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Mark Harris is a journalist and cultural historian. His most recent book, Mike Nichols: A Life, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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    The Indie Movie Market Is Being Badly MishandledVOD is the future of indie movies, so when will distributors give us audience numbers?
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    Lady Gaga Might Be Perfect for A Star Is BornLady Gaga surely knows a thing or two about the rough road that gets you from Esther Blodgett to Vicki Lester.
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    Actresses Over 60 Are the New Box-Office PowerhousesMeryl Streep is no longer an outlier defying conventional wisdom about the box-office viability of an actress north of 50; she’s part of a trend.
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    The Sequels of 2016 Aren’t About Storytelling; They’re Just Brand Extensions I don’t consider “sequel” a slur. But the impetus behind them has changed, and with it, their very nature.
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    Why Was Renewing Carmichael Show a Tough Call?Getting behind an acclaimed, newsmaking show with an all-black cast and decent enough ratings seems like a no-brainer.
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    Why Does Hollywood Keep Disrespecting Melissa McCarthy?There’s no cautionary tale more sobering than a movie star who makes five profitable movies in a row.
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    Can The Academy Really Diversify the Oscars?If the nomination roster next spring, or in 2019, or 2021, looks enough like America not to generate an OscarsSoAnything protest, that will be a victory.
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    Obsession With an Obsession: The Making of FoxcatcherThe Oscar contender about a du Pont heir’s dangerous fixation on two Olympic wrestlers.
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    How Spike Jonze Made the Timely Romance, HerAs with so many love stories, the making of the movie was equal parts turbulence and passion.
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    Inside the Making of Zero Dark ThirtyThey had eighteen months to turn the Bin Laden raid into a film.
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    Sorkin on The Newsroom and Sounding SmartThe banter auteur is back on the small screen after a sojourn in Hollywood. And in talking about television, he just can’t contain himself.
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    Jonah Hill on Moneyball, Idolizing Joe Pesci, and Being All Grown Up“I’m not living in a frat house with a bong plastered to the table.”
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    Social Network’s Justin Timberlake on His Acting“David, all of a sudden, said, ‘Now scream it at each other!’”
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    The Vulture Transcript: An In-Depth Chat With David Fincher“I felt like it was easy to do the Revenge of the Nerds version of this, but there was something more compelling about doing it this way … “