Stories By Caleb Hammond
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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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Interviews
High-Concept High School: The Teenage Experience Gets Universal in Ry Russo-Young’s Before I Fall
March 2, 2017For those of us suffering fatigue from the endlessly recycled Young Adult genre, Ry Russo-Young’s adaptation...
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Criterion Crash Course
Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons From Criterion’s The Tree of Wooden Clogs
February 20, 2017Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A...
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Other
How to Do the Hustle: Use Craigslist, IMDbPro and Other Job Boards to Jumpstart Your Film Career
February 8, 2017The daunting task of moving to a new city alone and attempting to break into the...
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Other
Gimme Shelter: Seven Movies About Immigration
January 30, 2017In the light of Donald Trump’s recent executive order temporarily banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries...
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Festivals
Festival Spotlight: Myrtle Beach International Film Festival’s Jerry Dalton Keeps Politics Strictly Out of It
November 15, 2016Think of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and “film” might not the first word to enter your...
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Criterion Crash Course
Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons From Criterion’s The Executioner
October 31, 2016Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A...
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Crowdfunder Pick
Crowdfunder Pick: Vidiots Video Store in Santa Monica
October 3, 2016Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or...
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Criterion Crash Course
Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons From Criterion’s The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
September 13, 2016Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A...
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Directing
“You’re in the Business of Storytelling:” Meera Menon on Equity and How Investment Banking Parallels Filmmaking
July 28, 2016Early on in Meera Meenon’s new film, Equity, investment banker Naomi (Anna Gunn) delivers a speech...
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