All posts tagged "New York"
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How They Did It: Turning Accidents Into Opportunities on Location in New York City to Make Here and Now
Getting the opportunity to shoot your first feature film in New York City is a dream come true—like being a swimmer selected... -
The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker 2018: Big Cities
You can’t choose your family, but you can choose where to find your film family. They’re the PAs you’ll be spending those... -
The Artist and his Subject: Rebel in the Rye Capitalizes on Parallels between J.D. Salinger and Holden Caulfield
Danny Strong has acted in some of the most acclaimed television shows of the past two decades (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mad... -
"Meet Me in Montauk": Alamo Drafthouse and Focus Features Memorably Celebrate Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I’m on a cloudy beach on a cool mid-August afternoon. A trail of footprints sinks into the damp sand as a line... -
How They Did It: I Set a Start Date for My $250,000 Film, September Morning, and Stuck to it No Matter What
“How did you find the money?” That’s the question I’ve gotten most from my fellow indie filmmakers the last couple of years.... -
Getting With the Program: Quad Cinema Is the Latest Addition to a Growing Wave of NYC Indie Arthouse Exhibition
“The economics of an arthouse cinema are not kind, I’ll admit,” says C. Mason Wells, Director of Programming at Quad Cinema in... -
How They Did It: Thriller Ascent to Hell Made a Small Location Feel Large Through Careful Planning
When I closed my eyes I could see it: a factory capable of holding more than 500 workers throughout its three levels.... -
Interactive Map: Explore the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2017
Take a virtual tour of our 26 favorite filmmaking cities in North America on our interactive map of the Best Places to... -
The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker 2017
As an independent moviemaker, your life tends to be a mobile one. You’re forever in search of the perfect landscapes, networks, resources... -
All-Seeing Eye: God’s Front-Row Seat in the Films of Martin Scorsese (Video)
Many of Martin Scorsese’s characters fancy themselves masters of their own universe. But what makes them so sure? As we’ve learned from...
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Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
A reverent initiate of a patriarchal regime; a disturbed young psychiatric hospital ward; a sexually questioning teen with a flair for the dramatic; a mysterious denizen...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...2