STRANGE INDEED: ‘DOCTOR STRANGE’ TREADS NEW TERRITORY
When Scott Derrickson auditioned for the coveted job of making Doctor Strange for Marvel Studios, he proposed a series of visual effects that would surpass Christopher Nolan’s eye-popping work in Inception. Then, he admits, came the challenge of reverse-engineering…
‘LOVING’ IS THE REAL DEAL
The irony of this movie’s title was not lost on writer-director Jeff Nichols. It inspired him to craft a screenplay about a landmark civil rights case that spends almost no time on marches, demonstrations, or confrontations. That’s because the…
MOONLIGHT TRULY SHINES
Every young author is encouraged to “write what you know,” and it’s a particular brand of cut-to-the-bone honesty that makes Moonlight so arresting. Its portrait of life in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami feels real because it is.…
