All posts tagged "A24"
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AFI Fest 2018 Wrap: Team MovieMaker‘s Favorites From This Year’s Festival
In experimenting with all forms of moviemaking, this year’s AFI Fest slate managed to spread the focus of its selections even more... -
The Road Less Traveled: To Get Your Indie Made, Treat Your Crew Like Your Family and Put Your Audience Above Yourself
Soon after my film “Thunder Road” won the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, I wasted about... -
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are... -
“Our Selfishness is Our Legacy”: 2018 Moviemaker of the Planet, Paul Schrader
It’s not that the planet is in danger. The planet is just fine. If we have an all-out nuclear war, in 50,000... -
How They Did It: Building Hereditary’s Haunted Houses From Scratch Was First-Time Helmer Ari Aster’s Living Nightmare
One day during the making of Hereditary, I broke down on set. For a first film with limited resources, you need to have everything planned out to... -
Crested Butte Film Festival 2017: Strong Shorts, Doc Blocks, and Beer-Slinging Round Out This Rocky Mountain Hub
I felt a bit jostled as I disembarked from the puddle-jumper out of Denver. The ride over the Rockies had been a... -
Cuts, Both Ways: Sean Baker’s 11 Rules For Editing Your Own Films
Moviemaker Sean Baker edits his own (brilliant) films—like the 2017 Cannes hit The Florida Project. Here, he argues that each process informs... -
Independent Spirit Awards 2017: Spirits Stick to Their Essence, Rewarding Moonlight, The Witch and Spa Night
Breaking with what in recent editions served as a preview to the Academy Awards, the 2017 Independent Spirit Awards delivered in political... -
Crowd Teasers: Joel Edgerton Threatens Violence From Behind a Sick Beard in It Comes at Night Trailer
Exactly half of the trailer for Trey Edward Shults’ new thriller It Comes at Night consists of an eerie walk down a... -
MovieMaker Editor’s Pick: Back to the Future in Computer Chess
MovieMaker’s Editor’s Weekend Pick is Computer Chess, though we can’t resist sending a shout out to The Spectacular Now. Two is better...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Mads Mikkelsen
From Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be seen stretching his dramatic skills across the board these...Inside the Issue: Directing
The 2019 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: Eleven Sundance-Selected Films, and Their Mountain-Bound Makers
The 35th Sundance Film Festival received a record-breaking 14,000-plus submissions, with 4,000-plus feature-length films among them. Of the 112 features selected, 45 of their makers were first-timers. The fest’s...1Inside the Issue: How To
Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry
Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies of David Cronenberg films and, with...