All posts tagged "hollywood"
-
AFI Fest 2018 Wrap: Team MovieMaker‘s Favorites From This Year’s Festival
In experimenting with all forms of moviemaking, this year’s AFI Fest slate managed to spread the focus of its selections even more... -
Swindler’s List: Seven Tips for Avoiding the Scam in Hollywood
Doyle Lonnegan: Your boss is quite a card player, Mr. Kelly; how does he do it? Johnny Hooker: He cheats. – The... -
Meeting Expectations: How to Take a Meeting Like an Old Hollywood Pro, Even as a First-Time Filmmaker
Whenever you meet with anyone in Hollywood, you are pitching. This is true even in a “general meeting,” i.e. a meeting not... -
Festivals: The Founding and Future of Dances With Films
It started on a dark and stormy night…no wait… that’s another story. Dances With Films started with festival founders, Michael Trent and... -
Burn-jobs in a Bad Country: Interview with Writer Jonathan Hirschbein
Writer Jonathan Hirschbein worked for years on the film Bad Country with the late director, Chris Brinker, who passed away only days... -
Festival Spotlight: HollyShorts Film Festival shows indie heart
Here’s a recipe for a successful short film festival: Throw two ambitious 24-year-olds, a phone call, a cheaply-rentable theater, and a projector... -
Hunting Tigers: Moviemaker Lena Khan navigates a middle road to get her first feature made
Sometimes I think people mistakenly assume that if you’re a filmmaker, you’re either working in Hollywood, or you’re a DIY moviemaker making... -
Küstendorf 2013: Emir Kusturica, the Mayor of Küstendorf
Emir Kusturica haunts every wooden crevice of his village and film festival. You often hear him before seeing him, his gravelly baritone...
Spring 2019
Winter 2019
Guide 2019
Summer 2018
Spring 2018
Year in MovieMaker
Inside the Issue: Acting
Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8