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Have you heard the one where Bradley Cooper does impressions of both Clint Eastwood and Sienna Miller? During the recent Envelope Directors Roundtable, the conversation turned to rehearsal and how

Directors Blitz Bazawule ('The Color Purple'), Bradley Cooper ('Maestro'), Michael Mann ('Ferrari'), Alexander Payne ('The Holdovers'), Celine Song ('Past Lives') and Justine Triet ('Anatomy of a Fall') on how they do what they do.

The directors at this year's Envelope Roundtable -- Rian Johnson, Jordan Peele, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Maria Schrader, Charlotte Wells and Florian Zeller -- found shared experiences.

Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The Sundance Film Festival is now underway, and even with a smaller program and mostly virtual events, it has still sent bolts of excitement through the air. New movies! Fresh filmmakers! As it should be. Advertisement Festival organizers have quite shrewdly leaned into all the ways this year can be not just unusual but special, crafting a unique online experience from waiting rooms to scree...