Kelly Leow

  • Documentary
  • Fall 2014

Love in Exile: a Cinematic Pilgrimage to Watch Tan Pin Pin’s Censored To Singapore, with Love

In September of 2014, filmmaker Tan Pin Pin found herself at the center of an intense national debate when Singapore's…

9 years ago
  • Summer 2015

Independence Transcendent: With the iPhone-Shot Tangerine, Sean Baker Makes it Look Easy

If the phrase “independent film” has in recent years felt problematic to you, with one-time rebels “going studio” and A-listers…

9 years ago
  • Cinematography
  • Inside MM - Directing
  • Summer 2015

Sight, Sound and Fury: The Tribe Gives New Meaning to “Must-See”

“Like magic.” That’s how Ukrainian director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy describes the intricate, lightning-quick articulations of sign language. It’s also a fitting…

9 years ago
  • Spring 2015

25 Years of Constructive Ass-Kicking: Writers Boot Camp Screenwriting Program is Going Strong

The key to the 25-year success of Writers Boot Camp? “Having the integrity to give people what they need instead…

9 years ago
  • Directing
  • Documentary
  • Interviews

Addictive Personalities: 20 Years of Madness Explores Friendship, Filmmaking and Mental Illness

“If there’s anything else in life that you can do and be happy with, go do that. Because this is…

9 years ago
  • Directing
  • Interviews

Persevere Through Your Office Job! An Interview with David and Nathan Zellner of Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

A depressed Japanese office worker travels to the freezing wilderness of North Dakota in search of the imaginary treasure buried…

9 years ago
  • Directing
  • Documentary
  • Fall 2014

Addicts, Winos, Fassbinder, Herzog: Giuseppe Makes a Movie Testifies to Cinema’s Power to Unite

Two days. $1,000. A camcorder and pack of tapes. A cast of alcoholics, drug addicts (who were picked from heroin…

9 years ago
  • Movie News

Best of 2014: Top Five Sophomore Features of 2014

Does second album syndrome apply to moviemaking, too? Absolutely. It's one thing to cobble together favors and enthusiasm for your…

9 years ago
  • Directing
  • How They Did It

Real-World Danger: J.C. Chandor on A Most Violent Year‘s Action Sequences

A Most Violent Year, director J.C. Chandor's third feature after Margin Call (2011) and All is Lost (2013), packs an…

9 years ago
  • Interviews
  • Producing

Breaking the Mold: Bodybuilder Mo Anouti Turns Actor and Producer in Hero of the Day

If you’re a would-be moviemaker nervous about the dive from a non-creative job into the risky waters of filmmaking, rest…

10 years ago
  • Acting
  • Interviews

Understanding Actors: Interview with Director Jen McGowan of Kelly & Cal

Actress-turned-director Jen McGowan premiered her feature debut, Kelly & Cal, at South by Southwest this March. The film, about the…

10 years ago
  • Feast for the Eyes

Feast for the Eyes: An Octopus Reverie in Oldboy

Food is a rich cultural signifier and storytelling device, both ripe for fetishization and so familiar that we often overlook…

10 years ago
  • MM Guide 2014
  • Movie News

New Issue! The Complete Guide to Making Movies 2015 on Sale Now

September 9, 2014 - MovieMaker Magazine's 110th issue, the Complete Guide to Making Movies 2015, hits newsstands around the U.S.…

10 years ago
  • Movie News

Indie-Friendly Business List 2014: Currently Accepting Nominations!

Calling all filmmakers: Tell us about an indie-friendly business out there that you think deserves the attention of the wider…

10 years ago
  • Distribution

Turning Fans Into Programmers: Customizable Digital YEKRA Theater Launches

VOD platform YEKRA announced today the launch of the customizable digital YEKRA theater, which, in keeping with the company's previous…

10 years ago
  • Movie News
  • Movie Reviews

When You Consider the Radiance: Ira Sachs’ Love is Strange

When Ira Sachs’ new feature, Love is Strange, begins, the title feels somewhat ironic. In many ways, there could be…

10 years ago
  • Inside MM - How To
  • Interviews
  • MM Guide 2014

Selling Out with Soul: Career Advice from Mark Duplass

Festival hits The One I Love and Creep, FX’s The League, box-office hit Tammy, a new HBO show, Togetherness—that’s just…

10 years ago
  • Feast for the Eyes

Feast for the Eyes: Confessional Baking and Sweet Things in Waitress

Food is a rich cultural signifier and storytelling device, both ripe for fetishization and so familiar that we often overlook…

10 years ago
  • Feast for the Eyes

Feast for the Eyes: Senselessly Spoiled Strudel in Inglourious Basterds

“The food in that movie looked so good.” There’s nothing quite as aggravating as delicious onscreen food. Think of the…

10 years ago
  • Directing
  • Documentary

Members Only: A Guide to Onscreen Peen with the Directors of The Final Member

The Final Member, a feature documentary by Canadian directors Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math, is the story of Sigurður ”Siggi”…

10 years ago
  • blog-test

3D for Indies: Legend3D’s Barry Sandrew on the 3D Moviemaking Horizon by Barry Sandrew, PhD

With NAB 2014 kicking off this weekend, we asked one of the trade show's visiting luminaries to give us a…

10 years ago
  • Directing
  • Documentary
  • Movie News
  • Movie Reviews

Gold from Straw: Brotherhood, Perseverance, and Creative Editing in Mistaken for Strangers

Tom Berninger turns a would-be straightforward rockumentary about his brother’s band into an extraordinarily rich, moving tale of fame, fortune…

10 years ago
  • Crowdfunder Pick

Crowdfunder Pick: Little Feet

Little Feet, the latest project from writer-director Alexandre Rockwell, is our Crowdfunder Pick of the Week, and it has kicked…

10 years ago
  • Articles
  • blog-test

Hide Your Smiling Faces: Daniel Patrick Carbone on Directing Authentic Kid Protagonists by Daniel Patrick Carbone

Daniel Patrick Carbone, writer-director of Hide Your Smiling Faces, explains how he brought his moody drama to life, through the…

10 years ago