A still from director Sam Mendes' "1917." (Courtesy Universal Pictures) One of the most important lessons I learned in film school came during the first week of a class called “Directing the Camera.” ...

For Roger Deakins, shooting “1917” was like playing a game of chess. For a sequence set in a bombed-out French village that served as one of several jaw-dropping set pieces in Sam Mendes’ film, for ...

Sam Mendes turns a family story from the Great War into a terrifyingly immersive movie experience, even if it does cheat a bit. Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, ...

A new featurette on ‘1917,’ out this Christmas, gives you an idea of how difficult it is to create the appearance of one long take. What: A featurette about a promising, innovative new war film, made ...

Sam Mendes is returning to the war genre for the first time since 2005’s “Jarhead” with the upcoming Universal Pictures drama “1917.” The World War I drama marks the filmmaker’s first directorial ...

EXCLUSIVE: Landing in New York Friday night on a UK flight before a whirlwind weekend where he is unveiling 1917 to guild members here and in Los Angeles, Sam Mendes gave Deadline his first one-on-one ...

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and ...

Of course, Sam Mendes isn’t the first director to bring the horror of World War I to the screen with his Golden Globe-winning “1917.” opening Friday. Here are five other productions, two of which were ...

James Bond director Sam Mendes wants to put audiences right in the center of World War I with his new war movie 1917. To do that, he shot the movie in one long, perfectly choreographed shot. In a ...