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  • Directing

Foreign Contenders: Director Ofir Raul Graizer Filmed Pastries Like People With The Cakemaker

MovieMaker’s series “Foreign Contenders” features interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for Best…

5 years ago
  • Directing

Trojan Horse: Sebastián Lelio on the Music and Writing of His Oscar-Nominated Movie About Movies, A Fantastic Woman

In using his power to uncover explosive strength in previously vulnerable individuals, Chilean auteur Sebastián Lelio has dedicated himself to…

6 years ago
  • Acting

Upstaged by Injustice: The Salesman Is About More Than Its Titular Character, Says Actor Shahab Hosseini

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…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Berlin, Revisited: Tour the City’s Famous Film Locations on This Interactive Map

Few cities have had such a dramatic and tumultuous history as Berlin since the turn of the 20th century—the period…

8 years ago
  • Festivals

Festival Spotlight Friday: Victoria TX Independent Film Festival

“Victoria is a small town in south Texas that isn’t known for the arts, but that’s not to say that…

10 years ago
  • Festivals
  • MM Guide 2013

Gaining Festival Momentum: How to Find Success Without Sundance, by Kyle Patrick Alvarez

If you don't premiere at Sundance, can you still mount a successful festival run? Director Kyle Patrick Alvarez thinks so.…

11 years ago
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  • How They Did It

War Is a Witch: Unexpected Jungle Discoveries during War Witch

An AK47 and a Fisher Price light saber. Two of the first things I saw in Kinshasa as we were…

11 years ago