MM Guide 2019
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A Sale Unto Oneself: About To Have Your First Market Experience? Here’s Why Self-Distribution Is the Way To Go
Every indie moviemaker has the fantasy of premiering a movie at Sundance, then selling it for millions after an all-night bidding war... -
Looks That Kill: Eleven Horror DPs Reveal the Tricks and Tech Behind the Year’s Scariest Shooting Schemes
Scary movies this year have ranged from high-profile reboots to independent breakouts to ambitious microbudgeters, and they all have one thing in... -
Indie Law: Make Your Feature’s Development Less Dicey With Loyal Legal Counsel and Financing Foresight
Development is the time when your indie’s budget needs to be put to the test. It’s also the time when you may... -
The Business of Order: A Veteran Editor Breaks Down How To Shape, Switch, and Structure Your Film’s Chronology
Structure is the first thing to look at and approach as an editor. Cutting a film chronologically before breaking it up isn’t... -
The Man in Bergman: A New German Cinema Pioneer’s Search for the Heart and Soul of Ingmar Bergman’s Legacy
In the early 1960s, I went to Paris and had no thoughts of cinema at all. The New German Wave was not...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Matt Dillon
The longevity of Matt Dillon’s laudable career is a byproduct of his self-reinvention. Oscillating between charismatic leading and comedic supporting roles, the New York-based actor has...Inside the Issue: Directing
MovieMaker Melee: 1985 and Tyrel Writer-Directors Yen Tan and Sebastián Silva Debate Their Processes’ Pros and Cons
To ring in the first installment of our new MovieMaker Melee debate series, we invited two indie moviemakers with films releasing this fall—Tyrel writer-director Sebastián Silva and...Inside the Issue: How To
Inside the Creative Process: Karyn Kusama Walks Through Five Phases of Production, From Screenwriting to Distribution
Guest Moviemaker Karyn Kusama has been through a lot in her career. Kusama broke out in 2000 with her debut feature Girlfight, which earned the Grand...