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Francis Ford Coppola

How Francis Ford Coppola Taught Me to Build, Not Just Direct

Janek Ambros on how studying the iconic director - and getting personal advice from Coppola himself - has guided him in his film career.

February 5, 2026

Continuum: Breakfast Paintings by Keith Maitland

Dear Mr. Brody director Keith Maitland shares the images he's created of his favorite directors, with written sketches to accompany each one.

May 4, 2022

“The Seed is Planted, The Terror Grows”

Patrick Lussier on his thematic preoccupation with paranoia, both in his new movie Trick and in two longstanding favorites.

October 15, 2019

Coppola Just Premiered The Cotton Club Encore — and It’s a Masterpiece

Jim Hemphill, just back from the Telluride Film Festival, reports on the revelatory new version of one of the great director's most troubled movies.

September 6, 2017

Underrated/Overlooked: Jim Hemphill on The Duel

Jim Hemphill champions one of the most ambitious (and satisfying) movies of 2016, a wildly original Western that defies expectations at all turns.

November 15, 2016