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Sacheen Littlefeather Gets Oscar Apology: ‘It’s Only Been 50 Years!’

Sacheen Littlefeather, who was booed and jeered after she took the stage at the 1973 Oscars to reject a Best…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

The Taking Director: Don’t Cancel Problematic Westerns — Recontextualize Them

Alexandre O. Philippe didn't make his documentary The Taking in hopes of canceling old Western movies. Instead, he wants to…

2 years ago
  • Winter 2019

Direct From Video: How Directing Music Videos Can Make You a Better Feature Moviemaker

When I was playing drums in the Swedish black metal band Bathory in the early 1980s, it took me a little while to realize…

5 years ago
  • Festivals

Coming to America America: Actor Stathis Giallelis on Making Elia Kazan’s Immigrant Epic at 2017 TCM Film Festival

Forgotten in recent memory, Elia Kazan's immigrant epic America America burst back to the big screen at the 2017 TCM Classic…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

100 Seconds of Greatness: Analyzing the First Scene of John Ford’s The Searchers

What made John Ford a great director? Let’s try an experiment to help answer that question. Let’s look at a…

7 years ago
  • Acting
  • Fall 2015
  • Interviews

Sticking it Out, Winning Big: Ben Mendelsohn Comes Up Aces Again in Mississippi Grind

If you’ve seen Ben Mendelsohn onscreen, chances are you’ve been afraid of him. The Australian actor has played some of…

9 years ago
  • Things Learned

Things I’ve Learned: Seth MacFarlane’s Golden Rules of Moviemaking

Step inside the rambunctious mind of Emmy Award winning director/writer/animator Seth MacFarlane, as he gives us his 17 golden rules of…

11 years ago
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  • Documentary

MovieMaker Editor’s Weekend Pick: The Act of Killing

Two MovieMaker editors talk about their favorite moments in Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing, a shockingly unique record of…

11 years ago