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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Inside the Issue: Distribution
Your Key to Distribution Success: Get Keyed in to Key Art, and You’re On Your Way to an Instantly Iconic Movie
Think about some of the most famous posters ever produced: Jaws, Scarface, Taxi Driver, The Shining, Ghostbusters, E.T., The Godfather. What do they have in common? To...2Inside the Issue: Festivals
deadCenter Film Festival 2017: Oklahoma City Is the Biggest Star Of This Consistently Great Event
Film festivals are as good as their programmers and audiences, and the deadCenter film festival has an abundance of excellence in both. From the very first...Inside the Issue: Producing
What Investors Want to Hear: Here Are the Things You Need to Be Telling Potential Financiers In Your Pitch
There are as many different ways to get funding as there are movies made, but the one thing all of those stories have in common is...6