Creative Culture Class of ’17: Meet the Seven Young Moviemakers in the Jacob Burns Film Center’s New Program
The Jacob Burns Film Center, nestled in the Hudson Valley, is a nonprofit cultural arts center that occupies the old Rome Theater, a Spanish mission...
Wanderers Forever: Cast and Writer of Philip Kaufman’s The Wanderers Reunite in New York City
Philip Kaufman’s cult classic The Wanderers is back on the big screen after nearly 40 years thanks to Kino Lorber, restored, remarkable and still relevant....
Still Worth the Fare: Taxi Driver Screens at Tribeca Film Festival to Celebrate its 40th Anniversary
The Tribeca Film Festival nearly stopped all traffic for the 40th anniversary of Taxi Driver at the Beacon Theater on April 21, 2016. A...
Video Interview: Watch Matteo Garrone Talk Tale of Tales
“I think it’s very important for a director to, with every movie, try something new,” said Matteo Garrone. Best known for Gomorrah (2008) and Reality (2012),...
Geese Will Save Film: Küstendorf Film Festival Celebrates Its Ninth Year
In the rarified air of Drvengrad in the mountains of Serbia, film is the breath of life. The mad genius responsible for the Küstendorf Film...
Dream Big, Plan Bigger: Winston Baker’s Film Finance Forum East
The aptly named Dream Downtown Hotel, in the hip meatpacking district of New York City, hosted Winston Baker’s 7th Annual Film Finance Forum East on...
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(More) Essential Moviemaking Podcasts: Five Laudable Audibles for Your Educational Pleasure
Directing is a fairly strange craft to try to learn, in part because you rarely get a chance to watch other directors at work. Determined moviemakers exhaust all the...
1Inside the Issue: Festivals
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2017
Are film festivals getting better? That is, are they providing you—independent moviemakers—more of the things you want and need? I think they are. After all, it makes sense: With...
11Inside the Issue: Producing
How to Always Deliver: Denise Di Novi on Gilding a Package, Dealing With the Artistic Temperament and Sniffing Out Hits
Denise Di Novi has forged a moviemaking career by avoiding the kind of carelessness that often bankrupted her peers. Instead, she developed and refined a keen sense for emotional...