Stories By Caleb Hammond
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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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Directing
Visual Framework: Watch How Wong Kar-wai Uses Frames Within Frames in In the Mood for Love (Video)
July 17, 2017An integral aspect of Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s mastery is his recurring use of frames...
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Cinematography
Need For Speed: Don’t Write Off Using Differing Shutter Speeds In Your Project (Video)
July 10, 2017A comprehensive filmmaker’s toolkit is grown slowly over time: picking up technical knowledge here and there...
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Acting
Killer Instincts: Florence Pugh’s Steely Performance in Lady Macbeth Foretells a Rapid Ascension
July 10, 2017“Everybody get the bongos out,” laughs 21-year-old Florence Pugh when describing her English childhood. A bohemian...
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Book Reviews
Book Review: Shooting Better Movies: The Student Filmmakers’ Guide Should Be a Rookie’s Go-To Reference
July 7, 2017“You have to know the rules in order to break them.” This oft-repeated cliché might be...
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Interviews
Demetri Martin. Indie Moviemaker. The Dean Star and Director Takes a New Step in an Already Accomplished Career
June 2, 2017With his directorial debut, Dean, comedic multihyphenate Demetri Martin stars alongside an impressive ensemble cast in a...
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Screenwriting
Subverting Rom-Com Expectations: How When Harry Met Sally… Dances Around the Conventions of Genre (Video)
May 19, 2017“When Harry Met Sally… shows how a clever writer can flip genre conventions to create a...
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Festivals
Festival Wrap: Dallas Fest EARTHxFilm Counters Environmental Doomsday Narratives With A Message of Hope
May 2, 2017Recently wrapping its seventh year, Earth Day Texas is the largest annual environmental forum in the...
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Interviews
Comic Timing: Slack Bay Continues French Director Bruno Dumont’s Pivot Into Slapstick and Farce
April 28, 2017If you had told anyone in 2013—after his heartbreaking seventh feature, Camille Claudel 1915—that famously austere...
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Editing
Classic Cuts: Three Simple Editing Techniques Employed By The Empire Strikes Back (Video)
April 17, 2017The trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the sequel to 2015’s The Force Awakens, dropped...
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Interviews
All Under One Roof Raving: How Michal Marczak Made All These Sleepless Nights With 3-D-Printed Gear and ADR
April 11, 2017The essential listlessness of youth: So many have tried to capture that on camera, though every...
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Directing
Watch: Charlie McDowell Talks About Writing The Discovery, Getting Robert Redford to Star and More (Video)
March 31, 2017With his second feature, The Discovery, screenwriter and director Charlie McDowell continues to craft high-concept sci-fi...
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