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The TCM Classic Film Festival is the zenith of repertory celebrations -- repertory cinema is alive and well across the…

In this exploration of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s filmography, Susan Napier paints a portrait of the world this renowned moviemaker…

Professor Beatriz Peña-Acuña's Understanding Steven Spielberg offers an academic dissection of the famed director’s filmography and exemplary workmanship.

Netflix has continued to grow at an astounding rate, including recently announcing plans to open a U.S. production hub in…

Classically beautiful venues screened prestige titles and the best of the Midwest at Milwaukee Film Festival 2018—a fest teeming with…

Located right in between Texan powerhouses Houston and Austin, Waco has been slowly but surely making a name for itself…

MovieMaker spoke with rising star Charlie Plummer about the perks of joining projects early and the secrets behind his performance…

Returning for the sixth time, Beyond Fest continues to build on its reputation as the home to all of Los…

Criterion Crash Course explores how Criterion's new release of The Tree of Life offers a thorough look at how sound…

Hot off of his Academy Award win for Best Adapted Screenplay, James Ivory's 1987 follow-up to A Room with a…

In Like Brothers, Mark and Jay Duplass' new memoir, they explore their fraternal roots, giving an honest and earnest answer…

A trailblazer in radical 1970s cinema, Melvin van Peebles' home-grown experimental milestone, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, gained a new audience…

In this MovieMaker-exclusive clip from Andover, a professor revels in his obsession with cloning his deceased wife to resurrect her…

Traffik director Deon Taylor used the special features of DVDs as his own personal film school. Here's how he's navigated…

Watch this video essay to learn how Oscar-winning Blade Runner 2049 cinematographer Roger Deakins sources light and frames mise en…

With her Oscar-nominated Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig brings a fresh perspective to its central mother-daughter relationship, solidifying her ever-growing reputation…

With Christopher Nolan receiving his very first Oscar nomination for Best Director this year, we explore how the director's work…

With Phantom Thread giving Paul Thomas Anderson his first Best Director nomination since 2007, the American auteur has further cemented himself as…

The Oscar-nominated Logan deconstructs the superhero film and reinvents it to establish itself as representative of a time in which…

Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Andrew Whitehurst discusses his work on Alex Garland's new film Annihilation, whose success hinges on the design…

In this MovieMaker.com-exclusive clip, The Music of Silence casts a poetic lens on the life of Andrea Bocelli, the famed Italian…

French New Wave founding father Francois Truffaut's desire to constantly upend accepted notions of filmmaking has led to an inarguable…

I had the honor of attending last weekend's Telluride Film Festival as a member of its 44th Student Symposium, which…