Persistence Pays Off: Alien: Covenant’s Katherine Waterston is Finally Ready For Her Close-Up
Do a cursory scroll through Katherine Waterston’s IMDb page, and you’ll find someone who—on the surface—is in the midst of a moment. It’s the type...
ICYMI: The Best of March 2017 on Moviemaker.com
For the moviemakers featured in our slate of content throughout March 2017, resourcefulness was the name of the game. Whether it’s the cast and crew...
Devilish Charisma: Michael Fassbender on Making Song to Song With Terrence Malick and Emmanuel Lubezki
Overdosing on his on own ambition, confronted with the shattered reality of a broken brotherly bond and a slew of unsatisfying affairs, Michael Fassbender’s Cook...
Sharp Shooting: Assassin’s Creed’s Director and DP Reveal the Fundamentals of Effective Cinematography
If your list of top moviemaking concerns places items such as “performance” and “on-set rapport” above “camera choice” and “format,” you might feel out of...
“Every Movie I Make, I Commit My Entire World:” Derek Cianfrance Talks The Light Between Oceans
It’s just plain fun to watch Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, whose real-life romance is the stuff of celebrity gossip fodder, fall in love against...
A Set Fit For a King: Nine Production Design Tips from Macbeth Show that Economical Can Also Mean Beautiful
“Limitations should be viewed with an eye for opportunity.” I was taught that early in my career. Of course, it was those who doled out...
Members Only: A Guide to Onscreen Peen with the Directors of The Final Member
The Final Member, a feature documentary by Canadian directors Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math, is the story of Sigurður ”Siggi” Hjartarson, curator of the Icelandic...
Review: 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen
12 Years a Slave Week continues with MovieMaker’s Editor’s Weekend Pick, in which Kelly Leow attempts to express the poignant, brutal experience of watching Steve...
2013 Toronto International Film Festival Diary, Day Three: Unforgiven, Dallas Buyers Club, Enough Said, The Double
MovieMaker’s latest dispatch from the Toronto International Film Festival 2013, courtesy of Jeff Meyers. On Day Three, our intrepid correspondent discusses critical ennui, the micro-budget...
2013 Toronto International Film Festival Diary, Day Two: Like Father, Like Son, Le Week-end, Labor Day, 12 Years a Slave
Toronto International Film Festival 2013 correspondent Jeff Meyers continues his screening diary in this installment, covering screenings of Like Father, Like Son, Le Week-end, Labor...
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The Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada 2017: Film Programs to Shape You Into the Next Moviemaking All-Star
Perhaps you’re someone who dreams of a career in moviemaking, and has come to the realization that the discipline, experimentation and personal relationships that flourish in an academic setting are...
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What’s in Your Kit? The Underwater Gear Used in Jeff Orlowski’s Gorgeous Environmental Doc Chasing Coral
How do you show irrefutable proof that the world’s coral reefs are rapidly dying due to climate change? Director Jeff Orlowski’s feature Chasing Coral follows an impassioned team of...
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Of Bad Apes and Twisted Revenge: Matt Reeves, Steve Zahn, Weta Digital and Others on War for the Planet of the Apes
Actor Steve Zahn—known for his roles in That Thing You Do, Riding in Cars With Boys, and Dallas Buyers Club—once stumbled onto an online post about his role in...