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Nnamdi Asomugha the knife
January 19, 2022
Manny Jacinto, Asia Naomi King and more have joined the cast of Nnamdi Asomugha's directorial debut The Knife, in which…
Drought Hannah Black Owen Scheid Megan Petersen Drew Scheid
April 7, 2021
Drought directors Hannah Black and Megan Peterson had to overcome a hurricane and worse to make a movie about autism,…
Mark Duplass Demystified Studiofest Charles Irving Beale Jess Jacklin DC Shorts Joe Bilancio Anna Mikami Matthew Sorvillo
August 26, 2020
Mark Duplass told a 2015 SXSW audience that "the cavalry isn't coming" for indie film. So the indie filmmakers from…
May 11, 2018
In Like Brothers, Mark and Jay Duplass' new memoir, they explore their fraternal roots, giving an honest and earnest answer…
May 1, 2018
Puerto Rican prodigy Miguel Arteta's latest feature, Duck Butter, flaunts Alia Shawkat’s strengths with a concept that demanded ample emotional…
April 6, 2018
As Lynn Shelton and Jay Duplass return to their roots with Outside In, we spoke with them about how their…
October 24, 2017
We asked indie multi-hyphenates Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass to guest edit MovieMaker's 2018 Guide to Making Horror Movies. This…
October 23, 2017
MovieMaker Magazine's 2018 Guide to Making Horror Movies eBook is the third in our annual series, featuring three new exclusive…
December 19, 2016
Alex Lehmann has gone from camera operator to feature director, and he is playing both roles simultaneously in his two…
November 3, 2016
Rainbow Time writer-director Linas Phillips interviews the cast of the film to uncover the truth about what actors really need…
September 14, 2015
Improvisation in the service of making movies can allow for an organic and naturalistic quality of performance that is otherwise…
July 7, 2015
If the phrase “independent film” has in recent years felt problematic to you, with one-time rebels “going studio” and A-listers…
June 15, 2015
Talking about film genre is an exercise in stilted speech. Ever had one of those conversations, trying to describe a…
January 5, 2015
This week at MovieMaker, we're doing a little bit of a 2014 in Review thing, which means we'll be revisiting…
August 20, 2014
Festival hits The One I Love and Creep, FX’s The League, box-office hit Tammy, a new HBO show, Togetherness—that’s just…
March 16, 2012
This is an interesting week to be the Duplass brothers. Jeff Who Lives at Home, Jay and Mark’s biggest film…
September 15, 2010
Katie Aselton won me over when we met for a drink near her Los Feliz home with her pure, unabashed,…
July 6, 2010
We, the Duplass brothers, have finished our first studio movie. The most common question we get is, “Which process do…