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Tag: reality TV

How Watching The Real Housewives Made Me a Better Filmmaker

Film
By Noah Schamus | October 18, 2023
By Noah Schamus | October 18, 2023

How Watching The Real Housewives Made Me a Better Filmmaker

Writer-director Noah Schamus on the unlikely way Bravo’s reality TV franchise shaped their debut feature, Summer Solstice.

Play It Again, Kim: Keeping Up with the Kardashians is the 21st Century’s Casablanca

Film
By Alex Thompson | January 26, 2022
By Alex Thompson | January 26, 2022

Play It Again, Kim: Keeping Up with the Kardashians is the 21st Century’s Casablanca

Director Alex Thompson on why the maligned reality TV show has dominated his viewing and merits comparison with the great Hollywood classic.

What True Diversity Looks Like

Film
By Ken Mok | February 3, 2021
By Ken Mok | February 3, 2021

What True Diversity Looks Like

From America’s Next Top Model to his directorial debut The Right One, industry vet Ken Mok has been focused on everyone on the screen.

The Way We Get By: Bret Easton Ellis on The Hills and The Crown

Film
By Bret Easton Ellis | April 13, 2020
By Bret Easton Ellis | April 13, 2020

The Way We Get By: Bret Easton Ellis on The Hills and The Crown

The legendary novelist and screenwriter is turning to two very different TV shows as a way of finding a place of calm during coronavirus lockdown.

Tim Atlas Isn’t Just “That Guy from The Voice”

Music
By Tim Atlas | July 3, 2019
By Tim Atlas | July 3, 2019

Tim Atlas Isn’t Just “That Guy from The Voice”

The singer-songwriter-producer talks overcoming introversion and the stigma of reality TV.

How I Hit Rock Bottom in Reality TV and Found Myself as a Feminist Filmmaker

Film
By Dana Michelle Cook | January 12, 2017
By Dana Michelle Cook | January 12, 2017

How I Hit Rock Bottom in Reality TV and Found Myself as a Feminist Filmmaker

Dana Michelle Cook explains how an incident at a girls beauty pageant sparked the decision to transform her life and the work she was making.

Moving the Cultural Dial When Your “Issue” Has Been Hijacked

Film
By Eric Juhola | January 3, 2017
By Eric Juhola | January 3, 2017

Moving the Cultural Dial When Your “Issue” Has Been Hijacked

Eric Juhola, director of Growing Up Coy, on the need to focus on the human story behind the headlines in social issue documentaries.

Are the Olympics the Ultimate Reality TV Show?

Film
By Stuart Gordon | August 19, 2016
By Stuart Gordon | August 19, 2016

Are the Olympics the Ultimate Reality TV Show?

Stuart Gordon reflects on the gold-medal drama he's enjoyed by watching the U.S. gymnastics team at the current Olympic Games in Rio.

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