Filmmaker Sam Mendes is overseeing multiple movies about The Beatles, here's what we know about them so far.
Sam Mendes is making four movies about The Beatles. Here are some of the big moments I want to see.
Sam Mendes comments on how difficult it was to direct two James Bond films, and how it may be hard for the franchise to move on from Daniel Craig.
A bigger picture comes into focus upon closer inspection.
Mulan filmmaker Niki Caro has signed on to direct Beautiful Ruins for Sam Mendes' Neal Street banner and Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners, the studio announced Tuesday. The film is based on Jess Walter's bestselling novel, and will be adapted by scribes Mark Hammer and Chiara Atik, working off an earlier draft from Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. Set in an Italian seaside village in 1962, the story follows a charming young man who runs a hotel with no guests -- that is, until an American starlet -- Elizabeth Taylor, I presume -- arrives fresh from the set of Cleopatra and …
To hype up the impending 4K Blu-ray release of the Oscar-winning film 1917, Universal has shared a 10-minute preview clip of the film’s director commentary track with Sam Mendes. And if you’re here on this website reading that sentence, that means you are quaking with excitement to hear what Mendes has to say about the making of the remarkable war movie. The video jumps around the movie to give us Mendes’ insights on a few different key scenes, such as the explosion in the German trench bunker, the chaotic plane crash, and the film’s …
1917 awed audiences around the world, and, for those who found it to be one of the year's best films, here are 10 similar must-see movies.
The director of 1917 has a theory about why his film has struck a chord with audiences.
The Directors Guild of America Awards were held last night, and one of the most reliable predictors of Oscar success has crowned Sam Mendes with its highest achievement in feature film directing. Mendes, who won this award in 1999 for American Beauty, bested Bong Joon-ho (Parasite), Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Martin Scorsese (The Irishman), and Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) to take home the top prize for his work in bringing the World War I film 1917 to the screen. The “one-take” movie was a late-comer to the Oscar race but has been steamrolling …
From American Beauty to recent war film 1917, Sam Mendes is a legendary director. Today, we're checking out his ten best films via Rotten Tomatoes.
Sam Mendes dedicated his new film to his grandfather.
One product can end up influencing a completely different one.
1917 isn't quite "one shot."
Sam Mendes is the odds-on favorite to win Best Director at the 2020 Oscars for his WWI epic 1917 (which was designed to look like a single take).
More on the process behind this year's Golden Globe winning drama.
You’ve no doubt heard plenty of filmmakers bemoan the impending death of the theatrical experience - now that we’re fully in the streaming era, and platforms like Amazon Prime and Netflix are offering up A-list original films from big name directors like Martin Scorsese, it’s harder to justify driving out to a dark room full of strangers and spending up to $20 for a single ticket to a movie you can’t pause or rewind. But director Sam Mendes, whose most recent film 1917 just won Best Motion Picture - Drama at the Golden Globes, doesn’t think …
We interview 1917 director Sam Mendes about his inspiration for making the new war film and the story's themes of friendship.
1917 is freaking stunning. The new war drama from director Sam Mendes boasts truly extraordinary work from legendary DP Roger Deakins, including a shot so iconically Deakinsy (Deakinsian?) I literally yelped at the splendor of it -- that takes you on a relentless and unflinching fight for survival through World War I. Oh, and it's all shot to look like a single take; a creative decision that's never as distracting or gimmicky is it sounds thanks to Deakins and Mendes' impeccable eye for composition, extremely well-hidden cuts, and the emotional impact of never letting you escape the moment …
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