The Auteur Comeback: Why Movies Feel Like Movies Again
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Do you remember how fun the press tour for Don't Worry Darling was? Not the movie itself, just the press tour. I recall so vividly how dramatic the red carpet was when the film pre...
If there is one thing about the craft writers hear ad nauseam, it’s this: There is no drama without conflict. And there is no story without…
The entertainment industry keeps circling the same question: how do you make audiences care enough to show up? The answer playing out across Comic-Con panels, […]
Actors, writers, and directors often face creative changes completely out of their control – think of all the storylines actors flat-out refused to film, or that one time a powerfu...
At Locarno, where he will receive the Career Leopard, the U.S. auteur shared that he is "always shocked" when an actor wants to work with him and also why movies are "the closest t...
Where other filmmakers have exposed core parts of their psyche on screen, the director of ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘The Dark Knight’ has always kept his own life firmly separate from his...
By Premkumar Ethirajulu I still recall Abhinav Sunder Nayak’s debut film, Unnimukundan Associates. Right before the title card begins, we see a message on screen implying that we a...
Hollywood keeps searching for the next repeatable blockbuster formula, but its new model may depend on singular creators who aren't easily replicated or controlled.
“There’s a lot of introspection and personal investment” in Wavelength sidebar picks by Radu Jude, Beatrice Gibson and Mariano Llinas, says TIFF programmer Andrea Picard.
10 years ago, franchise producers dominated the movies. In 2026, the buzziest deals belong to auteurs.
Each time I sit through the end credits of a film, I think about how weird auteur theory is—that a work of cinema can be primarily thought of as the singular vision of the director...
How do you attack and structure a story? Do you see the situation first? Do you have an image or set piece in mind? Or do you begin with character?For me, that’s typically the case...
Avery Dohrmann is a filmmaker who wrote for us back in 2023 about making his debut feature, Our Final Days in Paradise, at 20. He's back with a video essay on visual literacy, and...
The 30 young (and old) auteurs who are keeping movie theaters alive — and even setting off a few bidding wars.
May el-Toukhy says we must end veneration of male directors that causes ‘structural problem’ for womenThe enduring cult of male genius is keeping down female film-makers, one of th...
The regularity of the director's output, from Interstellar to Oppenheimer and beyond, has made his brand stronger than Star Wars or Marvel
These filmmaker biographies and memoirs span decades and continents, but return repeatedly to the same question: how does personal history shape what ends up on the screen?
Bitter Christmas, Late Fame and The Christophers all depict geniuses aware of their waning acclaim and terrified it will endEntertainment culture is so preoccupied with nowness tha...
Let me know if you feel the same, but I have trouble watching many movies. As a writer, I am frequently engaging on a craft level, even with new films. It's very rare that I enjoy...
"The Odyssey," directed by Christopher Nolan, is set to earn $1 billion, highlighting the director's influence in modern cinema.
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Auteur cred, blockbuster clout, rakish scarves—nobody hits the trifecta quite like Christopher Nolan. As his latest and hugest project The Odyssey hits theaters, we've ranked every...
The most authentic thing about Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is its densely braided narrative, but its tormented hero sounds like the heroes of Christopher Nolan movies.
We talk a lot about how you shouldn't be on the nose in your writing or direction. For the most part, that means not having your characters deliver their exact feelings or telling...
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