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  • Festivals

Fantastic Fest 2018: Peak Programming and Premieres and a Self-Reflective Tone Shape the Austin Hotspot’s 13th Year

At its heart, Fantastic Fest is not simply a film festival: It's a weeklong experience of controlled extremity, in which…

6 years ago
  • Best Of

ICYMI: The Best of August 2017 on MovieMaker.com

Remember Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?  Unless a traumatic romance left you running to the mind-altering surgeons of Lacuna Inc., it's…

7 years ago
  • Other

"Meet Me in Montauk": Alamo Drafthouse and Focus Features Memorably Celebrate Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

I’m on a cloudy beach on a cool mid-August afternoon. A trail of footprints sinks into the damp sand as…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Getting With the Program: Quad Cinema Is the Latest Addition to a Growing Wave of NYC Indie Arthouse Exhibition

"The economics of an arthouse cinema are not kind, I'll admit," says C. Mason Wells, Director of Programming at Quad…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2016

A Golden Age for Art Houses? In an Era of Isolation, the Art-House Cinema is a Sacred Place, says Tim League

I think we are in a golden age for art-house cinemas. When 70 percent of Americans have a movie screen…

8 years ago
  • Movie News

Texting in Theaters “Could Seriously Hurt Our Industry:” Tim League Releases Statement in Response to AMC’s Adam Aron

Recently instated AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron made headlines this week at CinemaCon when he floated the idea of allowing…

8 years ago
  • Directing

Too Close to Home: Adam Green Mixes Fiction and Reality in Digging Up the Marrow

Popular horror moviemaker Adam Green decided to blend reality and fantasy in his ambitious faux-documentary feature Digging Up the Marrow,…

9 years ago
  • Distribution
  • Festivals

“Tim League’s Mega-Awesome Distribution Strategies”: Four Progressive Ideas from Film Independent Forum 2014

Each year, L.A.-based organization Film Independent hosts the Film Independent Forum, a three-day conference for independent moviemakers. This year's line-up…

10 years ago