Stories By Grant Vance
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Acting
Flash Forward: Maya Erskine on Her Unlikely Meet-Cute with Comedy and Finding an Authentic Rhythm in Plus One
August 6, 2019“Comedy is very rhythmic,” Maya Erskine says, carefully calibrating her comedic process in Jeff Chan and...
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Directing
Landing the Punch: Riley Stearns on Carefully Crafted Satire and Establishing Tone in The Art of Self-Defense
July 26, 2019Although only one requires a cool costume with colorful belt options, karate and satire have a...
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Book Reviews
Book Review: Shaping Light for Video in the Age of LEDs
April 10, 2019“Lights, camera, action!”—the classic, Old Hollywood call to arms. The adage remains, but—as articulated by career...
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Directing
Exclusive: An Apple A Day Keeps The System Away In This Clip from Vladimir de Fontenay’s Mobile Homes (Video)
November 2, 2018Adapted from his 2013 short of the same name, writer-director Vladimir de Fontenay paints a beautifully uncomfortable...
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Book Reviews
Book Review: Ad Nauseam is a Charming Trip Through Curated ’80s Horror Newsprint Ads
October 17, 2018Like your favorite fright flick marathon, Michael Gingold’s Ad Nauseam: Newsprint Nightmares from the 1980s is a nostalgic...
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Festivals
Festival Beat: Beyond Fest Founders On Building A Genre Festival From Goblin to Cronenberg
October 9, 2018Among their many eccentric counterparts over the years, insect politicians, Haddonfield historians and bitchin’ scary German...
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Directing
Exclusive: French Moviemaker Anne Émond on Adapting the Different Characters Crafted by Notorious Writer Nelly (Video)
September 7, 2018French writer Nelly Arcane’s debut novel, Putain, put her on the map as a respected writer documenting...
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Movie News
Crowdfunder Pick: "The Guiding Light"
August 31, 2018Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or...
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Movie News
Exclusive: Explore Postmodern Genre Moviemaking With Sebastian Gutierrez’s Visceral Elizabeth Harvest (Video)
August 14, 2018It’s like they always say: if your marriage isn’t going the way you planned, try to...
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Other
Exclusive: Boogie Woogie to Ari Gold’s Musically-Inclined Nostalgic Drama The Song of Sway Lake
August 6, 2018A valuable jazz record incites a romantic adventure in the ripples of a nostalgic lakeside community....
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Directing
Scary Surfing: Director Stephen Susco on Fearing the Internet and How Style Informs Story in Unfriended: Dark Web
July 20, 2018In the varying family dynamics within tentpole genre movies, horror has always been the outlier, cannibalistic...
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Festivals
Exclusive Preview: New Media Film Festival 2018 to Offer Emmy Consultation and Broadcasting
June 13, 2018An all-encompassing media art showcase, New Media Film Festival (NMFF) continues to carve its own niche...
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Festivals
Festival Spotlight: HorrorHound Director Jason Hignite on the Genre Convention’s Evolution into Adding a Film Festival
May 21, 2018Lurking in the midwestern shadows of Indianapolis and Cincinnati lies something full of more horror than...
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Book Reviews
Space Odyssey: Beautiful New Book Examines Two Geniuses’ Creative Relationship Operating At Its Peak
May 16, 2018Destined to sit on the dusty bedside tables of young film students and seasoned fanatics alike,...
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Movie News
Full Circle: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Cement Their Indie Horror Mastery With UFO Cult Chiller The Endless
April 17, 2018Ever relive a moment over and over again until you realize you’re in a UFO-obsessed death...
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Other
Exclusive: Ultrasound Images Spark a Timely Debate in This Clip from Leena Pendharkar’s 20 Weeks (Video)
April 12, 2018With 35 weeks in a traditional nine-month pregnancy, there’s a good 245 days (give or take)...
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Directing
Exclusive: Up-and-Comer Faraday Okoro Lauded by Crew on the Set of Nigerian Prince (Video)
March 2, 2018A bustling Nigerian city and by-the-books calm composure flesh out the world of AT&T’s Untold Stories...
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Directing
Exclusive: Thomas Middleditch and Jess Weixler Dive in and Let Go in This Underwater Clip from Entanglement (Video)
February 5, 2018Entanglement flirts with life’s quantum “what ifs” in a pseudo-sceintific equation composed of yarn, romance and Thomas...
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Other
Exclusive: Psychoanalyze This in the Trailer for Cinema Libre’s Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity To Be Free (Video)
January 26, 2018“What does not engage our feelings does not long engage our thoughts either.”—Lou Andreas-Salomé Andreas-Salomé may...
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Directing
Exclusive: Dominic Cooper and Tom Felton Prepare to Confront a Dangerous Rogue in This Clip from Stratton (Video)
January 9, 2018John Stratton (Cooper) of MI6’s Special Boat Services (SBS) has his espionage cut out for him—tracking...
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