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On the eve of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’s 10th anniversary, I revisited this old cinematic flame, confirming my suspicion that movies, like lovers, get better with forgetting.
Director Jenée LaMarque’s heartfelt, clever feature debut, The Pretty One, tells the story of Laurel, a shy, sensitive young woman who has always remained in the long shadow of her confident twin sister, Audrey—that is, until an accident suddenly presents her with the chance to see what being ‘the pretty one’ is really like.
Last week at Sundance and Slamdance, we loaned out the MovieMaker Instagram account to four different sets of filmmakers who all had films premiering at Park City: Republic of Rick’s Mario Kyprianou, Land Ho!’s Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz, Ivory Tower’s Andrew Rossi, and The Overnighters’ Jesse Moss. For 11 days they documented the tinsel-y slopes of Park City – the bustle of Main Street, the thrill of premiere screenings, and the endless free swag to be collected at the parties. The entire series can be seen here on our official Instagram page, but here are 12 of our favorite shots.
Gloria, Sebastián Lelio’s feature about a spirited older woman determined to get the most out of life, raises questions about how much happiness we afford older cinematic characters.
MovieMaker is taking a closer look at MOFILM, a new form of advertising company that shakes up the stuffy world of advertizing by crowdsourcing moviemaking talent. This article appears in MovieMaker’s Winter 2014 issue, on newsstands January 28.
Academy Award nominee Lucy Walker’s latest documentary, The Crash Reel, tells the story of Kevin Pearce, the Virginian snowboarder poised on the cusp of Olympic glory until a horrifying accident left him with a traumatic brain injury. Walker talks to us about how she captured both gloriously big and affectingly small moments, and making “strange, lyrical, never-before-seen-on-film movies.”
Shana Betz’s debut feature Free Ride, starring Anna Paquin, Drea de Matteo and Cam Gigandet, and produced by Paquin and husband Stephen Moyer amongst others, opens in select theaters January 10, 2014, and we’ve got an exclusive scene to whet your appetite.
Italian actor-director Sergio Castellitto’s new romantic drama Twice Born, an adaptation of the bestselling novel Venuto nel Mondo by author Margaret Mazzantini, opens today in select U.S. cities courtesy of Entertainment One.
As anyone who has ever seen their own work projected up on a big screen will attest, there’s nothing like having your movie playing in a theater.
No fighting, kids. It’s MovieMaker’s holiday giveaway, and there’s enough to go around. Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull is universally acclaimed as one of the greatest motion pictures of all time, and now, just in time for the holidays, renowned cult artist Midnight Marauder is partnering with MovieMaker to offer his gorgeous, limited-edition, original poster of the classic film to all of new two-year subscribers!
The word “independence” connotes solitude and individualism: a lone wolf charting its own iconoclastic path through a barren wilderness. Indie-friendly Businesses.
Hal Hartley, American independent impresario, is bringing Ned Rifle, the third film in his award-winning Grim family trilogy (Henry Fool, 1998 and Fay Grim, 2007), to life via a Kickstarter campaign that’s already made close to $150,000.
While AFI Fest glitters on in Hollywood as we speak, MovieMaker’s spotlighting a festival with a totally opposite – but no less fabulous – sensibility: Cucalorus, taking place in downtown Wilmington, NC, November 13 to November 17, 2013. Executive Director Dan Brawley takes a stab at putting into words what makes his festival so damn cool.
AFI Fest, the incumbent monarch of Los Angeles’ film festivals, rears its glamorous head again with John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks kicking things off at the Chinese Theater tonight. MovieMaker spoke to Associate Director of Programming, Lane Kneedler, about the secret hardships of being a programmer, this year’s rising tide of female filmmakers, and what he thinks the lucky Angelenos who scored free tickets this week should be watching.
The New York Film Critics Series is launching a brand new in-theater series featuring previews of major films screened simultaneously in cities across America. The series kicks off tomorrow, November 5, with Alexander Payne’s Nebraska, with live appearances by Bruce Dern, June Squibb and Will Forte, and moderated by Peter Travers. See below for the press release – and for the promo code that gets MovieMaker readers in New York 30% off ticket prices!
The ninth edition of the Film Independent Forum, put on by Los Angeles-based nonprofit Film Independent, took place October 25-27, 2013, at the Director’s Guild of America. MovieMaker not only got to attend, we also got to speak with Josh Welsh, Film Independent president himself, on the success of both the Forum and Film Independent itself.
Mr. Nobody, the inventive, original third feature of Belgian director Jaco Van Dormael, opens in U.S. theaters this Friday after being picked up by Magnolia – though the film was made way back in 2009 and was already something of a European cult sensation in 2010.
South African director, writer and producer Gavin Hood shares his 31 Golden Rules of MovieMaking – riding the comet trail that is his latest movie, the intergalactic adventure Ender’s Game, opening in theaters this Friday.
MovieMaker’s pick of this week’s new releases is Abdellatif Kechiche’s much-talked about three-hour epic, Blue is the Warmest Color (or, in French, La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2). Charting a span of some years in the young adult life of Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos), the film follows her emotional journey as she falls into a relationship with the older, cooler, bluer Emma (Léa Seydoux), while making her way through high school and becoming a teacher.
If you’ve never heard of Art Linson, now’s the opportunity to get familiar: We’re certain the Hollywood veteran has produced some of your favorite films and television series of all time – Fight Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Untouchables, Heat, Into the Wild and FX’s Sons of Anarchy among them. Interested yet?
