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Sight, Sound and Fury: The Tribe Gives New Meaning to “Must-See”
“Like magic.” That’s how Ukrainian director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy describes the intricate, lightning-quick articulations of sign language. It’s also a fitting description of his stunning first...
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10 Classic Films and What You Can Steal From Them: Courtesy of The Wolfpack
Watching movies is escape: It’s a tired cliché, but one brought hauntingly to life in first-time director Crystal Moselle’s startling documentary, The Wolfpack. The film centers on the six Angulo...
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Film School Alumni Advice: Dope Director Rick Famuyiwa
When MovieMaker asked a range of successful indie filmmakers to participate in our Film School Roundtable article for our upcoming Summer issue, we received a wide range of insightful, hilarious, and...
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A Poem is a Naked Person: The Late Blooming of Les Blank’s Final Verse
On a naked corner in the American South, a young black girl boosts herself up on a yellow fire hydrant, leaning into the fence that she climbs. Edging along the top of the metal chain link, she leans...
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The Meth Cooks of Michoacán: Venturing into the Dark in Cartel Land
Cartel Land is about vigilantes on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border who are combating a common enemy – the violent and ruthless Mexican drug cartels. Much of the film is set in the Mexican state of...
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Independence Transcendent: With the iPhone-Shot Tangerine, Sean Baker Makes...
If the phrase “independent film” has in recent years felt problematic to you, with one-time rebels “going studio” and A-listers populating your neighborhood film festival, Sean Baker’s Tangerine is...
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Baby, You’re the One(r): How 10.000 KM Nailed the 23-Minute Opening Take
10.000 KM opens on a couple, Alex (Natalia Tena) and Sergi (David Verdaguer), making love in their bedroom, early morning in Barcelona. Post-coitus, they talk about having a baby together. They go...
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Archiving Anarchy: No One Will Save Your Film But You
What’s the most important moviemaking step you’re completely forgetting? Maybe it’s saving your film. If you’re a filmmaker reading this, you’re likely lugging around a day job and a script. Or maybe...
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The Tao of Apatow: the Comedy Moviemaker on Riding Out Career Highs and Lows
No doubt about it: “Apatowian” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as “Hitchcockian.” Or “Hawksian.” Or even “Chaplinesque.” But that hasn’t stopped many critics, bloggers and civilian movie buffs...
View ArticleFilm School Alumni Advice: The Stranger Director Guillermo Amoedo
When MovieMaker asked a range of successful indie filmmakers to participate in our Film School Roundtable article for our upcoming Summer issue, we received a wide range of insightful, hilarious, and...
View ArticleWhere Are the Agents of Change? A Primer on the ACLU’s Investigation into...
When director and Transparent creator Jill Soloway delivered her fiery, uproarious keynote address to the graduating students of the AFI Conservatory Directing Workshop for Women back in May, she...
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Film v.s. Digital: Is the Expense of Shooting on Film a Misconception?
You know the reasons you want to shoot your next film on film. Film looks better. Film gets crews and actors to focus. Film lasts. But prepare to face the naysayers—and there’ll be many. How feasible...
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A Cinema of Confrontation: With The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer Ekes...
Over the years, many filmmakers have redefined documentary. Few, however, have composed a new vocabulary for the medium as systematically as Joshua Oppenheimer. Talk with him for even a brief while...
View ArticleFilm School Alumni Advice: Runoff Director Kimberly Levin
When MovieMaker asked a range of successful indie filmmakers to participate in our Film School Roundtable article for our upcoming Summer issue, we received a wide range of insightful, hilarious, and...
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Film School Roundtable: The Guide to Getting the Most Out of Film School
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A recent film school graduate enters the industry with wide eyes, big dreams and so many stories to tell he can’t wait to get started. Six months later he’s living...
View ArticleFilm School Alumni Advice: Live From New York! Director Bao Nguyen
When MovieMaker asked a range of successful indie filmmakers to participate in our Film School Roundtable article for our upcoming Summer issue, we received a wide range of insightful, hilarious, and...
View ArticleFilm School Alumni Advice: American Horror Story Executive Producer James Wong
When MovieMaker asked a range of successful indie filmmakers to participate in our Film School Roundtable article for our Summer 2015 issue, we received a wide range of insightful, hilarious, and...
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Film School Alumni Advice: Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman of Ten...
When MovieMaker asked a range of successful indie filmmakers to participate in our Film School Roundtable article for our Summer 2015 issue, we received a wide range of insightful, hilarious, and...
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