Articles – Moviemaking
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The Great Bogdanovich: The Moviemaker’s Varied Film Career Has Always Celebrated His Idols
Peter Bogdanovich has enjoyed a remarkably balanced career as both a film historian and acclaimed moviemaker. His latest documentary, The Great Buster: A Celebration, combines these two...
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Wes Craven Screams Anew
Legendary Master of Horror Prefers to Be Known as a Working Stiff In honor of the late Wes Craven’s would-be birthday, we’re revisiting our interview...
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Screenwriting 101: Script Criteria Checklist
As you probably know, finishing (or finding) a script is only the beginning of any moviemaker’s odyssey from page to screen. With so many different...
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Fictionalizing Truth: Lee Daniel’s The Butler & More
We’ve all seen those stately biopics (usually with Oscar aspirations), in which renowned actors portray real-life historical figures (Patton, Queen Elizabeth, Gandhi, etc). They are...
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Thor Freudenthal Sets Sail with Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
German-born moviemaker Thor Freudenthal started his career in visual effects and animation, working on such films as Stuart Little (which was nominated for a Best...
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Wisdom: Sol Negrin on Teaching Cinematography
Veteran cinematographer Sol Negrin, ASC understands the challenges of bringing cinematography from the set to the classroom. Now a professor at New York’s Five Towns...
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Best Of: The Most Bodacious Surfing Movies
Much like an ocean wave, the surfing movie subgenre has seen its share of peaks and valleys. The innocuous yet charming 1959 teen comedy Gidget...
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Things I’ve Learned As a Moviemaker: Kevin Smith
Director, screenwriter, sometimes actor, and all-around major geek Kevin Smith has deep roots in independent moviemaking, filming his first feature, Clerks, in the convenience store...
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Perfectly Paranormal: Ghostbusting in Film
Where would the world be without the paranormal investigators of cinema? Overrun with evil spirits, demons and other unpleasant creatures, that’s for sure. It’s a...
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The Way, Way Back: Coming of Age in Hollywood
Young adulthood has long represented a rich source of inspiration for moviemakers. This confusing and confused life stage offers moviemakers ample room for gross-out comedy, tender drama, tragedy and everything...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Taylor Russell on Waves and Why She’s OK With Being an Adult Who Plays High School Students
In director Trey Edward Shults’ Waves, Taylor Russell plays the younger sister of Kelvin Harrison Jr., even though she’s five days older than him in real life. In fact,...
Inside the Issue: Directing
Rob Zombie: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Rob Zombie still can’t let go of some of his past off-screen nightmares. “After I finished Halloween II, I was so beat up by the process that I hated...
Inside the Issue: How To
Edward Norton Walks Us Through Every Part of Making Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton is the best possible person to explain each stage of the moviemaking process for his new drama Motherless Brooklyn—he’s the film’s writer, director and lead actor. For...