Vanity Fair: Notes On a Scene

On this episode of Vanity Fair's 'Notes on a Scene,' Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery and director Guy Ritchie take us through a scene from their new film ‘The Gentlemen.’

Writer and director of ‘Marriage Story’ Noah Baumbach takes us through the tense courtroom scene where Laura Dern and Ray Liotta are going head-to-head as divorce lawyers, fighting on behalf of Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. Baumbach explains the nuances of filming a scene that relies heavily on body language to communicate emotion and why he was deliberate with physical direction in the script.

On this episode of “Notes on a Scene,” star of ‘The Photograph' Issa Rae and writer-director Stella Meghie take us through Mae (Issa Rae) and Michael’s (Lakeith Stanfield) first date. To craft such an intimate scene, Stella explains the importance of Issa’s ad-libbed lines, the chemistry felt through their flirtatious banter, and how they set a strong romantic tone that carried through the rest of the film.

'Knives Out' director Rian Johnson takes us through the scene where Harlan Thrombey's dysfunctional family comes together before reading the crime novelist's will. Johnson explains all of the different quirks Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, and the rest of the cast brought to their performances and how this scene set the stage for the rest of the mystery to unfold.