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Filmmakers Tell Inspiring Stories of Womanhood and Community for Starz’s Short Film Competition (Video)
By Joe McGovern | December 13, 2021 @ 6:48 PMPower Women Summit 2021: The directors of five short films, on topics ranging from teenage romance to surviving cancer, chat about their creative inspiration
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Docs to Watch: Journeys With Jacques Cousteau and the Sparks Brothers
By Joe McGovern | December 13, 2021 @ 5:31 PMThis week’s highlights also include new releases about the recent presidential election in Zimbabwe and a fight over Christmas decorations
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‘The Jump’ Director Talks Celebrating ‘Our Local James Bond’ in Lithuanian Documentary (Video)
By Joe McGovern | December 10, 2021 @ 5:15 PMTheWrap Screening Series: Documentarian Giedrė Žickytė explains what drew her to the 1970 story of a Soviet man who defected by jumping onto an American boat
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Joaquin Phoenix’s 12-Year-Old ‘C’mon C’mon’ Co-Star on the Scene That Even Now Brings Him to Tears | Wrap Video
By Joe McGovern | December 10, 2021 @ 11:00 AMTheWrap’s ”How I Did It“ series profiles director Mike Mills and child actor Woody Norman, who plays the wily nephew of Phoenix’s character
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‘Titane’ Director Julia Ducournau Shares Nightmares That Inspired Film: ‘I Was Giving Birth to Engine Pieces’
By Joe McGovern | December 8, 2021 @ 11:35 AMTheWrap magazine: The Palme d’Or winner says that reality was the most important factor for her, ”even though that’s not a word often linked to my film“
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Docs to Watch: Deep Dives Into Charlie Chaplin, Anthony Bourdain and Tina Turner
By Joe McGovern | December 7, 2021 @ 9:00 AMThis week’s highlights include films about three icons of film, food and music
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What ‘Ascension’ Director Learned Filming Inside Chinese Factories Making Sex Dolls and Trump MAGA Merch
By Joe McGovern | December 6, 2021 @ 5:30 AMTheWrap magazine: “At one of the more disturbing locations, the workers appeared the most relaxed,” documentary filmmaker Jessica Kingdon says
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‘Not Going Quietly’ Filmmakers on the Resilience of a Crusading ALS Fighter (Video)
By Joe McGovern | November 30, 2021 @ 4:02 PMTheWrap Screening Series: Executive producer Bradley Whitford is joined by the film’s producer and director for a conversation on health care advocate Ady Barkan
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See How Caleb Landry Jones Gave Life to a Robot Opposite Tom Hanks in ‘Finch’ (Exclusive Video)
By Joe McGovern | November 24, 2021 @ 9:00 AMThe two actors star in the Apple TV+ sci-fi film about a man and his A.I. friend at the end of the world
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How ‘King Richard’ Composer Synced a Piano Note With a Tennis Shot | Wrap Video
By Joe McGovern | November 23, 2021 @ 1:22 PMTheWrap’s ”How I Did It“ series profiles acclaimed musician Kris Bowers and his ”prepared piano“ score for the biopic starring Will Smith
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‘My Name Is Pauli Murray’ Filmmakers Explain How They Portrayed a ‘Legendary But Little Known American’ (Video)
By Joe McGovern | November 23, 2021 @ 8:36 AMTheWrap Screening Series: The directors of 2018’s ‘RBG’ and collaborators discuss their new film about a civil rights trailblazer
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How the Tiger King of Mexico Helped Make the New Canadian Film ‘Drunken Birds’ (Video)
By Joe McGovern | November 11, 2021 @ 1:48 PMTheWrap Screening Series: Director Ivan Grbovic and cinematographer Sara Mishara discuss the making of ‘Drunken Birds’ drama
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How ‘Dune’ Costume Designers Kept Timothée Chalamet Cool in His Sci-Fi Stillsuit | Wrap Video
By Joe McGovern | November 11, 2021 @ 1:12 PMTheWrap’s ”How I Did It“ video series kicks off with wardrobe maestros Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan, who drew inspiration from Frank Herbert and the Jordan desert
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How ‘Mass’ Film Editor Broke Up an Argument Between 2 Characters
By Joe McGovern | November 9, 2021 @ 4:10 PMYang-Hua Hu (2018’s ”The Public“) talks to TheWrap about his precise, thoughtful work on the four-characters-in-one-room drama
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One Man Strives to Climb All the Highest Mountains in Trailer for Documentary ’14 Peaks’ (Exclusive Video)
By Joe McGovern | November 2, 2021 @ 7:00 AMNetflix film about Nepalese mountaineer is executive produced by ‘Free Solo’ directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi