Filmmaker Michael Moore released his latest documentary for free on the Internet on Tuesday, marking a first for the maverick director who aims to encourage young people to vote — preferably for Democrats — in November’s U.S. presidential election.
“Slacker Uprising,” a feature-length film documenting Moore’s tour of swing states during the 2004 presidential election year, [...]

Shuttling between independent and studio pictures since helming 1993’s successful “The Joy Luck Club,” Wayne Wang has seen his latter career marked by a distinct duality of purpose. It’s no surprise then that the filmmaker recently chose to shoot two divergent low-budget movies back to back, then release them almost simultaneously as companion pieces.
Making the [...]

Some writers encamp at coffee shops. Others lug their laptops to leafy parks or hushed university libraries. When D.J. Caruso came to Los Angeles, though, he found some of his best creative hours were spent amid the hustle and bustle of Union Station. Watching the parade of people with suitcases and train tickets spurred his [...]

When playwright Neil LaBute broke through in the film world with his 1997 low-budget hit “In the Company of Men,” here’s how the business worked: Studios sought out new talent and would work these filmmakers into their plans.
Now, as LaBute noted recently over lunch downtown, the process is reversed: The filmmaker is the one trying to conform [...]

David Lean was famous for his perfectionism, and like every director afflicted with that quality he didn’t — couldn’t — make perfect movies. His films betray the anxiety of their making. He also couldn’t make many. He completed just 16 in his long career, a paltry 4 in the 30-plus years that followed the great international [...]

Celebrated French-Swiss “New Wave” film director Jean-Luc Godard was persuaded out of retirement to direct a publicity trailer for Vienna’s international film festival, the event’s director said.
In an interview with the Austrian magazine Profile to be published on Monday, Hans Hurch said he had been “trying hard for 10 years” to get the 78-year-old to [...]

It’s a big month for Alan Ball. The Oscar-winning writer of “American Beauty” and creator of “Six Feet Under” is enjoying the recent premiere of a new series, “True Blood,” on HBO. And ” Towelhead,” his feature film directorial debut, hit theaters on Friday.
On the surface, the two projects couldn’t be more different. Based on [...]

They’ve written every sort of bonehead, nitwit and lamebrain imaginable in both comic and tragic form in such films as “Raising Arizona,” “Fargo,” “The Big Lebowski” and “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
Yet they may have topped themselves for siring simpletons with the dark comedy “Burn After Reading,” which stars usual Coen suspects George Clooney, Frances [...]

Tyler Perry fans were already pumped as they arrived at a local theater for a free preview screening of “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys.” They didn’t expect to also get Tyler Perry himself.
The tall author, playwright and director, relaxed in a Yankees baseball cap, joked and took questions from the audience. 
“The critics have never [...]

TAKEHOLLYWOOD.COM asks five questions to blockbuster director Jon Turteltaub whose credits include Instinct, Phenomenon and National Treasure I & II.
In this raw and highly entertaining interview, Mr. Turteltaub lays out the difficult and beautiful relationship between actor and director as well as truly invaluable advice for young actors about breaking into the business.
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