All posts tagged "Spotlight"
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You Need Professional Help: How Essential is Mentorship in the Film Industry? Indie Filmmakers Weigh In
When Alan Barillaro, director of “Piper,” this year’s Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film, accepted his award, he said, “Honestly, we’re... -
First Draft: Knowing the Difference Between Fact and Truth When Adapting a True Story
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Taking the 1994 film Quiz Show as a... -
Shtumi in the Spotlight: How to Turn an Info-Heavy Story into Riveting Drama
“That first draft must have been 300 pages.” If I had a nickel for every time someone’s said this to Spotlight director—and... -
Festival Spotlight Friday: Queens World Film Festival
This week’s Festival Spotlight goes to Queens World Film Festival—a fest that has seen it all. Queens World Film Festival has bounced...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles...Inside the Issue: Directing
Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s...