Life After “Saturday Night Live”

by Mallory Potosky | Published Apr. 25, 2008

Baby Mama, Fey and Poehler Life isn't always too kind to those who choose to depart late night sketch show "Saturday Night Live." Some, like Bill Murray, end up leading a comic revolution while others just can't seem to land a role that fits. This week, in honor of the release of Baby Mama, MM takes a look at the what the future holds for "SNL" graduates and their devoted audiences. (No comments yet)

Ed Burns and iTunes: A Match Made in Heaven

By Jennifer M. Wood with Andrew Gnerre

Twelve years and seven directorial efforts after storming the indie film scene at Sundance, Ed Burns is making history once again, as he premieres Purple Violets exclusively on iTunes.

Ed Burns: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker

by Ed Burns

"When sending your screenplay out to a movie star, don’t expect to hear back from them for at least three months" and other lessons from a truly independent moviemaker.

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The Dark Knight Wins MovieTickets.com Challenge

by Melissa Rose Kimbler
This summer is unusually packed full of comic book and graphic novel adaptations, starring old favorites and some fresh faces. In light of this trend, MovieTickets.com ran a poll asking which superhero will win the summer's number one spot. Here’s what the online community had to say:
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Double Indemnity to Along Came Polly: The Greatest Insurance Films

courtesy of III
As the world continues its discussion of this year's Oscar winners and losers, the Insurance Information Institute has put together its own list of movies worth celebrating—those film in which insurance plays a starring role (a couple of them have even garnered Oscars of their own). Over the past 65 years, these films have featured Hollywood legends including Edward G. Robinson, Cary Grant and Faye Dunaway and in more recent years, popular actors such Jack Nicholson and Jennifer Aniston.
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Top 10 Movie Cities 2008

by Jennifer M. Wood
From Austin to Albuquerque and plenty of places in between, MovieMaker's eighth annual countdown of the 10 best places to live, work and make movies in the U.S. (36 comments)

Seeing Green With Earth Cinema Circle

by Andrew Gnerre
Despite Hollywood’s recent interest in environmental issues, small films with a “green” twist still struggle to find distribution. Unless you are lucky enough to catch a festival screening, most of these independent environmental films will elude even the most determined cineaste. Thankfully, Gay Hendricks and Rick Ridgeway have created Earth Cinema Circle to salvage these films from obscurity. (1 comment)

Harry Potter’s World Comes to a City Near You

by Melissa Rose Kimbler
It’s really impossible to hear something like “sorting hat” or “invisibility cloak” and not feel at least a little of the allure of Harry Potter's universe. When the films brought the J.K. Rowling books to life, it was through the costuming, set design and props. In 2009, “Harry Potter: The Exhibition” will bring 10,000 square feet of artifacts from the enchanting films to 10 or more cities around the world over a five-year period. (1 comment)

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#74: Spring 2008

These stories were published in the Spring 2008 MovieMaker Magazine.

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From the Archives

Callboard | Spring 2003
Zak Penn: Things I’ve Learned
Getting Technology Out of the Way
Weighty Subject Benefits from Humor
Cook Up Your Own Food Film Festival | Summer 2007
Ross McElwee’s March | Summer 2003
Indies in the New Millennium | Winter 2005
Things We’ve Learned as Moviemakers
Three Reasons Independent Film Will Survive | Winter 2003
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Kodak at Cannes

Since 1987 Kodak has been the official partner of the Cannes Film Festival, sponsoring the Camera d’Or prize that is awarded yearly to the best feature film by a first-time director. The tradition continues in 2008 when, for the fifth consecutive year, the festival will also hand out the Kodak Discovery Prize for Best Short Film.

“Cannes draws a huge number of filmmakers from all over the world every year, which gives Kodak a great opportunity to host our customers and show them how committed we are to the industry and to motion picture innovation,” says Kim Snyder, Kodak’s president and general manager of the Entertainment Imaging Division.

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