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  • Movie News

Flash Forward: For Wild Rose Star Jessie Buckley, the Best Characters See the World Differently From the Rest

"I worked my ass off get that accent!” says Jessie Buckley, laughing, when asked if it was hard for her…

5 years ago
  • Interviews

Cannes: With Frankie, Ira Sachs Invites Audiences To Find The Extraordinary In The Ordinary

Director Ira Sachs has found his greatest inspirations from cinema outside of the US. With filmmakers like Éric Rohmer, Yasujirō…

5 years ago
  • Interviews

Was Lost, But Now It’s Found: Alan Elliott on Completing the 1972 Aretha Franklin Music Doc Amazing Grace

Among the many disparate and overlapping interested parties—lovers of soul, lovers of concert documentaries, Sydney Pollack fans, Christians—the news of…

5 years ago
  • Movie News

Cannes Film Festival 2018: Nandita Das’ Biopic Manto Examines Iconclast Writer Saadat Hasan Manto

Presented in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section, Nandita Das' biopic, Manto, follows the most tumultuous years in the…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Jóhann Jóhannsson: A Masterclass on the Collaboration and Reservation of an Award-Winning Score

With a repertoire of work on movies including Arrival, Sicario, mother! and The Theory of Everything, it's clear Jóhann Jóhannsson is a composer…

6 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: Wield These Tips To Conceive, Write, and Format Your Feature-Length Musical

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. You have a great story,…

6 years ago
  • Winter 2017

A Friendly Ear: Audio Network Adds a Human Touch to Music Licensing

Audio Network is working hard to be your music licensing guide. Launched in 2001 as an online music library for…

7 years ago
  • Editing

Mastering Music Supervision: Seven Pitfalls for the Over-Eager Indie Moviemaker

As the founder of music supervision company Supe Troop, my first recommendation—as you've probably already guessed—is to hire a professional…

7 years ago
  • Directing

Who the Hell am I Talking to?: Mastering the Many Languages of Motion Pictures

Kimmy and Jamal sat quietly on a cheap dorm room bed. Gerri, the film's director, had just called “cut,” and…

9 years ago
  • Producing
  • Spring 2015

Show and Tell: Strengthen Your Lookbook with This Checklist

Pitch not strong enough? A lookbook can be the ace up a hardworking producer’s sleeve. Richard Botto, founder and CEO…

9 years ago
  • Movie News

Best of 2014: Top Five Song Choices in 2014

What makes a great song choice in a film? The best ones aren't just cool tracks that "sound good" with…

9 years ago
  • Interviews

Snowpiercer: An Interview with Composer Marco Beltrami

After gaining exposure for his chilling work in Wes Craven’s Scream, Oscar-nominated composer Marco Beltrami has become something of a…

10 years ago
  • Other

A Quick Primer on Music Licensing and How to Crowdsource It

In monastic life, silence is golden. In the film world, silence is golden, too—though its value has a converse relationship…

10 years ago
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  • We Make Movies (Better)

We Make Movies (Better): How to Score, Indie Style

The We Make Movies (Better) blog returns for a new installment about another new music option for independent moviemakers, by…

11 years ago
  • Cinema Law

Cinema Law: I Shoot, He Scores

Q: After the original composer for my film submitted his score, I found it to be almost unlistenable and rejected…

15 years ago