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November 8, 2016
Through looking at the reimagining of pivotal moments and reveals in The Hateful Eight, we can see how rewriting your…
Quentin Tarantino Reservoir Dogs
October 23, 2016
The Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs reminds us about the challenges of portraying violence, when you prepare to shoot your…
August 16, 2016
The famous screenwriters that write Hollywood’s most popular movies weren’t gifted immediate success when they embarked on their screenwriting careers.
August 2, 2016
Kirby Ferguson defined the state of Hollywood best when he named his popular Vimeo series "Everything Is a Remix." In…
June 17, 2016
Seemingly unnecessary dialogue can advance your plot, reveal your characters or illustrate your theme, while successfully disguised as ordinary chatter.
May 2, 2016
Love him or hate him, Quentin Tarantino has already left an indelible mark on the history of cinema. Here are…
March 16, 2016
Quentin Tarantino packs his films with incredible imagery, fantastic dialogue and violence that has won him scores of fans and
June 25, 2015
Watching movies is escape: It’s a tired cliché, but one brought hauntingly to life in first-time director Crystal Moselle’s startling…
June 7, 2015
Think of essential American cinema and Peter Bogdanovich comes immediately to mind: doggedly independent, sharply intelligent, and a lifelong cinephile.
July 9, 2014
Besides linguistic ability (or lack thereof), food is the primary means for social manipulation in Inglourious Basterds—and the grandmaster of…
June 19, 2014
Subscribe to MovieMaker Magazine now and be entered in a drawing for one Blu-ray copy of Wolf Creek 2, a…
October 17, 2013
12 Years a Slave Week continues with MovieMaker’s Editor’s Weekend Pick, in which Kelly Leow attempts to express the poignant,…
July 10, 2013
Making over 100 short films before graduating high school and paying for his collegiate efforts by working as a part-time…
September 30, 2007
Dov Simens spent a decade as a line producer before forming a filmmaker’s portal, WebFilmSchool.com, and The Hollywood Film Institute.
February 3, 1996
MovieMaker sat down with one of our favorite actors, Tim Roth, to give the actor's perspective on the screenplay at "The…
April 15, 1995
Oliver Stone remains the Hollywood rebel, unfazed, unflinching, a stone unturned. He has his fame, his fortune, and his Oscars.…