-
Lee Hirsch Rallies for Peace with Bully
With over 10 million school kids being bullied, there has never been a better time to...
-
Focus Forward: Helping documentary moviemakers share their visions
With its impressive pedigree and thought-provoking line-up, Focus Forward is quickly emerging as one of the...
-
To Catch a Dollar: Gayle Ferraro Banks on America
With job creation a constant topic in the news, there’s no better time to see Gayle...
-
Sundance Dispatch 05: MovieMaker sits down with Grand Jury and Audience Award-winner Ryan Coogler of Fruitvale, the team behind the 99% documentary, and the President of Yekra
In this fifth and final episode, MovieMaker sits down with 2013 Grand Jury and Audience Award-winning...
-
Brick and Mortar: Why traditional distributors still matter in a major way
With a plethora of digital distribution platforms sprouting up like ragweed in a hay field, it...
-
The Iran Job
I’m married to an Iranian woman. She’s smart, beautiful, and tough as nails (I may be...
-
Roger Corman’s World: Alex Stapleton Pays Tribute to a Hollywood Rebel
Considering her status as a first-time moviemaker, Alex Stapleton’s choice of subject matter for her debut...
-
Get Closer to the Stars of Documentary with Constellation’s Top Docs
Constellation, a new, much buzzed-about online movie theater that turns watching movies online into a social...
-
Tribeca and Gucci Join Forces to Support Documentary Moviemakers
Contrary to what people may think, Gucci isn’t only concerned with handbags and sunglasses. For the...
-
Producers Guild Award Documentary Nominees Announced
The awards season is starting to kick into gear yet again. About time, too—it’s been nine...
-
Matt Katsolis Shoots and Scores with Panasonic
When Florida-based moviemaker Matt Katsolis stumbled upon a contest link this past summer, little did he...
-
San Francisco Documentary Festival
The San Francisco International Documentary Festival will screen the best new short and feature length docs...
-
The Tide Turns for Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda is a legendary French director and so-called “grandmother of the French New Wave;” a...
-
Cinema Law: What is an LLC and What Does it Have to do With My Documentary?
Q: There’s quite a lot of information that leads me to believe I should create an...
-
School of Visual Arts Announces MFA Program in Social Documentary Film
Is there value in creating art that is socially aware? The educators at the School of...
-
Documentary Channel Honors John Huston
Everyone knows Oscar-winning director John Huston as the man behind such classic fiction films as The...
-
Dawn of the Doc
Winged Migration (2003) Five years ago, I was standing on line at a Sundance documentary screening,”...
-
-
The Soul of a German Man
Blues legend Skip James died in 1969, jaded by what he called “the music racket.” The...
-
Liz Garbus Gets Out of Prison
Not often does one find a young documentary moviemaker carving a clearly defined niche early in...
-
Once Upon a Time in America
"This was all about Teddy. Not just about doing it for him, but about keeping him...
-
Rockets Redglare
Luis Fernandez de la Reguera, director of Rockets Redglare. In the late ’70s and early ’80s,...
-
The Kid Stays in the Picture
The life of Robert Evans is capable of making even the most ardent overachiever feel positively barren and unproductive in comparison. Best...
-
Toronto Gives Docs Their Due
Humiliated HUMILIATED Directed by Jesper Jargil; Denmark When veteran filmmaker Jesper Jargil was invited by Lars...
Latest
Moviemaking
MovieMaker RSS
- Does Batman Have to Be Buff? (Podcast) August 14, 2020
- The Film That Predicted the Pandemic; Build a Better Monster; Movies for 15 Cents (Or Free) August 14, 2020
- BlackStar Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup August 14, 2020
Comments