Festivals
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Fest Beat: Brick Oven Pizzas and a Cinephilic Second Family Await at Edmonton International Film Festival 2019
As I approached the city of Edmonton, an image flashed in my mind of the day I landed in Havana, packing little... -
Newport Beach Film Festival 2019: SoCal’s Center for Cinema Celebration Turns the Big 2-0 This Year
If the Newport Beach Film Festival could be described in a phrase, “Think globally, act locally” might be it. Showcasing films from... -
Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival 2018: Tapas and Red Wine Flow At This Immersive European Hub
The 2018 Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival was an all-inclusive immersion in, and education on, the ever-evolving culture and love of independent... -
Fest Beat: Indie Memphis Showcases Auteur-Driven Programming, Live Music, and Rich Banana Pudding
When you’re finishing a movie, the rest of the world fades into white noise. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t thinking about where... -
Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival 2018: Boundary-Pushing International Fare Thrives Amid Foliage of Upstate New York
A sleepy college town in late fall. Changing leaves and crisp air. It’s a peaceful autumn idyll for some, a John Carpenter-esque... -
Montana Int’l Film Festival 2018: Eclectic Curation and After-Hours Karaoke Make Year One as Natural as Nature Itself
I’ve heard that Montana is a quest of sorts: beautiful in scope, yet full of potential agonies for the uninitiated. People are... -
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,... -
AFI Fest 2018 Wrap: Team MovieMaker‘s Favorites From This Year’s Festival
In experimenting with all forms of moviemaking, this year’s AFI Fest slate managed to spread the focus of its selections even more... -
San Antonio Film Festival 2018: The 24-Year-Old Texan Fest Continues to Grow in Size and Stature
San Antonio has an interesting history when it comes to movies. The first film to win a Best Picture Oscar (Wings) was... -
AFI Fest 2018 Preview: International Masters and New Voices Come to Hollywood with Boundary-Pushing Stories
Year after year, cinephiles in Los Angeles eagerly await the announcement of AFI Fest’s list of award-winning titles, which encompasses the best...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s...