The Film Festival Court of Controversy: How Festivals Moderate Discussions Before Films Reach Theaters
In the world of studio and independent filmmaking circa 2016, anything goes so frequently, and in such gauche, boundary-demolishing fashion, that Cole Porter is most...
The Lay of the VR Landscape: How Does a Moviemaker Approach Virtual Reality – Without Holding it Back?
In case you didn’t notice, virtual reality (VR) content has graduated from sideshow curiosity to the center ring. Sundance 2016’s New Frontiers section boasted more...
The Hook-Up: The Unique, NSFW-ish Research Process Behind Amateur Night [Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Pictures]
Lisa Addario and I met in college and decided to become partners, first in writing, then in sex, then in marriage. After graduation, we both...
How to Shoot Virtual Reality: Seven Basics to Launch You Toward Virtual Virtuosity
What works and what doesn’t on a virtual reality set? The technology has landed at a price point accessible to low-budget independent moviemakers, and for...
Tribute to the Tramp: Vevey’s Chaplin’s World Museum Honors the Legacy of a Cinema Great
Serious students of the silent screen have a new spot to visit on the Swiss Riviera north of Montreux: a new museum near Lake Geneva...
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(More) Essential Moviemaking Podcasts: Five Laudable Audibles for Your Educational Pleasure
Directing is a fairly strange craft to try to learn, in part because you rarely get a chance to watch other directors at work. Determined moviemakers exhaust all the...
1Inside the Issue: Festivals
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2017
Are film festivals getting better? That is, are they providing you—independent moviemakers—more of the things you want and need? I think they are. After all, it makes sense: With...
11Inside the Issue: Producing
How to Always Deliver: Denise Di Novi on Gilding a Package, Dealing With the Artistic Temperament and Sniffing Out Hits
Denise Di Novi has forged a moviemaking career by avoiding the kind of carelessness that often bankrupted her peers. Instead, she developed and refined a keen sense for emotional...