Wonder Women: 10 Female Directors Who Made the Jump From Indie to Mainstream
It’s always been tough for female directors to find the same amount of work that male directors have. Thankfully, in recent years, the balance of...
Scratching Through the Surface: How David Lynch Manipulates His Audience in Mulholland Dr. (Video)
Recently selected by 177 critics as the finest film of the 21st century in a BBC poll, David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. is possibly the crown jewel in...
Making the Case for Houston: Spotlight on This Texan Metropolis, With State Film Incentives on the Line
Commonly known as a business-heavy port city, Houston—surprisingly to some—is an ethnically diverse hub where a community of moviemakers, far from Hollywood, have opportunities to...
Fake It To Make It: Watch How Orson Welles’ F For Fake Rewrote the Rules on Editing Structure (Video)
Yes, Orson Welles made Citizen Kane. Its reputation precedes it and it is often seen as a perfect film. Yet, the rest of Welles’ films...
The Magnificent Anderson: Tour the Weird Wonder of Wes Anderson’s World With These Supercuts (Video)
With one of the most distinct eyes in cinema, Wes Anderson has been gracing screens with his playhouse-styled, candy colored visuals for the past 20 years....
All Jacked Up: Watch Jack Nicholson Breathe the Fire of On-Screen Anger to Craft Complex Performances (Video)
From Five Easy Pieces to The Shining to A Few Good Men and even the latest Lakers home game, Jack Nicholson’s intensity consistently burns through. Nicholson...
Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons from Criterion’s Blow-Up
Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is a stamp of cultural importance....
Coming to America America: Actor Stathis Giallelis on Making Elia Kazan’s Immigrant Epic at 2017 TCM Film Festival
Forgotten in recent memory, Elia Kazan’s immigrant epic America America burst back to the big screen at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival, accompanied by an...
Paws For Reflection: Cast Members Look Back On Best in Show at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival
At the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival, actors John Michael Higgins, Fred Willard, Jim Piddock and a laryngitis-afflicted Bob Balaban joined TCM host and moderator...
Improvised Anxiety: On the Rocks is a Painfully Hilarious Microbudget Feature
Incredibly uncomfortable and relentlessly hilarious, On the Rocks, the first feature from Alex Kavutskiy and Ariel Gardner, is a tragicomedy of epic proportions. The story...
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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...