Print media may be struggling, but newspaper-delivery people still exist. Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan's documentary short "Happiness is a…
Before we begin our latest list of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker: Some obvious background.…
This year's list of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker is different than any we’ve done…
Aren’t we all still mourning the loss of Cinefamily? The beloved, homegrown repertory theater in West Hollywood grew in its…
"The film business as we know it is never going back to Los Angeles,” director Joe Carnahan reportedly said during…
At its heart, Fantastic Fest is not simply a film festival: It's a weeklong experience of controlled extremity, in which…
You can’t choose your family, but you can choose where to find your film family. They’re the PAs you’ll be…
It sounds like a moviemaker’s version of Big Rock Candy Mountain, I know: There’s a festival out there, somewhere, where…
Texas-based filmmaker Richard Linklater's humanist touch and trademark ease affords him the ability to gracefully engage with more than a…
Commonly known as a business-heavy port city, Houston—surprisingly to some—is an ethnically diverse hub where a community of moviemakers, far…
Overdosing on his on own ambition, confronted with the shattered reality of a broken brotherly bond and a slew of…
Mat Hames is a filmmaker who is more interested in raising questions than giving answers. That much is clear from…
The four-day Writer's Conference at the Austin Film Festival, held every October since 1993, is for many the social, networking,…
Take a virtual tour of our 26 favorite filmmaking cities in North America on our interactive map of the Best…
As an independent moviemaker, your life tends to be a mobile one. You’re forever in search of the perfect landscapes,…
Think global but shoot local. Here’s where you'll love doing that. Used to be if you wanted to work in the…
A depressed Japanese office worker travels to the freezing wilderness of North Dakota in search of the imaginary treasure buried…
South by Southwest commences this week, running from March 13 to 22, 2015. Are you going to be there? While…
All this week, we’re releasing the 2015 edition of our annual Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker…
“Victoria is a small town in south Texas that isn’t known for the arts, but that’s not to say that…
It’s MovieMaker’s 2014 edition of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker! We’re counting down through our Top…
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…
Of the myriad things to do in Austin, film festivals are near the top of the list. And a new…
Let’s assume for the moment that this June you’re graduating from film school in, say, New York. You know some…