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The year is 1991 and I’m a high school sophomore who eats, breathes and sleeps cinema. I live in Leonia, […]
Weeks of debate over “Will James Cameron be the King of the World once again?” or “Will the ex-Mrs. Cameron, […]
You know that the Austin Film Festival is one of the world’s premier screenwriting-focused events. But did you know just […]
Director Joachim Back has scored his first Oscar nomination for his short film The New Tenants. The short follows two […]
Starring opposite George Clooney in Up In The Air was, at least at first, a nerve-wracking experience for first-time Oscar […]
You don’t have to wear Prada to recognize Anna Wintour—Vogue‘s legendary editor-in-chief, who is always centerstage (sunglasses firmly in place) […]
We’ve certainly had cushier assignments. Bouncing along an unpaved Amazon road on the back of a bald-tired pick-up truck in […]
Days after we filmed at Carole Morison’s chicken farm in Pocomoke, Maryland, our production van was still swarming with flies […]
Score another point for The Hurt Locker as the race toward Oscar Sunday continues. The Writers Guild of America, West […]
In 2001 I sent out the VHS screener of my first documentary film, Treading Water: A Documentary, to Sundance. I […]
The premise is deceptively simple: Three college students spend the day skiing, only to be forgotten on the ski lift […]
I’m standing around on the set of The Messenger, drinking cold coffee, waiting for the next set-up with no particular […]
Ti West’s The House of the Devil is the latest buzzy horror film. But—like Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever before it—this one is different.
Rights and royalties have not traditionally been a priority for independent producers. Why should they be when between them and […]
It was a monumental night for women directors everywhere when Kathryn Bigelow became the first female director to take home […]
It’s been a juggle covering both the Slamdance and Sundance Film Festivals this week. Between panels, screenings and parties, there […]
