By Janusz Kaminski on March 31, 2018
While growing up in Communist Bloc Poland, Janusz Kaminski was permitted by the government to watch gritty American movies of the 1970s,...
By Brian D'Ambrosio on September 14, 2017
Norman Maclean taught at the University of Chicago from 1928 until 1973, retiring as the William Rainey Harper Professor of English. He...
By Tim Long on January 19, 2017
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Every story begins at your Initial Stimulus–that...
By James Napoli on January 4, 2017
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Flashbacks Nothing provokes a more knee-jerk “don’t...
By Kelly Leow on October 17, 2013
12 Years a Slave Week continues with MovieMaker’s Editor’s Weekend Pick, in which Kelly Leow attempts to express the poignant, brutal experience...
By Marc Forster on September 18, 2013
Two decades into his career, director Marc Forster has 10 films under his belt— 10 diverse, successful, star-studded films. The talented director...
By Jeff Meyers on September 10, 2013
Toronto International Film Festival 2013 correspondent Jeff Meyers continues his screening diary in this installment, covering screenings of Like Father, Like Son,...
By Neil Jordan on June 26, 2013
In the last few years, Neil Jordan, whose career spans three decades, has written and directed episodes of HBO’s The Borgias, his...
By Kyle Rupprecht on November 30, 2012
Scoot McNairy has been hard at work on some of the most highly-anticipated film projects of the year. In the last 12...