Articles

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Articles

From an unmade script to Best Director

From anthropology and painting to the Palme d'Or

From art school and film theory to genre cinema

From ballet and modelling to acting

From barber and comedy act to Scorsese: how Joe Pesci found Goodfellas

From batman to Billy Budd: the screen career of Peter Ustinov

From Bengali advertising slogans to family dramas on screen

From book jackets to Pather Panchali: how Satyajit Ray became a director

From box office poison to The Philadelphia Story

From box office pull to the power to choose and produce

From box-office disappointment to classic: the reception and the mirror scene of Duck Soup

From Broadway child performer to movie musical star

From Broadway stage to independent film: the shape of Richard Gere's career

From Broadway to the Oscars: Robbins and the film of West Side Story

From Bruce Lee imitation to stunt comedy: how Jackie Chan found his style

From Budapest theater to Hollywood Westerns: the career of Andre de Toth

From bumbling prince to cunning schemer: how Blackadder changed after its first series

From Cabrini-Green to the sitcom: how Cooley High was made and reworked

From Canal+ and commercials to The Artist

From canceled radio show to record-setting podcast

From cannibal pitch to workplace comedy

From car mechanic to teacher of army film crews: how Victor Fleming learned the craft

From Cat Fancy to Catster: one name across a magazine and a website

From Charles Buchinsky to world box office star: how Europe made Charles Bronson

From chat show to film programme: Jonathan Ross and film culture on British television

From Chekhov and Dostoevsky to Cappadocia: the literary sources of Winter Sleep

From Chicago television documentaries to New Hollywood realism

From Chicago theatre to the films of Jeff Nichols

From cinema usher to film director: the movie-watching route of Bill Hader

From Columbia dialogue director to leading man: the long working life of Mel Ferrer

From comics writer to screen supplier: Mark Millar and Millarworld

From commercials to leading man: the early roles of Leonardo DiCaprio

From costume designer to MGM director: the road of Vincente Minnelli

From Crusaders to If....: how the film was written and shot

From dialogue writer to double Oscar director

From Disney contract star to Carpenter antihero

From Disney twin to teen idol: the three films that made Lindsay Lohan

From downtown film festival to many media: how Tribeca widened its scope

From Edgar Wallace's assistant to The Third Man

From Editing Stage to Marketing Label

From editor to director: the work of Lucile Hadžihalilović

From engineering graduate to Columbia director

From ER to Smokehouse: how Clooney built a career across television and film

From Eraserhead to Dune: how David Lynch moved between independence and studio control

From fan fiction to light novel: how Re:Zero was shaped

From film star to streaming-era producer

From Friends to streaming: Jennifer Aniston across television and film

From Grange Hill and radio drama to The English Patient

From graphic designer to Die Hard villain, and the long effort to outgrow the label

From greeting card art to toy campaign: how the Care Bears were launched