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'Willow' at 35: How George Lucas enlisted his 'American Graffiti' star Ron Howard to direct follow-up to 'Star Wars' trilogy
Ron Howard says he had "nothing to fear" in career after fantasy's challenging 137-day shoot.
M. Night Shyamalan on the 'power' of Bruce Willis, the movie he bet his house on, and his one film people watch on their deathbeds
With "Knock at the Cabin" arrring in theaters, M. Night Shyamalan looks back at his entire filmography, including "The Sixth Sense," "Unbreakable," "The Village," "Lady in the Water," and "The Visit."
Alejandro G. Iñárritu on filming Michael Keaton in his underwear in Times Square, Leo’s ‘Revenant’ reservations and discovering Gael García Bernal
The two-time Best Director winner shares memories from the making of "21 Grams," "Birdman," "The Revenant" and more.
'Far and Away' at 30: Ron Howard looks back at Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's 'honeymoon project'
"Far and Away" director Ron Howard looks back at one of his most personal films.
From 'Independence Day' to 'Moonfall,' Roland Emmerich keeps obliterating Earth — but don't call him 'the master of disaster'
Roland Emmerich talks disaster flicks, Heath Ledger smoking "a lot of stuff" while filming "The Patriot," and why Will Smith didn’t return for "Independence Day 2."
'127 Hours' turns 10: Danny Boyle looks back at infamous amputation scene
"That was the idea of the film: Can we get the audience to that point where they think, ‘Do it. Just do it,'?" Danny Boyle says about the most infamous moment in "127 Hours."
EntertainmentYahoo Movies'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' at 35: How a tragic death almost kept George Miller from completing his original trilogy
The Australian filmmaker talks about the tragic death that preceded his third "Mad Max" film.
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'Apollo 13' at 25: Ron Howard explains how Steven Spielberg helped him solve the space drama's daunting gravity issue
Ron Howard says Steven Spielberg inspired a game-changing decision made on space drama "Apollo 13."
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'Gremlins 2' at 30: Director Joe Dante talks 'crazy, manic movie' and contributions of Rick Baker and Christopher Lee
From a massive budget to Lee's formidable mad scientist, Dante shares memories from making the beloved sequel on its 30th anniversary.
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Director's Reel: Rian Johnson reflects on the legacy of 'The Last Jedi' at the end of the Skywalker Saga
The "Knives Out" director shares his memories and insights into some of the movies — and TV episodes — he’s directed over the course of his still-young career.
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Director's Reel: James Cameron on 'Terminator' tech, 'Aliens' action, 'Titanic' endings, 'Avatar' flight and 'True Lies' at 25
Oscar-winning filmmaker also shares rare behind-the-scenes stories about "The Terminator," "Titanic," "Aliens" and "Avatar" in our exclusive "Director's Reel" interview.
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Director's Reel: Danny Boyle Talks 'Trainspotting,' '28 Days Later,' 'Slumdog Millionaire,' and More
Many qualities bind the eclectic films of Danny Boyle: highly stylized aesthetics, great soundtracks, the introduction of future stars (Ewan McGregor, Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Dev Patel), and, perhaps above all, constant pulses of energy. Boyle had a heap of U.K. theater productions and TV movies to his credit when he attained international acclaim with the 1994 black comedy-thriller Shallow Grave. While the Hitchcockian murder tale (which Boyle admitted was “stolen from the Coen brothers'” breakout Blood Simple) put him on the map, it was the 1996 adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel Trainspotting — about a group of heroin addicts living the high life in Edinburgh — that truly established the director’s style.
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Director's Reel: Paul Verhoeven on Arnold's fate in 'Total Recall,' THAT Sharon Stone 'Basic Instinct' scene and more
Paul Verhoeven is accustomed to pushing moviegoers out of their comfort zones. The Netherlands-born director has crafted some of Hollywood’s most provocative blockbusters, from RoboCop to Starship Troopers. Since premiering at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, Elle has received rave reviews as well as more measured reactions for its depiction of a woman who doesn’t exactly follow traditional societal norms.
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Director's Reel: Ron Howard Talks 'Splash,' 'Cocoon,' 'Apollo 13,' and More
It’s hard to say which is more impressive: how many great films Ron Howard has directed over the past three-plus decades, or how eclectic his filmography has been. He’s dabbled in the supernatural (Splash, Cocoon, Willow) and the historical (Far and Away, Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon). He’s directed a Best Picture-winning biopic (A Beautiful Mind) and a box office-reigning kiddie flick (How the Grinch Stole Christmas). He’s captured the American family in its everyday quirks (Parenthoood) and during extreme duress (Ransom). ...
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Director's Reel: Edward Zwick Looks Back on Denzel Washington's 'Glory' Moment, Matt Damon's Breakthrough in 'Courage Under Fire,' and More
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back reunites director Edward Zwick with the actor he describes as the “hardest-working man in show business” — Tom Cruise. Not that Zwick is a slouch in the work department either. For the past three decades, he’s balanced an extensive filmography with a prolific television career. We discussed nine of Zwick’s movies for our Yahoo Movies Director’s Reel, starting with 1986’s About Last Night and culminating in 2016’s Never Go Back, which continues the adventures of the ex-military officer.
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Director's Reel: Kevin Smith on the Colorful History of the Black-and-White Sensation 'Clerks'
While promoting his new Yoga Hosers, Kevin Smith came into our studios to shoot an episode of Director’s Reel — Yahoo Movies’ series where filmmakers talk us through their career highlights. But if you’re a fan of Smith you already know the man can outtalk the talkiest talkers in Talk Land, and we only slightly regret to tell you that our attempt at moving through the director’s filmography failed miserably.
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Stephen Frears Director's Reel: The 'Florence Foster Jenkins' Director on 'Dangerous Liaisons,' 'The Queen,' and Making Meryl Streep Sing Badly
How do you celebrate your 45th year as a feature filmmaker? Well, if you’re veteran Stephen Frears, the answer is obvious: Work with Meryl Streep. Florence Foster Jenkins, which opens on Aug. 12, represents the first collaboration between America’s most celebrated actress and England’s most versatile director. Since making his feature debut in 1971 with the Albert Finney crime drama, Gumshoe, Frears’s career has spanned four decades and multiple genres. ...
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Director's Reel: Richard Linklater Looks Back at 'Dazed and Confused,' the 'Before' Trilogy, and More
Talky but never boring. Cool but never pretentious. Personal but never exclusionary. Defiant but never disaffected. Funny but never too daffy. Always backed by a kick-ass soundtrack.
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Director's Reel: Spike Lee on the Prescience of 'Do the Right Thing,' the 'Mockery' of Denzel's 'Malcolm X' Oscar Loss, and More
Spike Lee’s public persona — as an activist, as a provocateur, as a mouthpiece against injustice, and as New York’s No. 1 Knicks fan — sometimes threatens to overshadow his tremendous accomplishments as a filmmaker. Remarkably, Lee — who was awarded an honorary Oscar in November for his considerable career achievements — has never been nominated for a Best Director Academy Award, nor has ever had a Best Picture contender (he was nominated for Best Screenplay for Do the Right Thing, and for Best Documentary for 4 Little Girls). Lee has garnered his best reviews in years for his film, Chi-Raq (on Blu-ray and DVD Jan. 26), a drama that remixes Aristophanes’s Lysistrata with modern-day gang warfare in Chicago.
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Director's Reel: Joe Dante Shares Stories From 'Gremlins,' 'The 'Burbs,' and More
The 68-year-old filmmaker has had a colorful filmmaking career in the past several decades, directing creatures and humans in such favorites as Gremlins (and its beloved sequel), Innerspace, The 'Burbs, Explorers, and Piranha.
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Director's Reel: Robert Rodriguez on His Evolution from 'El Mariachi' to 'Sin City'
Robert Rodriguez’s breakout story is the movie industry equivalent of a garage band getting signed on the strength of the lo-fi cassette recording. “I did it as a practice film,” he said of the $7,000-budgeted El Mariachi, the Mexican-set thriller he released in 1992. “I didn’t know it was ever going to be seen by people.” That “practice film,” as he calls it, made its way to festivals in Telluride, Toronto, Sundance and Berlin, putting Rodriguez firmly on the map.