Richard F. Shepard

Jun 27, 2024 | filmmakermagazine.com | Jonathan Lethem |Daniel Garber |Richard F. Shepard |Susan Seidelman

Internal Lives: Annie Baker on Janet Planet For a playwright, making their feature directorial debut comes with a certain degree of anticipatory hype, and the results are evaluated with a fine-toothed comb to make sure they aren’t too “wordy” or “stagey.” As with David Mamet’s House of Games, Kenneth Lonergan’s You Can Count on Me, John Patrick Shanley’s Joe Versus the Volcano or ​​Celine Song’s Past Lives, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker’s Janet Planet should put any fears to...

Jun 27, 2024 | filmmakermagazine.com | Richard F. Shepard

Click here to read our summer 2024 issue, featuring Jonathan Lethem in conversation with Between the Temples's Nathan Silver, Daniel Garber on how true crime series are edited and more...

Sep 20, 2023 | variety.com | Richard F. Shepard

"Valley Girl" Director: Martha Coolidge"Fast Times At Ridgemont High" Director: Amy HeckerlingOne of the best comedies of the 1980s, the romantic, funny, sweet and painfully honest "Valley Girl" is a perfect film to play on a double bill with the romantic, funny, sweet and painfully honest "Fast Times At Ridgemont High." Both feature incredible star-making performances: Sean Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh in "Fast Times", and Nicholas Cage in "Valley Girl".