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Elaine May is directing a Mike Nichols documentary for PBS, THR reports:
Roughly six decades after she teamed with Mike Nichols to form one of comedy’s most influential duos, Elaine May has again signed on for a Nichols project. Ms. May will direct an “American Masters” documentary about the acclaimed director, who died in November 2014 at 83. The film will debut on PBS on Jan. 29 to kick off the 30th season of “American Masters.”
Watch a discussion with Frederick Wiseman at NYFF for his fantastic In Jackson Heights:
Vulture‘s Kyle Buchanan on the 100 women directors Hollywood should be hiring:
We’ve compiled a list of the best and brightest female directors in the industry, very few of whom are afforded the same major opportunities as their male counterparts. Some are promising up-and-comers, while others are award-winning veterans. Their talents run the gamut from comedy to drama, and from action to arthouse. Contrary to what Hollywood would have you believe, it wasn’t hard to assemble such an enormous list of smart, eminently hireable female directors. The only difficult part was culling it down to just 100.
Watch John Hillcoat‘s new video for Bob Dylan‘s Visions of Johanna:
Mad Men‘s Matthew Weiner shares his top 10 Criterion titles:
Matthew Weiner is the award-winning creator, writer, and executive producer of the series Mad Men. About the process of compiling his Criterion Top 10, Weiner wrote, “I’m not a big fan of lists and it’s even harder when you peruse the Criterion Collection and see some of the landmarks not just of cinema but of Western culture. I’ve chosen to put this list in chronological order, rather than any kind of ranking, and assume that all Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, and Max Ophuls are essentials and on another list all by themselves.”
Watch a 30-minute talk with Benicio del Toro on Sicario:
AV Club‘s Noel Murray on The Babadook, It Follows, and the new age of unbeatable horror:
There’s an old saying that one is an example, two is a coincidence, and three is a trend. That’s especially true when it comes to horror, where either because of synchronicity or cold commercial calculation, trends bubble up seemingly overnight, and then dominate the genre for years. One slasher film is an anomaly. Two? Well, sometimes minds—great or otherwise—think alike. But if there’s three? Brace for the glut.