demystified

  • Movie News

How the One-Man Show Behind Indie Horror Flick Sator Suffered His Way to Success (Video)

Jordan Graham has truly suffered for his art. He's the writer-director-and-everything-else one-man show behind Sator, a 2019 indie supernatural horror…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

How Naomi McDougall Jones Is Disrupting the Indie Film Industry (Video)

Actress, writer, producer, and changemaker Naomi McDougall Jones is trying to solve the Rubik's Cube that is indie filmmaking. In…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

How Zola Writer Jeremy O Harris Overcame the Fear of Failure — and Broke Tony Awards Records

Zola writer Jeremy O. Harris says that getting rejected freed him up to write what he wanted to. Harris and…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Don’t Make a Movie With a Mobster: Advice From Indie Film Hustle’s Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari learned the hard way that not all Hollywood dreams come true. In the latest episode of Demystified from…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

The 17-Year Secret to Indie Success, From Coatwolf's Evan Glodell

After Evan Glodell made Bellflower, a 2011 Sundance debut that went on to earn two Indie Sprit Award nominations, he…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

The Single Word of Direction Cathy Yan Used on Both Dead Pigs and Birds of Prey

In directing both the Chinese indie Dead Pigs and the Warner Bros. superhero film Birds of Prey, director Cathy Yan…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

The Single Word of Direction Cathy Yan Used on Both Dead Pigs and Birds of Prey

In directing both the Chinese indie Dead Pigs and the Warner Bros. superhero film Birds of Prey, director Cathy Yan…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

How The Wanting Mare Built a Microbudget Fantasy World in a Warehouse

Nicholas Ashe Bateman proves with his poetic fantasy drama The Wanting Mare that you don’t need Hollywood to bring a…

3 years ago
  • Festivals

Two Strangers Tried to Make a Movie Together. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

https://youtu.be/h8Wogpry48Q "Is it possible to put a writer and a director that have no working history – and potentially very…

3 years ago
  • November Rundown

The Rundown: A Writer-Director Clash; The Mandalorian Rules All Franchises; R.I.P. David Prowse

In today's Movie News Rundown: R.I.P to Darth Vader actor David Prowse; The Mandalorian rules all other franchises; and behind…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

‘The Cavalry Isn’t Coming’ for Indie Film. So What Do You Do?

Indie film icon Mark Duplass told a SXSW audience in 2015, "the cavalry isn't coming" — explaining that it's dangerous…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Tom Cruise Loved Tenet; Bella Thorne’s $2 Million; Be Your Own Indie Cavalry

In today's Movie News Rundown: Tom Cruise going to see Tenet will someday be a lovely scene in a Tom…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Let’s Talk Distribution; Mask Up for Tenet; Brad Pitt Joins Fast Times

In today's Movie News Rundown: Join a talk today on demystifying the process of selling a film; some Tenet rules that…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

How Important Are Name Actors to Selling a Movie? Really Important

First-time filmmakers may find it enticing to believe that the majority of your work is done after your film is…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Showgirls Reconsidered, How to Sell Your Movie; Life Finds a Way

In today's Movie News Rundown: A documentary filmmaker has a bold new take on Paul Verhoeven's interesting failure Showgirls; two…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Indie Film Mistakes; Words from The Rock; UK Studios Reopen

In today's movie news: A group of filmmakers share the inside dirt on how to get your movie made without…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Advice for Indie Filmmakers: Avoid These 4 Mistakes (Video)

Everyone makes mistakes. As a moviemaker, you can learn from your own, but it'll be cheaper and less painful to…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Introducing Demystified – All the Answers About How to Sell Your Film

Maybe you’ve finished your movie. Maybe you’re just thinking about it. Either way, the new series Demystified, produced by StudioFest…

4 years ago