Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017: La La Land Stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are the Perfect Team
Range is one of a performer’s most valuable assets. A Jewish neo-Nazi; a drug-addicted teacher; a lonely man attached to a doll....
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017: Maltin Modern Master Denzel Washington Reflects on His Career
Few names inspire as much respect as Denzel Washington’s. Audiences know him from, well, countless stellar performances in virtually all genres. He’s...
Dark Night of the American Soul: Tim Sutton’s Latest Feature is Beautiful, Tense and Provocative
Fiction will always lose the battle against reality when it comes to mankind’s most inhumane and baffling actions. Nothing one can write...Musical, Flesh-Eating Mermaids in 1980s Poland: With The Lure, Agnieszka Smoczyńska Holds Nothing Back
In reference to unusual releases, the phrase “unlike anything you’ve seen before” gets bandied around a little too often. Most times, the...
"We Have a Progressive Philosophy:" Spotlight on Route One Producer Russell Levine (Landline, Colossal)
How can producers make socially conscious films that also make money? That question is the core of producer Russell Levine’s work. A..."Trial By Fire:" 25 Years Later, Quentin Tarantino Looks Back on How Reservoir Dogs Tested Him at Sundance
A fervent audience crowded the Eccles Theater to witness one of American Independent cinema’s most widely acclaimed enfant terribles return to the festival...
“You Are a Person Seated in Court:” Asghar Farhadi Says Those Watching The Salesman Are More Than Spectators
A door opens, a crime is committed, honor is transgressed, and the conflicts in a literary classic intertwine with a husband’s thirst...
An Island Unto Itself: Michaël Dudok de Wit Favors Quietude and Small Details in The Red Turtle
As a child, director Michaël Dudok de Wit would walk at night through the forest near the Dutch town where he grew...
Laughing With Pain: Director Maren Ade and Sandra Hüller on Their Hilarious Father-Daughter Dramedy Toni Erdmann
Fake teeth, a raggedy wig, and the playful love of a father that knows no boundaries make the title character in Maren...
Foreign Contenders: Cristi Puiu’s Sieranevada Dissects Romanian Society Through a Confined Epic
MovieMaker’s series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language...
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The Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada 2017: Film Programs to Shape You Into the Next Moviemaking All-Star
Perhaps you’re someone who dreams of a career in moviemaking, and has come to the realization that the discipline, experimentation and personal relationships that flourish in an...8Inside the Issue: Cinematography
What’s in Your Kit? The Underwater Gear Used in Jeff Orlowski’s Gorgeous Environmental Doc Chasing Coral
How do you show irrefutable proof that the world’s coral reefs are rapidly dying due to climate change? Director Jeff Orlowski’s feature Chasing Coral follows an...Inside the Issue: Directing
Of Bad Apes and Twisted Revenge: Matt Reeves, Steve Zahn, Weta Digital and Others on War for the Planet of the Apes
Actor Steve Zahn—known for his roles in That Thing You Do, Riding in Cars With Boys, and Dallas Buyers Club—once stumbled onto an online post about...