All posts by Jeff Meyers
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Shifting Sands: Director Brad Anderson on Making Beirut, and Managing a Career of Genre and Budget-Hopping
Despite a 22-year track record, director Brad Anderson has had what some might consider a stealth career. Outside of indie film circles—where he’s carved out...
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Sweet Country, Sour History, Great Moviemaking: Director Warwick Thornton on Sweet Country
“Australia was built on free labour. 180 years of free labour,” says director Warwick Thornton. He is talking, of course, about the white settlers, who...
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“I Want This Weirdness In My Life”: Aubrey Plaza, Craig Robinson, and More On An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
“I remember my agent told me Blue Velvet was panned by critics when it first came out and people hated it, they were disturbed by...
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The Intimate Epic: Directors Alex and Andrew Smith on the Quiet Intensity of Father-Son Drama Walking Out
Montana-raised twin brothers Alex and Andrew Smith have emerged as the Big Sky Country’s most ambitious indie filmmakers by writing and directing a trio of...
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Making a Living by Mixing Media: How to Make the Leap From Directing Features to Directing Television
Imagine a world where you earn a steady, livable paycheck doing what you love—directing—and little else. That picture, sadly, doesn’t exactly fit independent feature filmmaking....
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In Total Control of His Out of Control: With Colossal, Nacho Vigalondo Breaks Into Major League Moviemaking
Nacho Vigalondo is constantly under self-review—both as an artist and, if movies are a window into a director’s psyche, as a man. Spend a little...
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At Home Behind the Camera: Actor-Turned-Director Macon Blair Talks Making I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore
Macon Blair is no stranger to Sundance. The actor is the childhood friend of, and a long-time collaborator with, writer-director Jeremy Saulnier, and their breakout...
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MovieMaker Minute: Walking Out’s Alex and Andrew Smith on How Directors Should Keep Calm On Set
Our MovieMaker Minute series of videos are brief little nuggets of inspiration and advice from some of our favorite filmmakers. Alex and Andrew Smith, twin...
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Defining Complete Unknown: Joshua Marston on Writing Shape-Shifting Characters, Directing a Contained Set
Joshua Marston’s latest film, Complete Unknown, is an exploration of what it means to be a filmmaker, a film actor or even a film writer....
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The Lay of the VR Landscape: How Does a Moviemaker Approach Virtual Reality – Without Holding it Back?
In case you didn’t notice, virtual reality (VR) content has graduated from sideshow curiosity to the center ring. Sundance 2016’s New Frontiers section boasted more...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Taylor Russell on Waves and Why She’s OK With Being an Adult Who Plays High School Students
In director Trey Edward Shults’ Waves, Taylor Russell plays the younger sister of Kelvin Harrison Jr., even though she’s five days older than him in real life. In fact,...
Inside the Issue: Directing
Rob Zombie: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Rob Zombie still can’t let go of some of his past off-screen nightmares. “After I finished Halloween II, I was so beat up by the process that I hated...
Inside the Issue: How To
Edward Norton Walks Us Through Every Part of Making Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton is the best possible person to explain each stage of the moviemaking process for his new drama Motherless Brooklyn—he’s the film’s writer, director and lead actor. For...