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Martin Scorsese Says Fixating on How Much Money Movies Make Is ‘Really Insulting’

Martin Scorsese is really tired of conversations about box office numbers when it comes to the cinematic arts. The director…

2 years ago
  • Festivals

Five New York Film Festival 2020 Highlights

One of the few positives to come out of the drastically changed festival landscape of 2020 is the expanded reach…

4 years ago
  • Interviews

No Risk of Cliché: The Unorthodox Methods of Director Albert Serra Pay Off in The Death of Louis XIV

The contrast between absolute power and total impotence is the thematic core of Albert Serra’s latest portrait, The Death of…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

“You Either Are an Actor or You Aren’t an Actor:” An Interview with Isabelle Huppert

Good fortune and strategic diligence. Those, says Isabelle Huppert, are the key ingredients to a long, enviable career. The iconic…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

The 54th New York Film Festival: Global Auteurs Talk Craft and Criterion Goes Digital

A parade of festival stunners make the New York Film Festival an elegant affair, one that reassures that movies aren’t…

8 years ago
  • Interviews

Delving into Trauma: Natalie Portman Navigates Imitation and Real-Life Horror in Jackie

Natalie Portman, who in real life neither looks nor sounds at all like Jacqueline Kennedy, completely transforms herself in Chilean…

8 years ago
  • Interviews

“We Don’t Have Time to Test Our Lenses. We’ve Gotta Shoot Film”: Kelly Reichardt Talks Making Certain Women

Kelly Reichardt's Certain Women is a departure for her in some ways. It's the first feature she's worked on without…

8 years ago
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What Gets Paul Thomas Anderson Going? Highlights from a New York Film Festival Conversation

What’s most enjoyable, both in films and in life, isn't the destination itself but the journey—even if the promised land…

9 years ago
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Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2014, Top Big Cities: #2. New York

It’s MovieMaker’s 2014 edition of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker! We’re counting down through our Top…

10 years ago
  • Crowdfunder Pick

Crowdfunder of the Week: The Dog

MovieMaker’s Crowdfunder of the Week is The Dog, a fascinating documentary on John Wojtowicz, the real-life bank robber who inspired…

11 years ago
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Fake Independence and Reel Truth, Pt. 2: A look back at the criticism of Ray Carney

Read Part 1 We want our knowledge easy. We want experiences that will snap like Legos into place with what…

11 years ago
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Fake Independence and Reel Truth, Pt. 1: Ray Carney’s incendiary film criticism feels as vital today as it did 15 years ago

As Filmmaker Magazine reported in its latest issue, the seminal expert on John Cassavetes' oeuvre, Ray Carney, has refused to…

11 years ago