Sophia Takal

  • Movie News

Black Christmas Director Sophia Takal on Her Story of ‘Misogyny, Lurking in the Shadows’

Bob Clark’s Black Christmas, released days before Christmas 1974, largely invented the slasher genre. But what struck director Sophia Takal about…

4 years ago
  • Inside MM - How To

Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry

Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies…

5 years ago
  • Festivals

2016 AFI Fest Preview: 10 Feature Film Picks From a Vivid International Line-Up

Los Angeles’ grandest festival begins in Hollywood next week, and it’s movie paradise. AFI Fest (November 10-17, 2016), now in…

7 years ago
  • Under the Influence

Under the Influence: Michael M. Bilandic on Hellaware and “Yung Lean – 5th Element”

A new series on MovieMaker.com, Under the Influence charts the often-mysterious ways that art begets art, calling upon moviemakers to…

10 years ago