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There have been lots of articles in the pages of MovieMaker (and elsewhere) that go something...

Growing up in the southernmost tip of Texas, in the Mexican border town of McAllen, I...

With more than 30 features under his belt, Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC is one of the...

Over the course of just three feature films, Alejandro González Iñárritu has established himself as an...

Film festival directors all have stories about what it’s like to be in the trenches of...

23-year-old Grete Eliassen is quickly emerging as a breakout star in the skiing world. Raised in...

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Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, famed director Spike Lee returned to document the...

As lawyers who regularly work with independent moviemakers, we see the same legal pitfalls on a...

Sam Wasson’s new book, Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and the Dawn...

It’s every moviemaker’s dream: Embarking on a life-changing project with a universal story, ample room for...

In today’s era of $200 million Inception-esque films, the independent moviemaker’s latest project tends to get...

As far as present-day film critics go, there’s the old folks, such as Roger Ebert and...

Rising star Ellen Page—the heart and soul of Jason Reitman’s 2007 indie hit Juno—is turning up...

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