Summer 2016

  • Summer 2016

The Business of Web Series: What are the Returns on Online Episodic Content — Monetary or Otherwise?

In early 2016, comedian Louis C.K. released his original series Horace & Pete exclusively on his website, louisck.net. Users paid…

8 years ago
  • Summer 2016

MovieMaker Presents: Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch, 2016

Screenwriters are, of course, the perennially overworked, underappreciated artists whose heart, soul and lifeblood the movie world depends on. Since…

8 years ago
  • Summer 2016

Flowchart: So I Went to Film School. Now What?

Every year, we feature a "Film Education" section in our summer issue, in which we dive into the perennial questions…

8 years ago
  • Summer 2016

Eye Piece: How Dystopian Romance Equals Was Lit Entirely by Luminescent LEDs

As a cinematographer, I have made several movies with director Drake Doremus, including Like Crazy and Breathe In. Those films…

8 years ago
  • Summer 2016

Paradise Lost: Viggo Mortensen Heads a Brood of Survivalists in Matt Ross’ Captain Fantastic

Are there chances in life for little dirt cowboys / Should I make my way out of my home in…

8 years ago
  • Book Reviews

Book Review: Directors Tell the Story is Beach Reading for Fun and Profit

Truly comprehensive books on directing are difficult to find, for one obvious reason: Those with the practical knowledge to write…

8 years ago
  • Summer 2016

Independence Day Offer: Celebrate the Boxing Movie with This Gorgeous Poster

The boxing movie. Is there a more American genre? Sure, our Summer issue cover film, Hands of Stone, is about…

8 years ago
  • Interviews

Welcome to the Doghouse: With Wiener-Dog, the Idiosyncratic Todd Solondz is Sticking to Old Tricks

Todd Solondz is a polarizing moviemaker, to be sure, but no one can deny that the man has a distinctive…

8 years ago
  • How They Did It

How They Did It: How Swiss Army Man Pulled Off That Fart-Powered Jet-Ski Daniel Radcliffe Corpse

Winter of 2011, my writing and directing partner, Daniel Kwan (the other half of Daniels, the name we go by…

8 years ago
  • Directing

Whatever it Takes: Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon Presents Hollywood Corruption with a Pop Twist

Ever since Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn debuted, at 24, with the extraordinary Pusher in 1996, two aspects of his…

8 years ago