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Milwaukee Film Festival 2017: From Star Vehicles to Indie Circuit Darlings
If you’re thinking of beer every time you mention Milwaukee, you’re not the only one. This city has a long history going... -
The Perfect Cocktail: Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival
Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) was born to be original. The festival’s name may lead you to imagine a strangely colored... -
Festival Spotlight Friday: San Francisco Frozen Film Festival is Hella Chill
No one can say that the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (SFFFF) is short on spirit. The festival aims to broaden its... -
Festival Spotlight Friday: Los Angeles Film Festival Celebrates 19th Year
The Los Angeles Film Festival began with a bang June 13 and runs through this Sunday, June 23rd Our new Festival Spotlight... -
Coachella: Triumphs, failures, and lessons from the inaugural AMFM Fest
The inaugural AMFM Fest, which shares a valley with the Coachella Art and Music Festival, may have been too ambitious. But the... -
Bringing Film to Coachella: AMFM Fest aims to bring film, art, and more music to the Coachella Valley
AMFM Fest, the new acronymic festival in the Coachella Valley, might just be aiming to overthrow that other four-letter film and music... -
Screenin’ in the Rain: Notes on Cannes 2013, Part I
It wasn’t until the midpoint of a drizzlier and gustier than usual edition of the Cannes Film Festival that the red carpets... -
If Only I Could Cannes:
Festival de Cannes is upon us. Like me, you wish you were there. Or unlike me, you are there, which raises the...
9 Cannes premieres to look out for (that I won’t get to see till they come to New York) -
Newfilmmakers Los Angeles: LA’s only monthly film festival moves to the AT&T Center
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles — LA’s only monthly film festival — has relocated its screening series from the Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood... -
Nairobi Half Life: Endorsed by the Kenyan Embassy
Washington, D.C.—This morning, the Embassy of Kenya in the U.S. announced its support for Nairobi Half Life, a Kenyan film screening today...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8