Spring 2017

Spring 2017 Issue

  • Spring 2017

Killer Instincts: Florence Pugh’s Steely Performance in Lady Macbeth Foretells a Rapid Ascension

“Everybody get the bongos out,” laughs 21-year-old Florence Pugh when describing her English childhood. A bohemian upbringing she says was…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Buying What He’s Selling: Michael Showalter on The Big Sick and His Transactional Approach to Storytelling

Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, the real-life couple whose love story forms the backbone of romantic comedy The Big…

7 years ago
  • Spring 2017

Eye Piece: DP Philippe Le Sourd Shoots the Human Textures in Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled

With The Beguiled—set at a girls’ boarding school in the South during the Civil War, and adapted by Sofia Coppola…

7 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Infectious Charm: Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon Bring Their Real-Life Romance to the Screen in The Big Sick

Ten years ago, up-and-coming comedian Kumail Nanjiani and therapist Emily V. Gordon were falling in love. Then Emily fell into a coma.…

7 years ago
  • Spring 2017

Numerous Projects in Various Stages of Development: Spring – Summer 2017

Spring forward with these three indies-in-progress. Home Project Description: An immigrant single mother escapes a past of conflict and revolution,…

7 years ago
  • Spring 2017

Video and Digital Preservation 101: A Brief Guide to Keeping Your Films Alive Indefinitely (Part Two)

This is the second part of our "Playing for Keeps" series on film and digital preservation. Read the first part,…

7 years ago
  • Spring 2017

On Demand and Supply: Brush Up on Digital Distribution Basics, Courtesy of Leading Aggregator Distribber

Distribution is the end goal of every moviemaker, yet for many the slog of getting a film onto a screen—any…

7 years ago
  • Spring 2017

What’s In An Eighth? An Assistant Director Explains How to Break a Screenplay Page and Plan Shots

Math is generally reliable, but in the world of moviemaking, not so much. “Five takes” usually means 15 to 20.…

7 years ago
  • Spring 2017

Persistence Pays Off: Alien: Covenant‘s Katherine Waterston is Finally Ready For Her Close-Up

Do a cursory scroll through the IMDb page of Katherine Waterston, and you’ll find someone who—on the surface—is in the…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

You Need Professional Help: How Essential is Mentorship in the Film Industry? Indie Filmmakers Weigh In

When Alan Barillaro, director of “Piper,” this year’s Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film, accepted his award, he said,…

7 years ago