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Issue #36 [November/December 1999]

An Ageless Warrior Travels On
By Carmen Ficarra
The Power, Grace and Rage of George C. Scott (1927-1999).

George C. Scott Travels On
By Carmen Ficarra
The Power, Grace and Rage of George C. Scott (1927-1999).

Spotlight on New England
By Robert Basile
Moviemaking heats up in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Toronto Gives Docs Their Due
By Stephen Ashton
Stellar new group of documentaries presented at Toronto Film Festival.

World-Class Fall Film Fests
A.G. Basoli, Stephen Ashton & Jeremy Arnold
From the chic (Venice) to the mammoth (Toronto) to the diverse (Montreal).

Ask Mr. Hollywood
By Dov S-S Simens

Lobster Power
By Stephen Ashton
The making of Goat on Fire and Smiling Fish.

Features: Art House
By Max Harrold

The Best of Steve McQueen
Rus Thompson
Rebel Actor with mythical man-child presense has been gone nearly 20 years.

Notebook: MM Notebook
By Timothy Rhys

Features: DIY Digital Editing
By Scott Essman
The world of independent moviemaking is getting more independent all the time. New technologies allogies allow digital filmmakers of all budgets to do their editing at home.

Features: Andrew Goth and The War of Art
By Erich Leon Harris
Casting David Bowie and Goldie--and himself--in lead roles were just some of the gutsy moves Goth made when he put together this action-packed first feature.

Features: Post Perfect: In 10 Easy Steps
By Susan J. Spohr
Still intimidated by the post process? This walk-through by a longtime Hollywood post-production supervisor should inspire confidence.

Features: Atom Egoyan’s Journeys
By Kevin Lewis
Egoyan follows the success of The Sweet Hereafter with a chilling portrayal of lost souls. He talked with us about Felicia's Journey and his career at the New York Film Festival.

Features: Bruce Beresford: Double Threat
By Stephen Lynch
How does a kid from Australia come to be one of Hollywood's most-respected directors? Beresford talks about Double Jeopardy, the differences between Hollywood and the land down under, and getting his knickers in a twist."

Features: How to Think Like an Investor
By Mark Litwak, Esq.
Moviemakers spend an ininordinate amount of time chasing private money. Here's an examination of the typical investor's motivations and concerns.

Kimberly Peirce
By A.G. Basoli
Director Peirce's beautiful, brutal Boys Don't Cry is being hailed as one of the most outstanding debut features in years.

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Issue #35 [September/October 1999]

Edward Dmytryk
By Kevin Lewis

Peter Ustinov
By Kevin Lewis

Luise Rainer
By Kevin Lewis

Features: Sex and Politics: Mixed Reviews
Carsten Dau and Paula Hunt

The Making of Love, Life, and Laundry
By Stacie Turk

Filming in New Orleans
By Robert Basile

Choosing Your Cinematographer
By Eric Sherman

Fellow USC Grads/Friends Come of Age
By Kathleen McInnis

The Making of Under Hellgate Bridge
By Michael Sergio

Your Camera… Your Money
By Dov S-S Simens

Features: Art House Fare
By Max Harrold

Haskell Wexler
By Rustin Thompson

Notebook: MM Notebook
By Timothy Rhys

Features: Marketing Your Movie on the Internet
By Glen Berry
With much of the early success of the phenomenally popular Blair Witch Project attributed to a savvy web campaign, moviemakers are lining up to learn the basics of internet marketing.

Features: The Time is Now to Make a Short Film
By Jennifer Hinkey
Short films used to be the domain of students and reel-builders. But with several very serious new distributors turning shorts into cash, everyone seems to want to get in on the act.

Features: Latin Cinema: The Next Generation
By David Geffner
No greater mystery exists in the industry than why the 30-million-strong Latino population is consistently ignored by mainstream moviemakers. A whole generation is about to change all that.

Features: Golden Rules of the 35mm Transfer
By A.G. Basoli
Of the few independent movies to "strike gold" at Sundance recently,
three, including The Blair Witch Project, were shot on video and transferred
to film. Here?s what their makers learned.

Features: The Art of Cinematic Design
By Scott Essman
Even though no one but the director and the DP influences the look of a movie more than the production designer, little seems to get written about these behind-the-scenes magicians. We asked several of the industry's top designers to share some of their secrets with MM readers.

Features: Designer Genes
By Tony Devenyi
With a slew of big-budget, high-profile movies to his credit, (The Outpost, 8mm, Last
Man Standing, etc.) Gary Wissner might just have an affinity for production
design in his blood.

Features: The Distribution Wars: What I Learned in the Trenches
By Joe Zimmerman
When two indie moviemakers set out to make their ambitious first feature, they knew that getting it in the can would be a challenge. They won all their production battles, but little did they realize that the real war hadn't even begun.

Shooting Stars, Part II (The Women)
By David Geffner
Last year, for MM #29, David Geffner interviewed 14 of the "World's Greatest Living Cinematographers," compiled from an industry survey. No women were nominated. Gender bias has long been a problem in Hollywood, but there seem to be signs that things are changing. Seven female DPs, the best in the business, speak frankly about the state of their art.

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Issue #34 [July 1999]

Amerikan Passport
By George Wing
Young documentarian risks life to explore man's predisposition toward violence.

Shooting Stars, Part II (The Women)
By David Geffner
Last year, for MM #29, David Geffner interviewed 14 of the "World's Greatest Living Cinematographers," compiled from an industry survey. No women were nominated. Gender bias has long been a problem in Hollywood, but there seem to be signs that things are changing. Seven female DPs, the best in the business, speak frankly about the state of their art.

The Making of Men In Scoring Position
By Timothy Rhys
"Parade System" works for reckless souls who believe in striking when the passion is right.

Notebook: MM Notebook
By Timothy Rhys
Publisher Timothy Rhys invites you to the digital revolution in indie moviemaking.

Features: The Digital Revolution--What You Need To Know
Robert Johnston and Sally O'Steen
New technologies are at the point where masses of people are finally considering the moving image a viable means of personal expression and a pretty good way to earn a livingliving. If you're already a working moviemaker, you may want to bone up on digital media education. Here's how and where.

Features: Film Schools at the Millennium
By Eric Sherman
Traditional film schools need to keep up with trends and technology or quickly become irrelevant. Who better to explore the issues and get the answers to some FAQs than professional pollster, moviemaker and film school professor Eric Sherman?

Features: State of the Art of F/X
By Scott Essman
With so many exciting innovations making their way onto movie screens this year, we decided it's time to take an overall look at the visual effects industry.

Stanley Kubrick’s Legacy
By Vincent LoBrutto
Stanley Kubrick wasn't just a master moviemaker. He was a cultural phenomenon. On the eve of the release of Eyes Wide Shut, the most eagerly anticipated of all his films, Kubrick's biographer looks back at the late, great director's career.

Features: A New Wave of Film Festivals
By George Wing
Chances are good there's a new film festival near you. With more than 600 and counting, festivals are branching out, specializing, and trying to become recognized as one of the few that matter.

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Issue #33 [April/May 1999]

Stanley Kubrick Crosses the Line
By Rustin Thompson
A personal look at what the master meant to one moviemaker.

Rock the Boat
By Stephen Ashton

Myles Berkowitz, Walkter Salles
By Larry Getlen
Doc-style comedy has been a success, but best perk was falling.

1999 Sundance, Slamdance and Rotterdam Film Festivals
By A.G. Basoli
Sundance, Stamdance, Rotterdam: Trends point to doc resurgence, but 1999 may be year that escapes definition.

Paradise Falls
By Nick Searcy
Director discovers that doing well at festivals is no guarantee.

Paul Schrader
By Rustin Thompson
With Affliction, the enigmatic writer-director's cinema of loneliness finally connects with audiences.

Letters: Letters
By Letters

Notebook: MM Notebook
By Timothy Rhys

Features: Spec Sale Strategies
By Anthony Kaufman
Marketing your script doesn't just mean sending out a few query letters anymore. Here are new ways to give yourself an edge as you look for gold in the lucrative but extremely competitive world of spec screenplays.

Quintessential Cool: A Conversation with James Coburn
By Timothy Rhys
Brand-new Academy Award-winner James Coburn talks about acting, women, cigars, sobriety,Yul Brynner, Sam Peckinpah, the internet, etc. Oh, and the new movie that's revived his career, Affliction.

Features: Hollywood’s Homeless Screenplays
By Paul Gachet
Why do some of the best screenplays in Hollywood never get made?

Features: Hail Preston Sturges
By Paula Hunt
Over 100 years after his death and 50 years after one of the most amazing creative bursts in the history of the movies, audiences are discovering the genius of Preston Sturges again and for the first time.

Features: Cyberscribes: The Power of Digital Screenwriting
By Scott Essman
What new considerations are there for screenwriters who can now create stories with virtually no limits on their imaginations?

Features: Cashing in on Historical Screenplays
By Scott Essman
This year the five films that were nominated for best picture are all historical dramas. Here are some tips for screenwriting in this ever-popular genre.

Features: Will the Writers Rescue Hollywood?
By Rustin Thompson
Many in the industry wonder if Sony's new deal with screenwriters signals a new trend that will give screenwriters some long-overdue respect and financial reward, or if it is just one more indication of studio desperation in an era of declining motion picture quality.

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Issue #32 [February 1999]

Features: How to Beat the Odds with Indie Distributors
By A.G. Basoli
Outspoken reps from four aggressive companies speak candidly about independent distribution. A must-read story for indie moviemakers.

Features: Jackie Chan at the Crossroads
By Lyall Bush
At 44, even as the world's #1 action superstar reaches new heights of popularity, he admits he can't keep up his pace forever. But does that mean he's (gulp) about to turn to romance?

Features: Rebel Director John Boorman
By Paula Hunt
For his latest, Boorman reunites with Deliverance star, Jon Voight, and produces The General, his best movie in years.

Features: Boxing’s Back
By David Davis
But will the new movies be contenders or pretenders?

Features: The Best Boxing Movies Of All Times
By Carmen Ficarra
It's an ugly and magnificent game. It's the embodiment of our desire to see the whole of human conflict stripped down to a single, conclusive battle.