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The 40 Best Film Schools In The U.S. and Canada 2019
Let’s start our list of the best film schools in the U.S. and Canada with an anecdote about the importance of film school. Auteur extraordinaire...
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Festival Beat: Timeless Titles Grow Old But Never Die at TCM Classic Film Festival 2019
Repertory cinema is alive and well across the world, and the TCM Classic Film Festival is the zenith of repertory celebrations. This year’s 10th anniversary...
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Newport Beach Film Festival 2019: SoCal’s Center for Cinema Celebration Turns the Big 2-0 This Year
If the Newport Beach Film Festival could be described in a phrase, “Think globally, act locally” might be it. Showcasing films from more than 50...
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The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker 2019: Big Cities
What are the best places to live and work as a moviemaker? It depends on what you want. But one prominent director says many cities...
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Exclusive Preview: New Media Film Festival 2018 to Offer Emmy Consultation and Broadcasting
An all-encompassing media art showcase, New Media Film Festival (NMFF) continues to carve its own niche as it celebrates its ninth year June 16-17, 2018....
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The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker 2018: Big Cities
You can’t choose your family, but you can choose where to find your film family. They’re the PAs you’ll be spending those long, languid afternoons...
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LA Femme International Film Festival 2017: An Oral History of a "By Women, For Everyone" Festival
The idea for LA Femme International Film Festival, for women directors, writers and producers, came to me in 2004 as I sat with a bunch...
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Three’s Company: A Busy Weekend Of L.A. Film Fests Highlights The City’s Multiculturalism and Fierce Independence
Repertoire theaters, star-studded evenings, plenty of multiplexes and art houses theaters, as well as a never-ending stream of festivals make Los Angeles a perpetually engaging...
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How They Did It: All Nighter Crams 35 Locations Into A 22-Day Shoot to Capture All of L.A. (Exclusive BTS Photos)
The biggest trick we had to pull off in making All Nighter was telling a story that takes place as two men travel across almost...
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Swing States: With the Ups and Downs of Tax Incentives Across America, Lives and Movies Hang in the Balance
There’s still a spirited debate going on in the U.S. about film tax incentives. Moviemakers and their advocates point to jobs tourism revenue. Tax hawks...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Taylor Russell on Waves and Why She’s OK With Being an Adult Who Plays High School Students
In director Trey Edward Shults’ Waves, Taylor Russell plays the younger sister of Kelvin Harrison Jr., even though she’s five days older than him in real life. In fact,...
Inside the Issue: Directing
Rob Zombie: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Rob Zombie still can’t let go of some of his past off-screen nightmares. “After I finished Halloween II, I was so beat up by the process that I hated...
Inside the Issue: How To
Edward Norton Walks Us Through Every Part of Making Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton is the best possible person to explain each stage of the moviemaking process for his new drama Motherless Brooklyn—he’s the film’s writer, director and lead actor. For...