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  • Movie News

A Hidden Life: August Diehl and Valerie Pachner Say Terrence Malick Filmed Them While Sleeping in Between Takes

A Hidden Life director Terrence Malick has a reputation for keeping a low public profile. But the film's stars, August…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Quentin Tarantino: What Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Borrows From The Stuntman

Quentin Tarantino says part of the story structure of Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is built around an idea…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

In Fabric Director Peter Strickland and The Lighthouse Director Robert Eggers Share How David Lynch Changed Their Lives

When MovieMaker put In Fabric director Peter Strickland and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers together on a call, our goal…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

In Fabric Director Peter Strickland and The Lighthouse Director Robert Eggers on the Pros and Cons of Research

(Spoiler warning: This discussion between In Fabric director Peter Strickland and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers contains a spoiler about…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

What Alex Gibney Learned From Martin Scorsese

Citizen K director Alex Gibney produced two episodes of the Martin Scorsese PBS series The Blues years ago, and he's…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

How Citizen K Director Alex Gibney Gets the Toughest Interview Subjects to Open Up

Alex Gibney, director of the new documentary Citizen K, believes most people want to tell their stories. “The ‘trick,’ if…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

MovieMaker Wants to Hear From You: Take Our Reader Survey

MovieMaker's mission is to deliver you the best coverage of the art and business of making movies. We've put together a survey to learn…

4 years ago
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Edward Norton: No One Works Better With Composers Than Wes Anderson

Edward Norton says most film scores are introduced to the moviemaking process much too late. The only director who has…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Edward Norton Set Motherless Brooklyn Aside for So Long He Didn’t Remember Writing It

Edward Norton set the script for Motherless Brooklyn aside for a while, just like many writers do when they aren't…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Festival Beat: Elevated Programming Makes Jury Duty Fun at Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2019

Having narrowly escaped jury duty this past spring, I volunteered myself for another. No, not for a DUI case like…

5 years ago
  • Best Of

Hollywood Ending: Quentin Tarantino on Making Movies, Finding Love, and Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood

The first time Quentin Tarantino and I connect, he offers me an apology. "I'm not trying to be flaky," he…

5 years ago
  • Festivals

Fantaspoa 2018: Genre Moviemaking’s Heart Beats Louder, Longer, and Livelier in Porto Alegre, Brazil

"Once I get started, I won’t be able to stop." It’s 1 a.m. in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and I’m sandwiched between Larissa, the Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

Slamdance Film Festival 2018: Park City’s Other Annual Film Fest Dances to its Own Drummer, Busts Some New Moves

If 2018 was the year Sundance struggled to answer how much of its DNA is market-driven and how much of…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Cinequest Film & VR Festival 2018: Trends Are Set, Not Followed, At This Silicon Valley-Based Multimedia Showcase

While a chilly drizzle washed away late winter with early spring in downtown San Jose, a record-breaking attendance of 105,000-plus…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Desert Eagle: How Coralie Fargeat Shot Revenge in the Moroccan Desert, Preserved Her Creative Freedom, and More

If you'd have told film critics five years ago (or maybe even just last year) that a rape-and-revenge film released…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

FilmQuest 2017: This Mormon Country Genre Fest Makes Every Outsider Feel at Home

A piercing white patch of light trapped between pitch black sky, glowing ethereally against the silhouettes of a mountain-perched farmhouse…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

Tacoma Film Festival 2017: The Odds Of Meeting Your Next Creative Partner Are High At This Northwestern Indie Hub

Like ships coming in to dock at the city’s urban port, burgeoning moviemakers arrived at Tacoma Film Festival’s 12th annual…

6 years ago
  • Directing

“Society is the Monster”: Jordan Peele on Racism as Horror, Writers’ Block and More at 2017 Film Independent Forum

"Any good scary moment or scene is not very intellectual for me. It’s from the gut. It’s a feeling. It’s…

7 years ago
  • Movie News

Portland Film Festival 2017 Preview: Co-Founder Josh Leake Teases Highlights, Diverse Programming, and More

With this year's edition of the Portland Film Festival kicking off tomorrow, we spoke with co-founder and executive director Josh…

7 years ago
  • Frame of Mind

Frame of Mind: To Do True Crime Right, The Confession Tapes Used Private Interview Locations and Macro Lenses (Video)

What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film’s cast and crew? Or…

7 years ago
  • Other

Exclusive: Watch Aml Ameen Navigate the Dark Side of Wall Street in This Clip From The Price (Video)

What's the price one pays for a cushy job on Wall Street? That's one of the fundamental questions at the…

7 years ago
  • Directing

Exclusive: Watch Del the Funky Homosapien Rap Over Stop-Motion Wizardry in Video for L’Orange’s "Blame the Author"

Yes, you can make a fantastical production on a real-boy budget. That's the conceit of director Alex Thompson's music video for…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Exclusive: Watch John Malkovich Narrate the End of the World in Short Film “Hell” (Video)

If thou stare long into John Malkovich, John Malkovich will also gaze into thee. And when he reads you a…

7 years ago
  • Directing

“Where Are We Without Truth?”: Errol Morris on Why Doc Moviemakers Should See Themselves as Journalists

“I hope I was able to talk about the film in some way,” Errol Morris joked after our hour-long exchange.…

7 years ago