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Movie News
Uncut Gems Was Written and Edited Inside a Theater Projection Booth
December 24, 2019Uncut Gems co-writer and co-editor Ronald Bronstein first hooked up with brothers Josh and Benny Safdie on...
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Movie News
Knives and Skin Is Jennifer Reeder’s ‘Feminist as F—‘ Debut Feature
November 20, 2019Raven Whitley remembers her first thought as she read the script for Knives and Skin: “This...
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Movie News
Anne at 13,000 Ft. Director Kaz Radwanski Filmed in His Mom’s Daycare To Save Money
November 19, 2019Anne at 13,000 Ft. takes place in a Toronto daycare. The location was perfect for director...
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Movie News
How Thanksgiving Brought Queen & Slim Creators Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas Together
November 13, 2019Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas, the writer and director, respectively, of Queen & Slim, began their...
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Movie News
Marriage Story Star Adam Driver Still Has Ideas for His Past Noah Baumbach Movies
November 7, 2019Marriage Story director Noah Baumbach says the film’s lead actor, Adam Driver, still has new ideas...
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Interviews
Light of My Life: Writer-Director-Star Casey Affleck’s Character-Driven Vision of a World Without Women
August 16, 2019Academy Award-winning actor Casey Affleck takes his time between directing projects: Affleck’s intimate post-apocalyptic drama Light of...
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Festivals
Fest Beat: An Ever-Expanding Audience and a Surprise-Filled Slate Highlight Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2019
May 6, 2019A short hour and a half drive north of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara is one of...
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Directing
High Life Director Claire Denis Discusses Black Holes, Bringing an Astrophysicist On Set, and the Death Penalty
May 1, 2019On the surface, many entries in Claire Denis’ filmography appear relatively easy to synopsize (her latest...
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Cinematography
If Beale Street Could Talk DP James Laxton on Using the Large Format Alexa 65 Freely for Barry Jenkins’ Period Romance
March 26, 2019Director Barry Jenkins and cinematographer James Laxton have enjoyed a meteoric rise through the industry together,...
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Directing
Where The Movie Came to Life: How Editor Bob Murawski Brought The Other Side of the Wind Back from the Dead
November 27, 2018This Fall, following a tour of the prestigious festival circuit, Orson Welles’ long lost Hollywood satire...
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Articles
The Great Bogdanovich: The Moviemaker’s Varied Film Career Has Always Celebrated His Idols
September 28, 2018Peter Bogdanovich has enjoyed a remarkably balanced career as both a film historian and acclaimed moviemaker....
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Directing
The Mythical West: The Zellner Brothers on Playing with Genre Tropes and Letting Humor Come Intuitively with Damsel
July 11, 2018From Tarantino, to the Coen Brothers, to Kelly Reichardt, the western is so entrenched in cinematic history...
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Directing
Embracing Your Inner Masochist: WIP Your Project Into Shape With Work-in-Progress Screenings
May 17, 2018Let’s assume you’ve achieved the impossible: you’ve stressed your way through pre-production on your first feature,...
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Movie News
True/False 2018: The Midwestern Doc Fest Returns to Test the Limits of Non-Fiction
May 14, 2018The heart of the Midwest beats in Columbia, Missouri, a charming college town where the land...
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Other
Exclusive: Nick Thune and Kaily Smith Westbrook Trip on the Digital Age in This Clip From People You May Know (Video)
December 1, 2017At what point will our online presences actually define who we are? Have we already reached...
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Festivals
San Diego Underground Film Festival 2017: Experimental Yet Accessible Work Populates This Quirky SoCal Fest
November 14, 2017Recognizing a void in Southern California for experimental and truly independent cinema, Ryan Betschart and Rachel...
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Festivals
Flicks 4 Change 2017 Preview: Co-Founder James Hawthorn on What Hot-Button Issues the Fest Will Tackle
November 10, 2017With a bevy of film festivals chasing the attention of urban dwellers in just about every...
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Directing
Balancing Act: Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying Deftly Dances Around America’s Political Minefields
November 6, 2017Texas-based filmmaker Richard Linklater’s humanist touch and trademark ease affords him the ability to gracefully engage...
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Directing
Blaze of Glory: Viktor Jakovleski Used a Hi-Speed Slo-Mo Phantom Camera and Drones To Make Brimstone & Glory
October 27, 2017Film is first and foremost a visual medium, and when moviemakers accept and embrace this truth,...
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Frame of Mind
Frame of Mind: To Blend Real and CG FX, The Osiris Child’s Team Built A Sci-Fi Set On Their Sound Stage Roof (Video)
October 17, 2017What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film’s...
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Directing
Moviemaking on Ice: Jay Baruchel on the Transition from Acting to Directing for Sequel to Cult Hit Goon
September 1, 2017After co-writing surprise cult hit Goon back in 2011, actor, comedian and Canadian Jay Baruchel now steps...
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Directing
“Darkness on the Beach”: Writer-Director Eliza Hittman Chose 16mm to Help Create the Eerie New York of Beach Rats
August 23, 2017In her second feature Beach Rats, writer-director Eliza Hittman has once again crafted an atmospheric coming-of-age...
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Directing
“Not Wall Street”: Marc Webb’s Coming-of-Age Drama The Only Living Boy in New York Delves into a “Fantastical Literary” NYC
August 10, 2017Director Marc Webb’s latest The Only Living Boy in New York continues his recent pivot back into smaller...
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Directing
Threads of Melancholy: In Ensemble Piece Person to Person, Dustin Guy Defa Proves a Tonal Prowess
July 28, 2017With his new ensemble comedy, Person to Person, Dustin Guy Defa seems poised to break through...
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