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Interviews
How Sword of Trust Writer-Director Lynn Shelton and Marc Maron Gained Each Other’s Trust
March 23, 2020Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, Lynn Shelton and Marc Maron were ready to make...
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Movie News
Running With Beto: Director David Modigliani on Being the Fly on the Wall During Beto O’Rourke’s Senate Run
May 28, 2019700-plus hours filmed, 254 Texas counties visited, and an ungodly amount of Whataburger consumed. In 2018,...
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Directing
Outside In: Lynn Shelton and Jay Duplass on Rehearsals, Sex Scenes, What They Learned Working in TV, and More
April 6, 2018When I met with Lynn Shelton after the premiere of Outside In at the 2018 SXSW...
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Directing
"You Don’t Have to Be a Friend. Just Establish Trust": Dealt’s Luke Korem on Getting Doc Subjects to Be Themselves
October 27, 2017MovieMaker got to spend some time with Richard Turner at SXSW this year and we can confirm...
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Directing
Austin City Limits: Noel Wells On the Challenges of Making Mr. Roosevelt in the Lone Star State
October 27, 2017Mr. Roosevelt is a warm, touching, and hilarious indie that was shot in Austin, Texas on...
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Directing
It’s All Relative: Mark Webber Draws on Real Life and His Own Family in Flesh and Blood
October 27, 2017After seeing the world premiere of Mark Webber’s latest film at SXSW last spring, I wasn’t...
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Directing
Bear Hug: Brigsby Bear, From Dave McCary and Kyle Mooney, is an Unabashed Love Letter to Filmmaking With Friends
July 28, 2017I had a feeling I’d like Brigsby Bear. As a comedy fan, how could I not?...
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Directing
Baby, You Can Drive My Car: Edgar Wright Talks Heists, Car Choreography and Shooting Baby Driver in Atlanta
June 28, 2017Much was made of Edgar Wright’s surprising departure from directing Marvel’s Ant-Man back in 2014. But...
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Directing
Buying What He’s Selling: Michael Showalter on The Big Sick and His Transactional Approach to Storytelling
June 21, 2017Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, the real-life couple whose love story forms the backbone of...
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Interviews
Infectious Charm: Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon Bring Their Real-Life Romance to the Screen in The Big Sick
June 19, 2017Ten years ago, up-and-coming comedian Kumail Nanjiani and therapist Emily V. Gordon were falling in love. Then Emily...
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Inside MM - Best Of
(More) Essential Moviemaking Podcasts: Five Laudable Audibles for Your Educational Pleasure
April 20, 2017Directing is a fairly strange craft to try to learn, in part because you rarely get...
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Interviews
James Gunn Goes Dark Again: As Writer-Producer of The Belko Experiment, He Doesn’t Hold Back
March 17, 2017Now best known as the mind behind Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (and its highly anticipated...
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Directing
High School Heist: Emily Hagins’ Coin Heist Taps Social Media Stars For a Coming-of-Age Caper
January 5, 2017Over her last five feature films, 24-year-old writer-director Emily Hagins’ work has largely revolved around teenagers...
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Documentary
Weighty Responsibility: Kim A. Snyder on Making Newtown, a Documentary Centered on Terrible Tragedy
October 3, 2016It’s almost been four years since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, which took 20 kids,...
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Directing
Cinema is Dead: Todd Rohal and Kent Osborne Poke Fun at the Movies with “Unwanted Sequel” Uncle Kent 2
August 25, 2016Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Sometimes...
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Other
Podcast Spotlight: Just Shoot It Talks to Working Moviemakers Across the Industry
August 8, 2016Just Shoot It is a podcast that dives deep into the ins and outs of what...
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Directing
Two Time’s the Charm: An Interview with Mike Birbiglia on Don’t Think Twice
July 21, 2016Improv is all about “yes, and,” taking what your scene partner says, and building off of...
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Acting
Let Other Voices In: Don Cheadle Talks Miles Ahead, Empowering His Team, and Influences from Beatty to PTA
March 31, 2016It’s as daunting a task to play a icon in a film as it is to...
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Interviews
Takeaways from Producing an Indie Sensation: Six Lessons One Krisha Producer Learned
March 18, 2016We’ve heard case after case of hungry independent filmmakers who shoot their first films on a...
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Interviews
Balls Out: The Making of an Indie Sports Comedy with Director Andrew Disney
June 17, 2015As an intern who worked on Balls Out from the first table read to the Tribeca...
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Documentary
“We Got Everything that’s Out There:” Brett Morgen on Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
April 20, 2015Brett Morgen’s intro at South by Southwest for his new film, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,...
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Documentary
On the Road With an Eighth-Grade Metal Band: Breaking a Monster Documents Unlocking the Truth
April 8, 2015By now, you’ve probably heard of Unlocking the Truth, a heavy-metal band made up of three...
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Directing
Music Video Spotlight: “Call Me” by St. Paul & the Broken Bones
March 19, 2015At the Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina, I saw my favorite music video of...
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Festivals
How to Fest: The Complete Guide to Surviving South by Southwest 2015
March 9, 2015South by Southwest commences this week, running from March 13 to 22, 2015. Are you going...
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