writing screenplays for dozens of movies. Then there are screenwriters who store it all up and wait for the right project before hiting us with...

Universal PicturesThese days, Hollywood studios often farm out their productions to smaller companies, or distribute films produced by other companies that they find at film festivals and the like....

35 mm FilmThey still made movies in 35 mm back then, and apart from a few backscreen shots of Meryl Streep and Robert Redford in the biplane, they don't really go in for special effects. What you s...

John BarryThe movies have produced their share of legendary composers, but you can find John Barry definitely up there with the Bernard Herrmans and John Williamses of the world. Seriously, have yo...

We're going to be straight with you: this is not a movie for cosplayers, fan fic writers, or folks who obsess over the tiny little details and publish million-word analyses on blogs somewhere. That...