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Conversations | Rick McCallum




Producer Rick McCallum takes us behind the scenes on his Tuskegee Airmen action-biopic Red Tails. Plus, how he sniffs out directors and what’s holding up the Star Wars live-action TV series.

Conversations





Ryan Lee Is Ready

for His Medium Shot


At 15, he’s already “lit up” the screen in the Abrams-Spielberg sci-fi blockbuster Super 8 and put in work with comedy master Judd Apatow. But Lee says he’s just enjoying the ride — especially when it’s at high speeds, in reverse.

Television


Boardwalk Empire’s
Michael K. Williams


On the eve of his 45th birthday, the Brooklyn-native talks about partying with Puff, how he fashioned his role as a bootlegger on HBO’s Prohibition-era hit show, and what’s next.

Conversations



Jack Hill


The cult director on his nudie cutie days with Francis Ford Coppola, shooting actors (with real bullets) and why Quentin Tarantino thinks he’s the man.

Conversations




Davis Guggenheim


He gave us An Inconvenient Truth. Now he’s sounding alarms about the nation’s failing public school system with this year’s most talked about documentary, Waiting for “Superman.”