Hidetoshi Nishijima and Toko Miura as Yusuke Kafuku and Misaki Watari standing next to the red Saab 900 Turbo in Hamaguchi's "Drive My Car."
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi is as surprised as anyone by the Oscars love for ‘Drive My Car’
Joachim Trier ripped up the rom-com script with ‘The Worst Person in the World.’ He could win an Oscar for it
Why this year’s Oscars could be a breakthrough for female cinematographers
Julia Ducournau directs Agathe Rouselle in a scene in "Titane."
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Julia Ducournau explains the crippling love beneath her beautiful dark twisted fantasy ‘Titane’

Leading Lights

South Korean writer Kim Eun-hee interviewed by CNN.
CNN
‘Kingdom’ creator Kim Eun-hee is leading South Korean drama into a new era
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10 things we learned about Muhammad Ali from Ken Burns’ epic documentary
Chalamet and Villeneuve share a joke on set.
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It’s Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ now
Destin Daniel Cretton directs Simu Liu on the set of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings."
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‘I could have really used a hero like this’: Destin Daniel Cretton discusses his Marvel debut and the ‘burden’ he carried into ‘Shang-Chi’

Festival Focus

A still from <i>Fire of Love</i> by Sara Dosa, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. All photos are copyrighted and may be used by press only for the purpose of news or editorial coverage of Sundance Institute programs. Photos must be accompanied by a credit to the photographer and/or 'Courtesy of Sundance Institute.' Unauthorized use, alteration, reproduction or sale of logos and/or photos is strictly prohibited.
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Sundance 2022: All the winners, deals and films you need to know about
Cannes Film Festival 2021: ‘Titane’ wins Palme d’Or; Julia Ducournau becomes second female director to win top prize
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Warner Bros.
TIFF 2021: Highlights from a film festival that entered the multiverse

Inside the Craft

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: Director and Screenplay writer Cary Joji Fukunaga attends the World Premiere of "NO TIME TO DIE" at the Royal Albert Hall on September 28, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Universal Pictures)
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‘If you showed how brutal life can be, you’d lose the audience’: Cary Joji Fukunaga reflects on ‘Beasts of No Nation’
A still image from Kevin Parry's skateboarding stop-motion animation.
Kevin Parry
The visual effects artist making ‘magic’ with video
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‘Squid Game’ director Hwang Dong-hyuk: ‘This is a story about losers’
Storm captured by photographer Mike Olbinski.
Mike Olbinski
Why storm chasing is ‘akin to an addiction’
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Ellis van Jason
The FPV drone pilots taking cameras where humans can’t go
Valerie Taylor with scuba equipment, 1964. (photo credit: Ron & Valerie Taylor)
Ron & Valerie Taylor
The fearless woman who filmed the real ‘Jaws’
2DBRFXT Tokyo, Japan. 17th Nov 2020. Naomi Kawase, November 17, 2020 : IOC President Thomas Bach visits the National Stadium (Olympic Stadium) for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Credit: Yohei Osada/AFLO SPORT/Alamy Live News Credit: Aflo Co. Ltd./Alamy Live News
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Naomi Kawase’s Olympic film promises to be like nothing you’ve ever seen before
A special effects artist applies zombie makeup to actor for the South Korean Netflix series, Kingdom.
Netflix
The special effects visionary behind South Korea’s zombie apocalypse