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Issue #66 [Fall 2006]

Cruz Control
By Kevin Canfield
Sexy Spanish siren Penélope Cruz proves she's more than just a pretty face. With her role in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver, American audiences—and moviemakers—are finally taking her talent seriously.

Features: Alejandro González Iñárritu
By Jessica Hundley
Emerging from the vital wave of recent Mexican cinema, Alejandro González Iñárritu has proven himself to be a moviemaker of unprecedented intensity. To experience his movies is to be torn open and shaken to the core, ripped apart and put back together again. His latest film, Babel, is no exception.

Essential Film Noir
By Peter Weed
As noir-inspired films like The Black Dahlia and Hollywoodland play at a theater near you, MM counts down the must-see gems of the genre.

Internet Distribution: The Big Squeeze
By Matthew Power
Before you can become the next YouTube success story, you've got to know how to compress your film.

Features: Holiday Movie Preview 2006
By James L. Menzies
As the weather cools down the cinema is heating up with the latest slate of holiday movies. MM takes a look at the best of the bunch.

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Issue #64 [Summer 2006]

Into Costume
By Matthew Power
Before you shoot your next big western or that longawaited period piece, get the lowdown on the best way to get your cast into costume.

Features: Michel Gondry: Requiem for a Dreamer
By David Fear
Michel Gondry knows a thing or two about the
imagination. This summer, he’s following up Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with an
exploration of The Science of Sleep.

Features: New Frontiers in Digital Moviemaking
By Bob Fisher
On the surface, Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales and
Kevin Smith’s Clerks 2 would seem to have little in
common. But dig a little bit deeper and it’s clear that
what makes them similar is right there in the details.
The post-production details, that is.

Features: Hollywood Goes Green
By Dave Roos
From Leo in his Prius to Daryl up a tree, MM looks at how the movie industry is leading the nation's new green revolt.

Joe Pantoliano’s Golden Rules
by Joe Pantoliano
The outspoken character actor with more than 100 credits to his name shares his secret to success in the business of making movies.

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Issue #62 [Spring 2006]

My Golden Rules: Steve Buscemi
By Steve Buscemi
America's favorite character actor, with more than 80 films to his credit, sheds some light on finding success in Hollywood.

Liberty Bound
By Christine Rose
With no experience or connections to the industry, indie spirit Christine Rose used her life savings and the Internet to make a difference with her documentary debut.

Features: Monsters, Madness and Mayhem
By James Gunn
With his new film SLiTHER, writer-director James Gunn proves that vomit can be serious business.

Features: Do-it-Yourself Distribution
By David Fear
With new formats and new infrastructures putting the power in the hands of the people, moviemakers are discovering that self-distribution is the way to go.

Features: Did Brokeback Mountain Really Break Cultural Barriers?
By David Sterritt
Even before it opened, Brokeback Mountain picked up a label it may never shake: The gay cowboy movie. To most, this spelled box-office disaster. So much for conventional wisdom.

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Issue #61 [Winter 2006]

Wim Wenders
By Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders shares the rules he's learned as an indie pioneer.

MM’s Top 10 U.S. Cities to be a Moviemaker 2006
Jennifer M. Wood with Lily Percy
MM's sixth annual countdown of the best cities to live, work and make movies in 2006.

Features: Smooth Post-Production at All Costs
By Randee Dawn
Top post-production experts offer their tips
for a painless-and affordable-end product.

Features: HD on a Budget
Robert M. Goodman with Matthew Power
The new slate of Hi Def cameras is allowing moviemakers the chance to balance technology
and cost.

Features: Artists Across Borders
By Dave Roos
Nearly 10 years after his death, an Italian court
rules in favor of director Fred Zinnemann, marking a milestone for artists rights while reminding us
that American moviemakers are better protected abroad.

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Issue #63 [Special 2006]

Features: HD Growing Pains
By Matthew Power
New HD tools and software make it possible to replace your low-budget MiniDV with better, faster, crisper image-making products-but beware the hidden costs.

Features: Year of the Indie
By David Sterritt
Line up this year's Best Picture Oscar nominees and you might think you're in indie heaven. While it's a thrilling change for moviegoers fed up with Hollywood studio-think, moviemakers such as Terry Zwigoff, Mary Harron and Alan Berliner are skeptical that the trend will continue.

Features: Collateral Damage
By Dave Roos
What could indie moviemaker Caveh Zahedi possibly have in common with billionaire media mogul Mark Cuban and cable giant Comcast? Time for a crash course in film distribution in a digital world.