Articles

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Articles

Fourteen years of stalled rights and a halved budget

Frank Sinatra across radio, television and film

Fritz Lang beyond Metropolis: rockets, anti-Nazi thrillers and a reputation rescued by critics

From a 1987 documentary to a hit film: how A League of Their Own was made

From a 3000 dollar feature to four Oscars on his own terms

From a ballet studio to Roman Holiday

From a borrowed costume to a million francs a year

From a canceled series to a ten-year run

From a canceled series to four films: how Police Squad! became The Naked Gun

From a cartoon dispute to a Saturday morning sale: how Fox Kids was built and lost

From a childhood bit part to the director's chair

From a clockwork camera to EastEnders

From a college research project to a five-year screenplay

From a contest entry to a multimedia franchise

From a darker novel to two endings

From a dubbed accent to a screen persona: how Schwarzenegger became a film star

From a failed debut to Bollywood stardom: Katrina Kaif and the language barrier

From a family death to a script written for one actor

From a family of stage actors to Sick Boy and Sherlock

From a Faramir audition to ensemble stardom

From a film school application to the South Central set

From a film school thesis to a slow-burning cult favorite

From a friend's secret to a bilingual hit: making The Wedding Banquet

From a Long Island comedy club to The King of Queens and the box office

From a model railway gag to a heist film

From a novella two directors passed over to Menzel's debut

From a one-act play to Milford Junction

From a Palladium emergency to a fixed format: how The Two Ronnies was made

From a pandemic-broken shoot to the Palme d'Or

From a planned trilogy to unmade crossovers: how Underworld was built and stretched

From a real gallery text to a fictional museum: how The Square was assembled from true incidents

From a rejected demo to the schoolgirl video

From a rejected film script to a global series

From a Saint Paul childhood to Life with Louie and Baskets

From a schoolteacher script to a shared Palme d'Or: the making of Blue Is the Warmest Colour

From a Seven of One pilot to a prison built in a water tank

From a short film to Tyrannosaur: how Paddy Considine became a director

From a sibling quarrel to episodic games: how Sam & Max crossed media

From a ski area to an independent film institution

From a slow debut to the Netflix row at Cannes

From a small round stage to the cinema screen

From a stage company to Shakespeare on film: how Kenneth Branagh built his screen Shakespeare

From a stand-up routine to Saturday mornings: how Fat Albert reached television

From a Sydney soap opera to American villains

From a two-day Corman shoot to stage and screen

From Air America radio to the nine o'clock hour

From Air Force radar repair to the stage: how Morgan Freeman built his screen career

From Algeria to the Romani screen: how Tony Gatlif turned a mixed inheritance into a body of work

From Almodóvar to Hollywood: how Antonio Banderas crossed over

From an audition video to Ron Weasley: Rupert Grint and the road beyond Hogwarts