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Quiz: Can You Guess the Film From the Saul Bass Title Sequence?
On May 8, 1920, Hollywood’s most influential graphic designer, Saul Bass, was born. Over the course of four decades, Bass designed some of the most...
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Still Worth the Fare: Taxi Driver Screens at Tribeca Film Festival to Celebrate its 40th Anniversary
The Tribeca Film Festival nearly stopped all traffic for the 40th anniversary of Taxi Driver at the Beacon Theater on April 21, 2016. A...
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Op Ed: The Tribeca Precedent and the Framing of Vaxxed
The following Op Ed was submitted to MovieMaker Magazine by its author, Philippe Diaz of Cinema Libre Studio. As the leading magazine devoted to independent film we...
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A Script Is No Longer Enough: Why First-Time Feature Directors Must Make a Proof-of-Concept
For anyone who’s just purchased their first copy of Final Draft, the notion of the spec script still feels like the equivalent of a modern-day...
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Subscription Offer: With Code GREENROOM, Unlock Two-for-One Subs, eBooks and Green Room Merchandise
Raising the stakes. That’s what moviemaker Jeremy Saulnier does so well in his new film Green Room (read our full cover story here)… and we’re...
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Inside the Issue: Directing
Welcome to the Doghouse: With Wiener-Dog, the Idiosyncratic Todd Solondz is Sticking to Old Tricks
Todd Solondz is a polarizing moviemaker, to be sure, but no one can deny that the man has a distinctive style. His last film, 2011’s Dark Horse, and his...
Inside the Issue: Festivals
Festival, Review Thyself: Review Site Film Fest Finder Lets You Be the Judges of the Circuit
You don’t need to be reminded that it can be tough to decide on which film festivals are worth the entry fee, which is why MovieMaker’s editors compile our...
Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: How Swiss Army Man Pulled Off That Fart-Powered Jet-Ski Daniel Radcliffe Corpse
Winter of 2011, my writing and directing partner, Daniel Kwan (the other half of Daniels, the name we go by professionally), pitched to me this idea: a man riding...