All posts by Ryan Williams
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Milwaukee Film Festival 2018: Cream City Hosts Cream of the Crop in Local, Awards-Contending, and Lost Silent Cinema
Milwaukee may not be the first city that jumps to mind when thinking of the film industry as a whole. It should,... -
Deep in the Heart of Waco: Behind the Scenes of the Small Texas City and its Burgeoning Film Festival
Located right in between Texan powerhouses Houston and Austin, Waco has been slowly but surely making a name for itself in the... -
Unlocking the Key: Charlie Plummer on his Horrifying Discovery of The Clovehitch Killer
Building up an impressive resume, Charlie Plummer continues his budding career with this viscerally effective horror film. Telling the tale of a... -
2018 Beyond Fest Preview: Five Screenings to Catch at Los Angeles’ Expertly Programmed Genre Festival
Returning for the sixth time, Beyond Fest continues to build on its reputation as the home to all of Los Angeles’s genre... -
Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons from Criterion’s The Tree of Life
Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic, or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is a stamp... -
“Someone to Last Your Whole Life”: James Ivory on Celebrating Maurice Over 30 Years Later
Hot off of his Academy Award win for Best Adapted Screenplay, James Ivory’s 1987 follow-up to A Room with a View screened at... -
Like Brothers: Mark and Jay Duplass Explore Their Fraternal Filmmaking Bond in New Memoir
“How do you make it in this brutal fucking business?” This is the question that indie moviemaking mainstays Mark and Jay Duplass... -
Keep on Keepin’ On: Mario Van Peebles on How His Father Brought Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song to Life
A trailblazer in radical 1970s cinema, Melvin van Peebles’ home-grown experimental milestone gained a new audience at this year’s TCM Classic Film... -
Exclusive: Andover Examines Love, Death and Resurrection (Video)
There is nothing as permanent as death and there is no desire as strong as the desire to transcend death. Within the... -
Taylor Made: Deon Taylor on How His Self-Made Moviemaking Journey Led Him to Direct Traffik
One of the hardest working filmmakers in the industry, Deon Taylor has been making features for over 10 years. His new thriller Traffik...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Mads Mikkelsen
From Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be seen stretching his dramatic skills across the board these...Inside the Issue: Directing
The 2019 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: Eleven Sundance-Selected Films, and Their Mountain-Bound Makers
The 35th Sundance Film Festival received a record-breaking 14,000-plus submissions, with 4,000-plus feature-length films among them. Of the 112 features selected, 45 of their makers were first-timers. The fest’s...1Inside the Issue: How To
Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry
Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies of David Cronenberg films and, with...