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  • Movie News

Jude Law Goes Full Henry VIII in Firebrand

You'll be thanking your lucky stars that smells don't come through movie screens when you hear about what Jude Law…

11 months ago
  • Movie News

David Cronenberg on Crimes of the Future Walkouts, Kubrick and CG Drool

David Cronenberg may have hinted at retirement in recent years, but his new film Crimes of the Future is proof…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Mission Impossible Trailer; Men Baffles Audiences; Tom Cruise Runs the World

The action-packed trailer for Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning is here; Is Tom Cruise our last true movie star?; Alex…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Avatar 2 Trailer; Succession Season 4 Update; Mubi’s Cannes Moves

The teaser trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water is here; Succession creator Jesse Armstrong answers Season 4 questions but…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Tribeca Lineup; Northman Roots; What’s Your Favorite Rom-Com?; Minecraft Casting

Tribeca Film Festival's lineup is announced; Northman co-writer Sjón lists the traits of a proper Viking Saga; Jason Momoa is…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Cannes Lineup; Message From a Ukraine Film Fest; Langella Investigation

The Cannes Film Festival will include Baz Luhrmann, George Miller, Claire Denis and David Cronenberg, but not David Lynch; a…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Titane Director Julia Ducournau Did The Hardest Shot First

Julia Ducournau jokes that a film set is “the only place on earth where your actual character defects are an…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

How to Stay Financially Afloat; Building a Cold-War Bomb; Val Kilmer and Succession

When the U.S. and USSR collaborated on a box-office bomb; advice on how to stay afloat financially while working in…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: RIP Jerry Stiller; Touch-Free Cinemas; Cannescelled

In today's Movie News Roundup: Remembering Jerry Stiller; touch-free movie theaters; Cannes not happening; a clash over Native American land…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Inside Dune; Tarantino at Age 20; Hollywood Sets’ Dirty Secrets

In today's Movie News Roundup: Hollywood sets are filthy; 20-year-old Quentin Tarantino interviews a screenwriting master; and a first look…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Box-Office Best Case; Ridley Scott Goes Gaga; Roger Ebert on John Prine

In today's movie news: The best case for box office this year is pretty bad; Cannes won't go online; and…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News Roundup: We Cannes Do It; Righteous Help Below-the-Line; A Note About Sourcing

Welcome to MovieMaker’s Movie News Roundup, where we see signs of hope: Cannes innovation is underway, The Righteous Gemstones is handling a…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News Roundup: Black Widow Won’t Budge; Will Cannes Be Canned?; Batmobile Revealed

Welcome to MovieMaker’s Movie News Roundup, where we succinctly summarize movie news and just movie news — always with links…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Festival Beat: Cannes Film Festival 2019

Cannes: For most moviemakers, it’s the be-all, end-all for their movies to screen here. Maybe for that reason, the pressure…

5 years ago
  • Interviews

Cannes: With Frankie, Ira Sachs Invites Audiences To Find The Extraordinary In The Ordinary

Director Ira Sachs has found his greatest inspirations from cinema outside of the US. With filmmakers like Éric Rohmer, Yasujirō…

5 years ago
  • Interviews

Cannes: In His Feature Debut, Ukrainian Director Nairman Aliev Seeks Out A Universal Story With Homeward

Armed with a master’s degree and memberships to the Ukranian and European Film Academies, Nairman Aliev now represents his native…

5 years ago
  • Movie News

Cannes: Xavier Dolan Discusses Matthias & Maxime and His Quest To Convey Honesty Through What Characters Say Between The Lines

Xavier Dolan is no stranger to the Cannes Film Festival. As the director of eight feature films (most of which…

5 years ago
  • Directing

Slow-Burn: Director Lee Chang-dong on Storyboarding, Shooting, Lighting, and Scoring Burning

Eight years after Poetry, Lee Chang-dong premiered Burning in the Cannes Film Festival’s main competition section. Based on the short story…

5 years ago
  • Movie News

Cannes Film Festival 2018: Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Kristen Stewart, and More in Our Portrait Gallery

What do red carpet selfies, Netflix films, and pre-premiere advance screenings have in common? They were all roundly banned at…

6 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Exclusive: Watch John Malkovich Narrate the End of the World in Short Film “Hell” (Video)

If thou stare long into John Malkovich, John Malkovich will also gaze into thee. And when he reads you a…

7 years ago
  • Editing

Cuts, Both Ways: Sean Baker’s 11 Rules For Editing Your Own Films

Moviemaker Sean Baker edits his own (brilliant) films—like the 2017 Cannes hit The Florida Project. Here, he argues that each…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Ask a Festival Expert: Write In Your Questions About Film Festival Submissions, and We’ll Get the Best Ones Answered

Do you have questions about submitting your film to film festivals, but are too afraid to ask? This is your…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Comic Timing: Slack Bay Continues French Director Bruno Dumont’s Pivot Into Slapstick and Farce

If you had told anyone in 2013—after his heartbreaking seventh feature, Camille Claudel 1915—that famously austere French filmmaker Bruno Dumont would…

7 years ago
  • Other

A Tale of Truth and Darkness: An Appreciation of Andrzej Wajda’s Kanał

On April 20, the late Andrzej Wajda’s Kanał, a landmark of Polish cinema and a universally acclaimed masterpiece, celebrates its…

7 years ago