“We Don’t Have Time to Test Our Lenses. We’ve Gotta Shoot Film”: Kelly Reichardt Talks Making Certain Women
Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women is a departure for her in some ways. It’s the first feature she’s worked on without a writing...
Breaking Down the News: In Antonio Campos’ Christine, Rebecca Hall Find the Darkness That She’s Been Looking For
The late Christine Chubbuck is more famous than one might expect of a local Sarasota journalist who focused on relatively mundane issues...
Welcome to the Doghouse: With Wiener-Dog, the Idiosyncratic Todd Solondz is Sticking to Old Tricks
Todd Solondz is a polarizing moviemaker, to be sure, but no one can deny that the man has a distinctive style. His...
Mother Monster: Goodnight Mommy Takes New Delight in the Classic Evil Mom Trope
To watch Austrian duo Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s Goodnight Mommy is to be subject to an emotional resonance and a merciless...
Restless Heart, Roving Camera: Cary Fukunaga Marries Electric Passion and Technique in Beasts of No Nation
Two years ago, only cinephiles knew who Cary Joji Fukunaga was. He was the Oakland-born writer-director of gritty, modestly budgeted films, one...
Dark Horse: Interview with Jesse Eisenberg on Night Moves
As the lead environmental terrorist in Night Moves, Jesse Eisenberg takes it very seriously. John Ralske, MovieMaker Magazine (MM): This seems like...
Capturing the Night: DP Christopher Blauvelt on Night Moves
Christopher Blauvelt is a rising star behind the camera, as cinematographer for 2013’s The Bling Ring and Max Rose, and this year’s...
Jia Zhangke Exclusive: The renowned director talks about A Touch of Sin
At this year’s New York Film Festival, internationally renowned filmmaker Jia Zhangke showed his new film, A Touch of Sin, his first...2013 Los Angeles Film Festival: 10 Premieres to Catch at LAFF
This year’s Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) offers a uniquely broad-ranging view of contemporary cinema. Aside from their World Premiere-heavy Documentary and...
If Only I Could Cannes:
Festival de Cannes is upon us. Like me, you wish you were there. Or unlike me, you are there, which raises the...
9 Cannes premieres to look out for (that I won’t get to see till they come to New York)
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The Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada 2017: Film Programs to Shape You Into the Next Moviemaking All-Star
Perhaps you’re someone who dreams of a career in moviemaking, and has come to the realization that the discipline, experimentation and personal relationships that flourish in an...8Inside the Issue: Cinematography
What’s in Your Kit? The Underwater Gear Used in Jeff Orlowski’s Gorgeous Environmental Doc Chasing Coral
How do you show irrefutable proof that the world’s coral reefs are rapidly dying due to climate change? Director Jeff Orlowski’s feature Chasing Coral follows an...Inside the Issue: Directing
Of Bad Apes and Twisted Revenge: Matt Reeves, Steve Zahn, Weta Digital and Others on War for the Planet of the Apes
Actor Steve Zahn—known for his roles in That Thing You Do, Riding in Cars With Boys, and Dallas Buyers Club—once stumbled onto an online post about...