directors

How Mike Mills Made a Great Movie About Fatherhood by Focusing on an Uncle

‘C’mon C’mon’ follows a middle-aged bachelor as he’s forced to take care of his nephew. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker talks to MEL about why he’s okay with all of his movies ending up being about family — although sometimes even he hates how much of a double Pisces he is

The ‘Rocky IV’ Director’s Cut Is Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Citizen Kane’

The longtime action star and sometimes director looked deep into his soul in an effort to add dramatic heft to a new cut of the fourth installment of his famed ‘Rocky’ series

Paul Thomas Anderson Has Found Happiness

With ‘Licorice Pizza,’ the one-time enfant terrible continues to map a new course toward contentment without sacrificing any of his artistic ambition

Kenneth Branagh Shocked the World With ‘Henry V.’ Then He Had to Live Up to It

That acclaimed 1989 film has cast a long shadow across the rest of the actor-director's career. Did he betray his early promise? Or do we expect too much from boy wonders?