How director Dee Rees braved mud and mozzies to bring Mississippi’s grim past to life
THINGS WENT SOUTH in every sense on Dee Rees’ new Mississippi-set drama, Mudbound. “It was absolutely muddy,” laughs the director of a shoot in the sweltering boondocks outside New Orleans. “Between the waders, the mosquitos and the heat, we were always uncomfortable. One of the producers sent me a picture from the set where I’m in ripped jeans and a bandana, and I wondered how we survived it.”
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Jungle Boogie
They Could Have Shot Their Monster Movie in a Green Screen Chamber. Instead,the Makers of Kong:skull Island Journeyed Into Some of Earth’s Most Far-flung Corners. And Empire Tagged Along, Every Glorious, Snake-infested Step of the Way.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Franchise’s First Stand-alone Instalment, Sends a Squad on an Impossible Mission, and Is Star Wars’ Biggest Change-up Yet.
To The Max
The Future of Hollywood? Or a Brat Who’s Lucked Out? Prolific, Hyperactive Wunderkind Screenwriter Max Landis Welcomes Us Into His World.
Adapt Or Die
Michael Fassbender and Justin Kurzel, the Duo Behind Assassin's Creed, Think They've Finally Found the Secret to a Great Video-game Adaptation: Treat It Like Shakespeare.
Choosing Life
The years drifted by. The players drifted apart. But despite all the odds, Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie are finally back in T2 Trainspotting, a sequel with a surprising link to The Likely Lads.
The Seven Year Switch
After a long break, comic actor Adam Sandler gets serious again in The Meyerowitz Stories
The Rite Stuff
The makers of The Ritual’s five steps to creating a British Blair Witch Project
Alpha Female
Her race to the big screen has lasted an astonishing 75 years. But the indomitable WONDER WOMAN's journey is almost at an end.
The Vault
The Vault
The Jedi Returns
Once the Golden Boy of the Rebellion, Luke Skywalker Is Now a Hermit on a Far-far-away Planet. Can Plucky Padawan Rey Persuade Him to Return to the Fray? Director Rian Johnson and Star Mark Hamill Set the Scene for Star Wars: The Last Jedi