Directing

Look at a list of award-winning movies, and it’s easy to conclude that great art has to be serious. Important stories, told sincerely, tend to

Every movie needs a director, but only some directors are auteurs. Critics first identified this category in the mid-20th century, and it is still widely

East Asian cinema has a strange reputation in the West. Directors like Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike, and Takeshi Kitano are known for their more extreme

Alfred Hitchcock was born at the tail end of the 19th century, made his first film in 1925, and died in 1980. He was in

Steven Spielberg is the most important movie director of the last 50 years. He’s recognized for creating the summer blockbuster and has scored box office

Martin Scorsese has directed musicals, romcoms, documentaries, psychological thrillers, and biopics. Gangster movies make up a fraction of his decade-spanning career. Yet ask the average

Christopher Nolan is the most impressive director of his generation. His films are immensely popular, artfully made, and unflinchingly complex. This rare combination proves that

Barbie was the biggest movie of 2023. It made almost $1.5 billion at the box office and propelled director Greta Gerwig into the mainstream. This

Cinema is art. Movies are a business venture. Ridley Scott is one of the few directors who can straddle this line successfully. He brings us