All posts tagged "Netflix"
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The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker 2019: Small Cities and Towns
“The film business as we know it is never going back to Los Angeles,” director Joe Carnahan reportedly said during a recent... -
Working the Crowd: How Indie Crowdfunding Campaigns Have Evolved, and Some Savvy Ways to Keep Up
Why this film? Why you? Why now? Each arm of your crowdfunding campaign—from video, to narrative, to rewards, to backer updates—must work... -
A Sale Unto Oneself: About To Have Your First Market Experience? Here’s Why Self-Distribution Is the Way To Go
Every indie moviemaker has the fantasy of premiering a movie at Sundance, then selling it for millions after an all-night bidding war... -
Novel Ideas: Moviemakers Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair on Adapting a Book for the Screen and Building Atmosphere
In September, director Jeremy Saulnier and screenwriter Macon Blair attended Fantastic Fest 2018 to present Hold the Dark—a fully-immersive cinematic adaptation of... -
Singapore Plays Itself: In Sandi Tan’s Shirkers, a Nation (and its Daughter) Come of Age Onscreen
Beautiful Convergence When it opened in 1930, Singapore’s Capitol Theatre was a glittering picture palace, the crown jewel of Southeast Asian cinema,... -
Surrounded By Wolves: Jeremy Saulnier Teamed up with Netflix to Adapt His Latest Atmospheric Thriller Hold the Dark
Since Jeremy Saulnier’s second feature, the slow-burn revenge tale Blue Ruin premiered to rave reviews at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Saulnier has... -
Swimming With the Stream: Entertainment Lawyer Lisa Callif on Creating Content in the Digital Era
Content creators in the digital era have it pretty good. You can create content on a shoestring budget–you can literally pick up... -
Love Strong: Jordana Spiro on the Young Cast of Night Comes On and the “Luxury of Vulnerability”
A brooding atmosphere envelops every frame of Night Comes On, the debut feature by actor-turned-director Jordana Spiro. Spiro’s most staggering triumph is... -
Merchants of Empathy: Carlos López Estrada, Rafael Casal, and Daveed Diggs’ Blindspotting Taps Into the Cultural Consciousness
Artistic expression feeds on hardship, thrives on restrictions, adjusts to turbulence, and withstands setbacks. That’s the philosophy that assembled the alliance between... -
Flipping the Script: How to Navigate the Ups and Downs of the Spec Script Market
It seems that every couple of years, the spec script is declared “dead.” Indeed, in January, Chris Erskine, humor columnist and editor...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Matt Dillon
The longevity of Matt Dillon’s laudable career is a byproduct of his self-reinvention. Oscillating between charismatic leading and comedic supporting roles, the New York-based actor has...Inside the Issue: Directing
MovieMaker Melee: 1985 and Tyrel Writer-Directors Yen Tan and Sebastián Silva Debate Their Processes’ Pros and Cons
To ring in the first installment of our new MovieMaker Melee debate series, we invited two indie moviemakers with films releasing this fall—Tyrel writer-director Sebastián Silva and...Inside the Issue: How To
Inside the Creative Process: Karyn Kusama Walks Through Five Phases of Production, From Screenwriting to Distribution
Guest Moviemaker Karyn Kusama has been through a lot in her career. Kusama broke out in 2000 with her debut feature Girlfight, which earned the Grand...