Medicinal Moviemaking: To Document a Spiritual Quest, Reality of Truth Zooms In On Shrooms and Other Psychedelics
“And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as...
Turning the Tide: With Over 60 Million Views, Fisher Stevens’ Before the Flood Warms New Generations to Environmentalism
He was, like the rest of us who count ourselves among the environmental community, still emotionally hung over on the 10th day of November in...
The Art of the Interview: 10 Essential Tenets of On-Camera Conversation
Ken Burns stopped. The legendary documentarian typically plows forward with the relentless tenacity of a cragged New Englander picking rocks from a bony potato field...
After Suffering PTSD, Amy Ziering Returns to The Hunting Ground with Kirby Dick
She patiently listened to the details, time and time again, that sounded too eerily similar. A few sordid, graphic and incomprehensible stories of violent rape...
LOST ANGELS: The true story behind The Soloist hits the big screen
Immersion. It’s a technique favored by actors in advance of challenging roles, but the furthest thing from Gary Foster’s mind when the local newspaper thumped...
Adam Yauch Talks No Impact Man and More
Adam Yauch is best known for spouting his vicious poetics as a founding member of the Beastie Boys. In 2008, however, the devoted Buddhist ventured...
Ted Braun Discusses Darfur Now
The impact of his first big-screen documentary may not be fully appreciated for years. Even with Don Cheadle and George Clooney as principle characters in...
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The Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada 2017: Film Programs to Shape You Into the Next Moviemaking All-Star
Perhaps you’re someone who dreams of a career in moviemaking, and has come to the realization that the discipline, experimentation and personal relationships that flourish in an academic setting are...
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What’s in Your Kit? The Underwater Gear Used in Jeff Orlowski’s Gorgeous Environmental Doc Chasing Coral
How do you show irrefutable proof that the world’s coral reefs are rapidly dying due to climate change? Director Jeff Orlowski’s feature Chasing Coral follows an impassioned team of...
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Of Bad Apes and Twisted Revenge: Matt Reeves, Steve Zahn, Weta Digital and Others on War for the Planet of the Apes
Actor Steve Zahn—known for his roles in That Thing You Do, Riding in Cars With Boys, and Dallas Buyers Club—once stumbled onto an online post about his role in...