All posts tagged "South by Southwest"
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The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2017
Keith Richards said it best: “If you gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.” The 25 rare birds on our 2017... -
Persistence Pays Off: Alien: Covenant’s Katherine Waterston is Finally Ready For Her Close-Up
Do a cursory scroll through Katherine Waterston’s IMDb page, and you’ll find someone who—on the surface—is in the midst of a moment.... -
Devilish Charisma: Michael Fassbender on Making Song to Song With Terrence Malick and Emmanuel Lubezki
Overdosing on his on own ambition, confronted with the shattered reality of a broken brotherly bond and a slew of unsatisfying affairs,... -
Crowd-Teasers: Donald Cried Trailer Features Scant Crying, Lots of Uncomfortable Smiling
In sharp contrast with the film’s title, the trailer for Kris Avedisian’s Donald Cried features a marked profusion of smiling. Donald (played... -
Team-Directing: What We Learned By Making Our Feature Drama Claire in Motion as a Pair
Many years ago, two friends who had been film school classmates decided to make something together. We were at a holiday party... -
Absolute Submission: Top Programmers Share the Secrets to Getting Into the Festivals of Your Dreams
Dear moviemakers, I want you to know this: I love you. Or at least, I really want to love you. I know... -
Weighty Responsibility: Kim A. Snyder on Making Newtown, a Documentary Centered on Terrible Tragedy
It’s almost been four years since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, which took 20 kids, six teachers, and shook both the... -
Cinema is Dead: Todd Rohal and Kent Osborne Poke Fun at the Movies with “Unwanted Sequel” Uncle Kent 2
Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Sometimes the sequel is just better than—or... -
Casting a Light: Lessons on Finding the Right Actors From Before the Sun Explodes
When my writing and producing partner, Zeke Farrow, and I set out to cast our film Before The Sun Explodes, we were... -
Let Other Voices In: Don Cheadle Talks Miles Ahead, Empowering His Team, and Influences from Beatty to PTA
It’s as daunting a task to play a icon in a film as it is to write and direct that film. But...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Mads Mikkelsen
From Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be seen stretching his dramatic skills across the board these...Inside the Issue: Directing
The 2019 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: Eleven Sundance-Selected Films, and Their Mountain-Bound Makers
The 35th Sundance Film Festival received a record-breaking 14,000-plus submissions, with 4,000-plus feature-length films among them. Of the 112 features selected, 45 of their makers were first-timers. The fest’s...1Inside the Issue: 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 of David Cronenberg films and, with...