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Steven Mears

Frank at 100: Sinatra on Screen

By Steven Mears
July 27, 2015
Beyond the cool cat: a look at the performer’s stirring roles in a screen career still too often lost in the music

Review: The End of the Tour

By Steven Mears
June 30, 2015
(James Ponsoldt, U.S., 2015)

The Wonderful World of Welles: No Nuke Orson

By Steven Mears
May 15, 2015
In honor of the centennial of the actor/writer/director/cartoonist/activist/magician's birth, a rare project launched at Welles' alma mater

Short Takes: In the Name of My Daughter

By Steven Mears
April 24, 2015
(André Téchiné, France, 2014)

ND/NF Interview: Bill & Turner Ross

By Steven Mears
April 1, 2015
The big country: the brothers behind border documentary Western talk about today's John Waynes

Interview: Michael Almereyda

By Steven Mears
March 13, 2015
The writer/director returns to adapting Shakespeare (and working with Ethan Hawke) in his latest, Cymbeline

Interview: Benoît Jacquot

By Steven Mears
March 10, 2015
The director of Rendez-Vous selection 3 Hearts and Farewell, My Queen reminisces about Nouvelle Vague influences and working with Marguerite Duras

Interview: Riley Stearns

By Steven Mears
February 23, 2015
Cult leader: the director of Faults discusses his first feature, screening at Film Comment Selects, and the not-so-fine art of deprogramming

Interview: Alejandro G. Iñárritu

By Steven Mears
January 12, 2015
The director of Birdman and Amores Perros discusses artistic torment and the politics of superhero franchises

Interview: Morten Tyldum

By Steven Mears
January 2, 2015
Freaks and geeks: the director of The Imitation Game and Headhunters discusses his passion for history and outsiders

Short Takes: Unbroken

By Steven Mears
December 30, 2014
(Angelina Jolie, U.S., 2014)

Review: The Duke of Burgundy

By Steven Mears
December 30, 2014
(Peter Strickland, U.K., 2014)

Interview: Roger Deakins

By Steven Mears
December 22, 2014
True grain: the cinematographer for Unbroken and regular collaborator with the Coen Brothers discusses embracing chance and not being afraid of the dark

Interview: Mike Binder

By Steven Mears
December 12, 2014
Does Black or White confirm Kevin Costner's embrace of character actordom? A talk with the director of this timely race drama

Notebook: The Disappearance(s) of Eleanor Rigby

By Steven Mears
October 14, 2014
Choose your own adventure: the mystery of Ned Benson's triptych

Short Takes: The Two Faces of January

By Steven Mears
September 26, 2014
(Hossein Amini, U.K./U.S./France, 2014)

Strange Lands: International Sci-Fi (Part Two)

By Steven Mears
August 22, 2014
Spheres of influence: intergalactic follies with Soviet cult hit Kin-dza-dza! and East German space adventures Eolomea and In the Dust of the Stars

Short Takes: Begin Again

By Steven Mears
June 30, 2014
(John Carney, U.S., 2013)

Two from Open Roads

By Steven Mears
June 4, 2014
Young Adult: The Mafia Only Kills in Summer and Those Happy Years get at the heart of adolescence

Fassbinder Diary #4: From Death to Martha

By Steven Mears
May 30, 2014
Or, From Godard to Sirk: tracing the evolution of Fassbinder's style