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Happiness Is a Journey newspaper deliverman
March 16, 2022
Happiness Is a Journey — a documentary short from Ivete Lucas, Patric Bresnan — follows a deliveryman in a "post-apocalyptic…
Best Places to Live and Work as a moviemaker
January 25, 2022
We’ve roamed North America for the ideal cities for living a good life and making movies. Presenting our Best Places…
2021 Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker Where Should I Live to Work in Film
January 26, 2021
The best places places to live and work as a moviemaker, 2021: Here's where you can enjoy a rich movie…
July 24, 2019
The 40th Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has opened in downtown L.A., with their signature mix of custom drinks, full food service,…
Best Places to live and work as a moviemaker
January 16, 2019
Part one of our 19th annual guide to North America’s leading cinema spots will show you the 20 best big…
October 26, 2018
Fantastic Fest is not simply a film festival. It's a weeklong experience of controlled extremity in which audiences expand their…
January 16, 2018
Where are the best places in North America to put down roots and set up shoots? Part one of the…
November 16, 2017
Austin Revolution Film Festival 2017, which ran from September 19-23, is a "heavyweight festival with a hometown feel," says an…
November 6, 2017
Richard Linklater's humanist touch and trademark ease allows him to gracefully engage with a few of our country's hot button…
May 18, 2017
From the versatile vistas to the teeming population, Houston provides a great deal of material for budding moviemakers to cull…
March 22, 2017
Michael Fassbender’s Cook in Terrence Malick’s Song to Song is the insidious catalyst to the turmoil that enraptures the rest…
March 16, 2017
Mat Hames is a filmmaker who is interested in raising questions, not giving answers, exemplified in the title of his…
January 26, 2017
The Writer's Conference at the Austin Film Festival is for many the social, networking, educational and inspirational event of the…
January 26, 2017
Take a virtual tour of our 26 favorite filmmaking cities in North America on our map of the Best Places…
January 18, 2017
Voilà! For the 17th year running, we’ve ranked the best places in North American to practice the craft of moviemaking...…
January 20, 2016
Big cities around the country that have invested in large-scale production are drawing Hollywood shoots to their home turf in…
March 24, 2015
Brilliantly acted by Rinko Kikuchi, hauntingly scored by The Octopus Project, and shot by cinematographer Sean Porter (whose breakthrough work…
March 9, 2015
South by Southwest commences this week, running from March 13 to 22, 2015. Are you going to be there? While…
January 22, 2015
All this week, we’re releasing the 2015 edition of our annual Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker…
April 4, 2014
“Victoria is a small town in south Texas that isn’t known for the arts, but that’s not to say that…
January 15, 2014
It’s MovieMaker’s 2014 edition of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker! We’re counting down through our…
April 1, 2013
I have a confession to make: I’m a bit of an interloper in the film world. I was an actress for 15 years, having
March 17, 2013
Of the myriad things to do in Austin, film festivals are near the top of the list. A new kid…
March 5, 2013
Our top 10 cities: vibrant communities that give tax incentives for in-city or in-state production, and offer access both to…