Despite a 22-year track record, director Brad Anderson has had what some might consider a stealth career. Outside of indie…
“Australia was built on free labour. 180 years of free labour,” says director Warwick Thornton. He is talking, of course,…
“I remember my agent told me Blue Velvet was panned by critics when it first came out and people hated…
Montana-raised twin brothers Alex and Andrew Smith have emerged as the Big Sky Country's most ambitious indie filmmakers by writing…
Imagine a world where you earn a steady, livable paycheck doing what you love—directing—and little else. That picture, sadly, doesn’t…
Nacho Vigalondo is constantly under self-review—both as an artist and, if movies are a window into a director's psyche, as…
Macon Blair is no stranger to Sundance. The actor is the childhood friend of, and a long-time collaborator with, writer-director…
Our MovieMaker Minute series of videos are brief little nuggets of inspiration and advice from some of our favorite filmmakers.…
Joshua Marston's latest film, Complete Unknown, is an exploration of what it means to be a filmmaker, a film actor…
In case you didn’t notice, virtual reality (VR) content has graduated from sideshow curiosity to the center ring. Sundance 2016’s…
The MovieMaker staff was shocked and saddened to hear about the untimely passing of actor Anton Yelchin on Sunday, June…
We've covered Green Room's director and cast in previous articles this week. Today we round out our exploration of Jeremy…
In Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room, a punk band dubbed The Ain't Rights (played by actors Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat, Joe…
Is there a more overused word in film journalism than "visceral?" The adjective is applied and misapplied with such frequency…
“This film rocked my world.” So said Berlinale 2015 jury president Darren Aronofsky as he awarded cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen…
Ramin Bahrani's third feature film, 2008's Chop Shop, was declared by Roger Ebert as one of the 10 best films…
Craig Zobel began his career as an assistant director, production manager and co-producer on such films as David Gordon Green's George…
In Saverio Costanzo's Hungry Hearts, in a tiny basement bathroom of a Manhattan Chinese restaurant, Mina (Alba Rohrwacher) is trapped…
For nearly 20 years, Tim Blake Nelson has shoe-horned in his filmmaking alongside a robust and, as he describes it,…
In 2011, Maika Monroe was ready to hang up on her dreams of becoming an actor. Though she had been…
Sure, a lot of beginning moviemakers cut their teeth on horror. It's become a calling card for directors hoping to…
Desiree Akhavan hates it when she's compared to Lena Dunham. This is no dis on the creator of HBO's Girls—indeed,…
Here’s the more-or-less standardized path for moviemakers: You raise funds and rally your friends to make a short film. You…
Amidst the celebrity star power and buzz of this past January's Sundance Film Festival it was encouraging to discover that…