Luke Davies is a critically acclaimed poet, novelist, screenwriter and essayist born and raised in Sydney, Australia—and now the up-and-coming…
Asghar Farhadi’s newest film The Salesman recently won prizes at Cannes for both Farhadi’s screenplay and for Shahab Hosseini’s lead performance. The…
A door opens, a crime is committed, honor is transgressed, and the conflicts in a literary classic intertwine with a…
MovieMaker’s series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for Best…
MovieMaker's weekly series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for…
Over the next two months, MovieMaker's weekly series "Foreign Contenders" will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries' entries…
Andrzej Wajda, the powerhouse purveyor of Polish cinema with a celebrated knack for devastating depictions of war-torn Europe, passed away…
Alexander Payne's bittersweet take on humanity's foibles have etched their way to the center of our idea of modern America--the…
No man is an island and no festival is one, either. The Rhode Island International film festival (RIIFF), put on…
In the audacious new comedy-thriller Violet & Daisy, Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel star as a pair of teenage assassins…
Kon-Tiki is a new, much buzzed-about film from Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg, which depicts a historic expedition across the Pacific…
Spanish writer-director Pablo Berger made a name for himself with his offbeat 2003 debut feature, Torremolinos 73, about an unlikely…
Washington, D.C.—This morning, the Embassy of Kenya in the U.S. announced its support for Nairobi Half Life, a Kenyan film…
An AK47 and a Fisher Price light saber. Two of the first things I saw in Kinshasa as we were…
Hollywood often rewards transformational performances. Charlize Theron won her Oscar after gaining 30 pounds to play Aileen Wuornos in Monster…
Every January when the Academy Awards nominations come out, my reaction follows the same emotional arc. Before I see the…
New York, NY: MANAHATTAN SHORT and MovieMaker Magazine have selected Nairobi Half Life, Kenya's first official submission for the Academy Awards® and AFI Fest…
Emir Kusturica, founder and director of the Kustendorf Film and Music Festival, pulled in a number of fascinating directors to…
It has been a long-held Hollywood given that a Best Picture Oscar nomination—and especially a Best Picture win—can do wonders…