All posts by Katherine Brodsky
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Hands Up: Spotlight on Whistler Film Festival 2017
While accepting an award from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists at the Whistler Film Festival in 2013, DIY indie filmmaking queen... -
“Trimming the Fat”: A Slimmer TIFF 2017 Lineup Still Offers a Robust Selection of Quality Programming
This year, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) chose to cut the number of films it opted to include in its lineup... -
Prisoners and Acting: An Interview with Melissa Leo
MovieMaker spoke to Melissa Leo, one of 2013’s hardest-working actresses (she turned in performances in six of the year’s releases, including Oblivion... -
Cheap Effects: Ways to Pull Off Impressive FX in a Pinch
When it comes to a movie of any budget, good storytelling is always key. Sometimes, though, part of that storytelling includes visual...
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Inside the Issue: Distribution
Your Key to Distribution Success: Get Keyed in to Key Art, and You’re On Your Way to an Instantly Iconic Movie
Think about some of the most famous posters ever produced: Jaws, Scarface, Taxi Driver, The Shining, Ghostbusters, E.T., The Godfather. What do they have in common? To...2Inside the Issue: Festivals
deadCenter Film Festival 2017: Oklahoma City Is the Biggest Star Of This Consistently Great Event
Film festivals are as good as their programmers and audiences, and the deadCenter film festival has an abundance of excellence in both. From the very first...Inside the Issue: Producing
What Investors Want to Hear: Here Are the Things You Need to Be Telling Potential Financiers In Your Pitch
There are as many different ways to get funding as there are movies made, but the one thing all of those stories have in common is...6