Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons From Criterion’s Ghost World
Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is a stamp of cultural importance....
Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2017, Presented by MovieMaker
Maybe the idea of “watching a screenwriter” sounds a little like watching a kettle boil: Sit at desk. Clutch pen in hand. Think. We’ll admit,...
Before Her Time: Julie Delpy Reflects on the Before Trilogy, and Her Struggle for Respect as a Female Filmmaker
French actress and director Julie Delpy is a part of the perfect trifecta of talent behind one of cinema’s most beloved and brilliantly written trilogies....
Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons From Criterion’s The Before Trilogy
Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is a stamp of cultural importance....
Festival Wrap: Los Cabos International Film Festival 2014
Cabo San Lucas (the area known as Los Cabos) is widely recognized as one of the top tourist destinations in all of Mexico, with its...
The Making of a Boy: Richard Linklater on his 12-Year Labor of Love, Boyhood
Richard Linklater is no stranger to the workings of time—both as thematic device in his films, and as necessary ingredient to the moviemaking process. After...
MovieMaker’s Summer 2014 Issue Hits Stands Today!
MovieMaker Magazine’s Summer 2014 issue, with cover stars Joe Swanberg and Melanie Lynskey, hits newsstands around the U.S. and Canada June 24, 2014. “Joe Swanberg...
Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2014, Top Big Cities: #3. Austin
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 Big Cities, Top 5...
2013 Toronto International Film Festival Diary, Day Two: Like Father, Like Son, Le Week-end, Labor Day, 12 Years a Slave
Toronto International Film Festival 2013 correspondent Jeff Meyers continues his screening diary in this installment, covering screenings of Like Father, Like Son, Le Week-end, Labor...
The Private Lives of Zoe Kazan
Butterflies in the stomach rarely plague Zoe Kazan who, unlike many actors, looks forward to the auditioning process. “I’m a very ‘take the bull by...
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The Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada 2017: Film Programs to Shape You Into the Next Moviemaking All-Star
Perhaps you’re someone who dreams of a career in moviemaking, and has come to the realization that the discipline, experimentation and personal relationships that flourish in an academic setting are...
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What’s in Your Kit? The Underwater Gear Used in Jeff Orlowski’s Gorgeous Environmental Doc Chasing Coral
How do you show irrefutable proof that the world’s coral reefs are rapidly dying due to climate change? Director Jeff Orlowski’s feature Chasing Coral follows an impassioned team of...
Inside the Issue: Directing
Of Bad Apes and Twisted Revenge: Matt Reeves, Steve Zahn, Weta Digital and Others on War for the Planet of the Apes
Actor Steve Zahn—known for his roles in That Thing You Do, Riding in Cars With Boys, and Dallas Buyers Club—once stumbled onto an online post about his role in...