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Issue #85 [Winter 2010]

50 Best Blogs for Moviemakers
By Rebecca Pahle
To help you on your quest to find those corners of the Web where the most useful blogs reside, we have scoured the cyber world for our annual list of the 50 best blogs for moviemakers.

The Film School Way
By Jennifer M. Wood
For much of 2009, recession-focused stories stole the headlines for many media outlets. But increased unemployment rates and a failing housing market aren’t the only side effects of a falling economy. With less money to go around for loans or scholarships—not to mention a lack of employment opportunities upon graduation—students have been some of the hardest hit by the current economic situation. With the additional costs of equipment and film production, how have film students in particular fared? MM assembled a roundtable of a half-dozen of the world’s top film educators to ask this question and more.

James Cameron Mixes It Up With Avatar
By Phillip Williams
Most moviemakers will tell you that story trumps technology on the best movie sets. It is nonetheless fair to say that advances in technology often pave the way for certain kinds of stories to be told. For moviemaker James Cameron, himself a blend of artist and technologist, advances in technology have marched hand in hand with the forward movement of his own seemingly unassailable career. Originally from Ontario, Canada, Cameron studied physics at Cal State Fullerton, paying tuition and rent with various blue-collar jobs.

The Hughes Brothers’ Gentle Art of Collaboration
by Albert Hughes
After being in the film business for more than 18 years, the question we’re most often asked by reporters and people on the streets is still: “So how do you two work together? Who does what?” Tired of answering the question again and again, one of us usually smirks and throws out some smart-ass line like, “I do all the work and he’s just along for the ride.”

Sundance’s “Next” Wave of Indie Moviemakers
By Jennifer M. Wood
After introducing now-iconic indies like Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies, and Videotape), Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs), Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket) and Kevin Smith (Clerks) to mainstream success in the late ’80s and early ’90s, the Sundance Film Festival became the world’s greatest showcase of low-budget moviemaking. In more recent years, however, it has been criticized for being more glitz than grit, complete with celebutantes and gifting suites.

10 Best Cities To Live, Work & Make Movies in 2010
by Julie Jacobs with Jennifer M. Wood
MM's 10th annual countdown of the best places to live, work and make movies.