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The Game of Thrones prequel continues to shine with compelling politics and standout performances from its ensemble cast.

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L.A.-based filmmaker Noam Kroll is currently working on his second feature. He keeps a production blog at his website NoamKroll.com. In this blog post, he writes about focusing on characters in order ...