Book Excerpt: A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda by Carrie Rickey | Features

When Varda approached Resnais for help, he asked to see her screenplay. Immediately she delivered one to him at his place on rue des Plantes, a fifteen- minute stroll from rue Daguerre. After reading it, the future director of the classic drama Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) declined politely by letter. “Your research is too close … Read more

Roland Emmerich says Stargate franchise rights issues are too complicated to deal with

Although Roland Emmerich was interested in making a new Stargate trilogy a decade ago, he now says the rights are too complicated Back in 1994, writer/director Roland Emmerich and co-writer Dean Devlin brought us the sci-fi adventure film Stargate, a box office hit that launched a franchise, being followed by multiple TV shows, books, comic … Read more