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MM Notebook

What a long, strange trip it's been - and we're not quite a year old yet. (1 comment)


Rutger Hauer

The veteran Dutch actor talks about his latest role, in The Beans of Egypt, Maine and his plans to direct.

Rutger Hauer gets old. (No comments yet)


Alex Winter

From Bill and Ted star to indie director, Alex Winter proves marketing a .feature is no excellent adventure, even for insiders.

Alex Winter freaks out. (No comments yet)


How To Lose $1.2 Million And Shoot Your Feature Anyway

Seattle talent got a break when Tim Hines fired Crispin Glover and his entire Hollywood cast before production of House of the Rising.

Seattle moviemaker Tim Hines gives Crispin Glover the heave-ho, loses $1.2 million in financing and makes his feature anyway. All in one continuous take. (No comments yet)


Jonathan Blank

His "odyssey of Dutch democracy" story has let Jonathan Blank to do the improbable: make a commercially successful documentary.

Jonathan Blank does Amsterdam. (1 comment)


Decline of the Western

In a shootout with the great westerns of the past, the current crop would be left bleeding in the dust.

Sure the Western's back, but do today's directors really understand what made "cowboy movies" one of the best loved genres in the world? (No comments yet)


Out of the Shadows

David Koepp proves he's Hollywood's hottest screenwriter by adding another blockbuster to his string of big-budget successes

Screenwriting has been very good to David Koepp, who's had five of his scripts made into major Hollywood movies in the last two years. (1 comment)


Back on the Mainscreen

Short films are making a serious comeback, and that's good news for moviemakers looking for new markets

Moviemakers are starting to take the shorter format seriously, as markets start to open up for the first time in recent memory. (No comments yet)


First Lady of Horror

Janet Leigh talks about cutting, shooting, and working with "Hitch"

In a new book Janet Leigh remembers how she terrified the nation 34 summers ago in one of the greatest horror films of all time. (No comments yet)


Psycho Analysis

The hacks have dissected and picked it apart for almost 35 years, but Hitchcock's masterpiece is still a source of controversy.

Long before Friday the 13th, before Nightmare
on Elm Street
, before Halloween, there was Psycho.
You don't need a Ph.D. to understand this film, and after
reading this article, you'll realize that wouldn't help anyway. (6 comments)


Stillman’s Wit

Metropolitan's director returns and once again shows us that while talk is cheap, it can be interesting and effective.

Once again Whit Stillman proves that small, dialogue-driven films can still find an audience. Especially if they're witty. (No comments yet)


Best of the West

Take a quick gallop through this column and you can't go wrong at the video store next time you're hankerin' for a Western.

From High Noon to Unforgiven, a glance at some of the great Westerns. (No comments yet)


From Russia with Lens

We'd been hearing conflicting reports about those new, low-cost Russian cameras. So we decided to check them out for ourselves.

Are those new Russian cameras a viable alternative to the cameras you can't afford? (No comments yet)


Auditioning for Love and Money

Forget about trying to please the director-getting the part takes getting the character

Auditioning is what actors really do for a living. Here's how to do it better. (3 comments)


Laid Back and Cool, Telluride Style

Intimacy, not elitism, is the motto for the organizers of the 20th annual summer affair in Colorado

Colorado's Telluride Film Festival is one of the coolest summer festivals around. (No comments yet)


MM Notebook

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Letters

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D. Russell

Spanking the Monkey (No comments yet)


John Dahl

Red Rock West director John Dahl draws inspiration from classic film noir

Red Rock West (1 comment)


Shaking It Up On The Internet

Moviemaker Tiffany Shlain uses multimedia to take on distributors and Hollywood

Moviemaker Tiffany Shlain uses multimedia to take on distributors and Hollywood. (1 comment)


Tonya Harding Financed My Film

In which Rustin Thompson, professional voyeur, turns trash into cash for the sake of art

Tonya Harding Financed My First Film (2 comments)


The Rage of Innocents

A MovieMaker interview with actors Ian Hart and Stephen Dorff on love, torment and the making of BackBeat.

Actors Stephen Dorff and Ian Hart talk about youth, passion, and fighting for the right reasons on the set of BackBeat. (No comments yet)


BackBeat Cheat Sheet

Fortunately, docudramas like BackBeat don't live and die by their historical authenticity.

How accurate should moviemakers be when shooting "docudramas?" (2 comments)


Regarding Henry

With the release of BabyFever, this independent's independent has proven again he's found a formula that works.

A portrait of Henry Jaglom, the "West Coast Woody Allen." This self-made moviemaker, whose latest project is BabyFever, explains why women keep him Eating. (No comments yet)


Is Seattle Asleep at the Reel?

In the competition to attract producers, Seattle is gaining a dubious reputation as the Greta Garbo of film cities. Do we really want to be alone?

Seattle's hot, it's sexy, and as far as film production goes, it's dead. This potentially lucrative location is definitely missing the ferry, but is it really all the Canadians' fault? (No comments yet)


And The Beat Goes On

Backbeat is the latest example of the cinema's ongoing romance with The Beatles.

Why The Beatles have always been fertile cinematic territory. (1 comment)


The Killer B’s Return

The production code may have lessened their firepower, but the later noir gangster movies are still a blast.

He was no James Cagney, but Richard Widmark is at his insane best in Fox Video's Gangster Collection. (No comments yet)


Festivals for the Masses

Along with the Seattle International Film Festival, the city plays host to two less-known festivals this month.

A new column highlighting… you guessed it-film festivals. This month we look at Seattles' Asian American and Gay and Lesbian Festivals. (No comments yet)


Letters

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Mein Seattle Kampf

Guerrillas in the Midst

A tongue-in-cheek look at the struggles of one Seattle-based producer. (1 comment)


Steady as He Goes

Seattle's Brad Nelson breaks new ground by shooting an all-steadicam feature.

Brad Nelson of Seattle shoots and all-steadicam feature and shakes up the film world. (No comments yet)


Roman Keeps on Rolling

A Bitter Moon Trilogy

With his devilish new movie, Bitter Moon, Polanski is back. An overview of the influential director's career. (No comments yet)


Peter Coyote is Not P.C. 

The favored son of the cult film circuit tells it like it is. (No comments yet)


Grant’s a Hugh Success

With three features out this month, coming to America is a lucrative proposition for Hugh Grant. (No comments yet)


Cut to: The Quick

Are the new down-and-dirty, nuts-and-bolts flim seminars a viable alternative to traditional film school?

Are the new down-and-dirty, nuts-and-bolts flim seminars a viable alternative to traditional film school? (No comments yet)


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James Schamus Honored with Trailblazer Award at Woodstock

James Schamus, the man behind Focus Features (think The Constant Gardener, Atonement), was chosen to receive the 2008 Trailblazer Award from the Woodstock Film Festival. Prior to working at Focus he was co-president of independent production company Good Machine for 11 years and won numerous awards for his own work, including the award for Best Screenplay at the 1997 Cannes International Film Festival for The Ice Storm.

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