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October 11, 2016
Andrzej Wajda, the powerhouse purveyor of Polish cinema with a celebrated knack for devastating depictions of war-torn Europe, passed away on Monday at 90.
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September 21, 2016
Defying the Nazis: Sharps’ War co-director Ken Burns goes deep on documentary as mode, medium and mediator between past, present and future.
September 20, 2016
Criterion Crash Course, our series on new Criterion Collection titles, draws moviemaking lessons from the Coen Brothers’ directorial debut, Blood Simple.
September 16, 2016
Eduardo Sánchez and Simon Barrett share a conversation on making each of their Blair Witch films and horror’s promise as an entry point for independents.
September 15, 2016
Alongside our new series Criterion Crash Course, MovieMaker is giving away one new Criterion title each week! To enter, the process is easy.
September 13, 2016
“It’s an Oliver Stone movie about Oliver Stone, but in the form of a book.” That’s how Matt Zoller Seitz described The Oliver Stone Experience to Stone.
August 25, 2016
In the spirit of Werner Herzog’s exploratory futurism, here are three things his doc Lo and Behold can teach moviemakers about our new media landscape.
July 25, 2016
MovieMaker’s Crowd Funder of the week is Stuck., a comedy about personal growth and relationships from Jillian Armenante, David Mickel, and Heather Turman.
January 20, 2016
Ask distributors, and you’ll get all sorts of answers—including at least one of these catchphrases about the horror distribution landscape.