The DGA Interview:
PRINCE OF THE CITY

Sidney Lumet has been exploring the moral contradictions of life, mostly in New York, for more than 50 years. At 83, he adds to his astonishing body of work with Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.

By Glenn Kenny

DOUBLE DUTY

With the demand for higher quality programming, more and more TV directors are becoming producer/directors. And the studios like what they see.

By Jeanne McDowell

THRILL RIDES

Directors of action films create some of the most spectacular—and innovative—footage on screen. All it takes is preparation, imagination and nerves of steel.

By Steve Pond

GIANT STEPS

Two masters of the screen, Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni, died on the same day last summer. Their introspection opened the way to a cinema of questioning and ambiguity.

By David Thomson

THE NEW SCHOOL

The Think Tank of the Independent Directors Committee is asking big questions about how indie directors can reach an audience in the Web 2.0 era.

By Amy Dawes

In the Screening Room:
REDISCOVERING TREASURE

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is the kind of straight-ahead film Paul Thomas Anderson would love to make. He explains what makes it great.

By Rob Feld

WAR ZONE

Directors have been drawn to the battlefield since the early days of silent films. In a series of shots, we look at the view from the cinematic front lines.

Profiles
On the Job With…

The director’s best friend; UPM by the numbers; Second’s nature.

By David Geffner

Independent Voice
Home Entertainment

After The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach takes an even darker turn with Margot at the Wedding.

By Rob Feld

10 Questions
Wave of the Future

Terry Denson, vice president of content strategy and acquisitions for Verizon’s FiOS TV, heralds the arrival of telcos and fiber optics in the home.

Funny Business
All Singing, All Dancing

The director of Hairspray wonders why all directors don’t want to make musicals.

By Adam Shankman

Legends of the Guild
Jimmy Wall

A look at the venerated mentor and Stage Manager.

By Ann Farmer

Shot to Remember
Mountain Climbing

Ever wonder how Werner Herzog dragged a steamboat over a mountain in Fitzcarraldo? The director tells all.

By Jeffrey Ressner

In My Opinion
Someone Stole My Sofa

The director of Sicko says filmmakers should worry more about the creation and exhibition of their movies and less about piracy.

By Michael Moore

DVD Classics
Pulp Fiction

Newspaperman-turned-director Samuel Fuller.

By Gary Giddins

Books
Wise, Woody, Preminger and the Hollywood Censor

By John Patterson

Out of the Past
Heads Up

Hal Ashby serves up a model of Bud Cort's head in Harold and Maude.