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August 1, 2013
While the top 25 voting has ended, this week marks the launch of sub-genre voting, beginning with the Other category…
July 30, 2013
For the past month, MovieMaker has been running our “Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals” contest, asking our readers to pare…
July 25, 2013
We don't get that much hate mail at MovieMaker, but when we do, we like to share it!
July 19, 2013
MovieMaker has been running Coolest Film Festival vote-offs, asking our readers to vote for the “25 Coolest Film Festivals" Below…
July 9, 2013
You’re probably aware that every fall, for the better part of a decade, we’ve published a list of the “25…
July 2, 2013
You're probably aware that every fall, for the better part of a decade, we've published a list of the "25…
May 30, 2013
In MovieMaker Magazine's Summer Issue 104, look for an interview with the directors of the Sundance award-winning documentary "Pussy Riot:…
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April 25, 2013
The Kill Team tells the story of Adam Winfield, an American soldier stationed in Afghanistan, who realized members of his…
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April 22, 2013
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles — LA’s only monthly film festival — has relocated its screening series from the Sunset Gower Studios
April 19, 2013
Have you read Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art? If you have, spread the word. If you haven’t yet, here’s the gist of
April 18, 2013
Clip turned out to be one of the most unflinching and controversial portraits of teenage lust, longing, anguish, and rebellion…
March 27, 2013
MovieMaker Manifesto: Men and women of contemporary independent film, auteurs and fans alike, you downtrodden and enraged creators of beauty,…
February 28, 2013
Two of the first things I saw in Kinshasa as we were comparing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC…
February 7, 2013
New York, NY: MANAHATTAN SHORT and MovieMaker Magazine have selected Nairobi Half Life, Kenya’s first official submission for the Academy Awards® and AFI Fest
February 6, 2013
The 2013 International Film Festival Rotterdam, as always, awarded some of the most progressive young filmmakers in the world with
January 30, 2013
The Kustendorf Film and Music festival—which runs concurrently with another snowy, high-altitude American film festival—opened Wednesday, January 16th on a
January 29, 2013
There’s no better time to see Gayle Ferraro’s powerful documentary about microfinance, To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on…
January 29, 2013
In this fifth and final episode, MovieMaker sits down with 2013 Grand Jury and Audience Award-winning director Ryan Coogler of
January 29, 2013
It’s natural to have high expectations when you’re looking forward to a first-time experience. We spent weeks reveling in excitement
January 28, 2013
In this fourth episode, MovieMaker sits down with director Chad Hartigan and stars Paul Eenhoorn and Richmond Arquette of the
February 3, 2007
With over 30 credits in film and television, screenwriter Gerald Di Pego's filmography includes The Forgotten, Phenomenon, Instinct and Message…