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Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2019, Presented by MovieMaker
Whether you’re grinding it out in a large or small market, the first stage of moviemaking—screenwriting—is unenviably lonesome, full of endless drafts and... -
Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2018, Presented by MovieMaker
Screenwriters are the first to step forward when called upon to deliver their often thankless, solitary labor, and they still tend to be... -
Screenwriters to Watch, Class of 2016: Where Are They Now? Checking in With Seven of Last Year’s Picks
Last year, we debuted the 25 Screenwriters to Watch list in partnership with Austin Film Festival, selecting 25 up-and-comers with, we said,... -
Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2017, Presented by MovieMaker
Maybe the idea of “watching a screenwriter” sounds a little like watching a kettle boil: Sit at desk. Clutch pen in hand.... -
MovieMaker Presents: Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch, 2016
Screenwriters are, of course, the perennially overworked, underappreciated artists whose heart, soul and lifeblood the movie world depends on. Since its inception...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8