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"Meet Me in Montauk": Alamo Drafthouse and Focus Features Memorably Celebrate Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

I’m on a cloudy beach on a cool mid-August afternoon. A trail of footprints sinks into...

Staying Alive: The Director of Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey Shares How He’s Sustained A 63-Year Moviemaking Career

My first job out of UCLA Film School in 1954, at age 22, was directing the...

#BlessedProduction: Ingrid Goes West Director and Stars Talk Instagram Marketing, Social Media Creepiness and More

Keep it brief, keep it fun, and keep it creative: That’s how an effective social media...

Breaking Down Your Script? Follow These Steps to Mark and Tag Your Way Through Pre-Production (Video)

1st ADs in pre-production: Are your project’s scenes marked and tagged for shooting? If so, great! You’ll...

Indie Animated Delight: 2014 French Feature Mune: Guardian of the Moon Opens For One Day in U.S. Theaters

Experimentation involves risk, a factor that doesn’t figure into the equation of the increasingly homogeneous list...

Do Things, Don’t Just Say Things: Six D.I.Y. Tips From the Director of Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

What is punk rock? It should first be said that punk is different things to different...

The Creative Distribution Fellowship: How Sundance Institute Is Working to Build Moviemakers From the Ground Up

Here’s something I’ve noticed in our world of storytelling: There are tons of fellowships out there....

Knowing When to End It: Our Doc On a Knife Edge Took Seven Years to Make. Here’s What We Learned on the Way

For several years, our documentary On a Knife Edge had a great beginning and a wonderful...

Dream-Come-True Scenario: Scenarios USA Pairs Students with Big-Name Professional Talent

Scenarios USA, a national nonprofit with an educational mandate, teams its annual writing contest winner with...

Brothers Grimm in Watercolor, Breathing: Sébastien Laudenbach on Animating The Girl Without Hands

French animator Sébastien Laudenbach’s ethereal first feature The Girl Without Hands, based upon the Brothers Grimm...

Shine a Light: Scorsese’s Film Foundation Leads a Charge to Preserve 50 Endangered Gems of Africa’s Cinema History

Having touched on the rich cultural heritage of West Africa with “Feel Like Going Home,” an...

Going In Blind: How the First Legally Blind Person to Write, Produce, Edit, Direct and Star in a Feature Built His Career

My name is gough, and I founded Beernuts Productions, a film production company based in Australia. I am...

The Irresistible Lure of the Heist: From Baby Driver to Logan Lucky, Why Do We Return to This Classic Genre?

Looking for a summer getaway? You may have to steal it. A couple of high-profile heists...

Of Bad Apes and Twisted Revenge: Matt Reeves, Steve Zahn, Weta Digital and Others on War for the Planet of the Apes

Actor Steve Zahn—known for his roles in That Thing You Do, Riding in Cars With Boys,...

Lot of Luck: How a Studio Security Guard Turned Moviemaker Tracked Down Set Pieces on His Lot to Make The Midnighters

The Midnighters, my feature film directorial debut, began a long time ago when I spent a...

Gearing Up: An Indie Moviemaker’s First-Hand Account of Assembling the Ideal Camera Package

The gist of feedback for my first film, critically or otherwise, could mostly be summarized as,...

On Using "Real People": A Veteran Talent Scout (and Director of Moss) Shares Advice For Casting Non-Actors

When you need to shoot a scene in a local bait and tackle shop on a...

Score! Five Things Directors Should Learn About Working With Composers (From Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore and More)

Three years ago, I packed up my things at my desk in a Sacramento television news...

Unsung Film Heroes: Daniel Raim’s Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story Shines a Light on Two Cinematic Artists

Harold and Lillian Michelson are two unrecognized pillars of the American film industry whose contributions to...

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....

A Fellow Conspirator: One of Werner Herzog’s "Good Soldiers" Takes Us Inside His Moviemaking Workshop

“I used to think of myself as a pilgrim, though now I am trying to be...

The Regional Film Centers of America: Four Institutions That Have Shaped Independent Film For Decades

In 1967, movies were changing. Studio executives watched as The Graduate, made for $3 million, sold more...

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...

Life After Provocation: Burden Documentarians Tim Marrinan and Richard Dewey on Meeting the Real Chris Burden

As if on a pilgrimage, scores of tourists and, on occasion, locals have taken advantage of...

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