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David Fincher Thinks Jake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Jarhead’ Success Contributed To Their Friction During ‘Zodiac’

November 20, 2020 1:28 pm

David Fincher seems to be the first person to admit that he's not the easiest filmmaker to work with. That doesn't mean he's a terrible person or an awful director. From most accounts, it seems to be the exact...

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‘Freaky,’ ‘Fatman’ & David Fincher: The Good, The Bad & The Masterful [The Playlist Podcast]

Charles Barfield

November 13, 2020 2:37 pm

News, Podcasts

Happy Friday the 13th! Do people celebrate Friday the 13th? Or is it just the date that Jason Voorhees ventures to Camp Crystal Lake to murder debaucherous youth? Either way, it’s a significant date in terms o...

The Essentials: The 25 Best Movies About Serial Killers

The Playlist Staff

October 30, 2017 5:05 pm

Features, News

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From movies, documentaries, novels and non-fiction books to plays and podcasts, serial killers have fascinated in pretty much every medium possible. The mind of a killer, their disturbing motivations, their oft...

The Invisible Details Of David Fincher’s Films

Julia Teti

October 10, 2017 3:00 pm

News

David Fincher is a cinematic obsessive. His films are executed with aesthetic precision, and his characters are detectives, calculated killers, and geniuses doggedly pursuing their goals with a relentlessness t...

David Fincher Talks ‘Mindhunter,’ Lessons Learned From ‘Zodiac’ & More On ‘Charlie Rose’

Kevin Jagernauth

October 10, 2017 9:08 am

News, Television

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We hope you don't have anywhere to go this weekend, because on Friday, David Fincher returns with ten episodes of "Mindhunter." Both executive producer and director on the Netflix series, the show brings the fi...

The 50 Best Crime Movies Of The 21st Century So Far

Oliver Lyttelton

June 27, 2017 2:45 pm

Features, News

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If you go and see “Baby Driver” this weekend expecting another gag-heavy comedy in the vein of Edgar Wright’s earlier films, you’ll likely be in a shock. The absolutely tremendous car-chase-musical (read our re...

BBC’s 100 Greatest Films Of The 21st Century List Includes ‘Tree Of Life,’ ‘Mulholland Drive,’ ‘The Dark Knight,’ More

Kevin Jagernauth

August 23, 2016 9:12 am

News

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Generally speaking, if you've seen one "greatest films of all time" list, you've seen them all, with the top choices usually containing some configuration of "Citizen Kane," "The Godfather," and "Vertigo." Hist...

Supercut Examination Of David Fincher’s Long Shots Goes The Distance

Ryan Oliver

June 16, 2016 2:58 pm

News

Cold. Calculating. Nihilistic. Lurid. All of these descriptions have been used to describe the work of David Fincher. We’re all familiar with the smooth camera pans, the blue-grey color palette and the shocking...