Film festivals require a strategy. It’s accepted as gospel among independents that a feature film is the result of dogged commitment to a singular vision. And...
If 2018 was the year Sundance struggled to answer how much of its DNA is market-driven and how much of it is art-driven, for the...
Stamping the MovieMaker seal of approval on each destination in our annual guide to the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee is only the...
My Park City initiation was like getting hugged and slapped at the same time. I produced Dave Made a Maze, a practical effects-driven adventure/comedy about...
Are film festivals getting better? That is, are they providing you—independent moviemakers—more of the things you want and need? I think they are. After all,...
The Man with the White Hair sat a long way away from me, his ’80s-era glasses slipping down his nose. Next to me sat Cheryl...
How was it possible to take a New York Times best-selling novel—spanning more than 20 years and dealing with 13 unique characters and a whole...
Among a massive slate of features screening incessantly over several weeks, a microbudget, no-name production or a foreign language documentary, say, have far less of...
January 2017 was a historic month for political reasons we don’t need to tell you about here. In the world of film, we saw the...
Dear moviemakers, I want you to know this: I love you. Or at least, I really want to love you. I know that’s forward, but...