All posts tagged "Stephen King"
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No Guts, No Story: Find Your Screenplay’s Soul By Trusting Your Instincts and Your Allies
I’ve wanted to make films for a long time, but my problem was always the ability to write something. I’d written down... -
The World’s 15 Bloody Best Genre Fests, 2018
The language of fear, like that of music, is universal. Put all the people who’ve weathered hurricanes’ swift destruction of communities, withstood... -
Crowdfunder Pick: Stephen King Dollar Baby "The Doctor’s Case" Launches Campaign
In MovieMaker’s Complete Guide to Making Movies 2017 issue, Adam Coplan posits that when it comes to finding sources for script ideas,... -
Festival Wrap: Rich Metaphor Abounds at the Sixth Paris International Fantastic Film Festival
“Horror is like a serpent,” Dario Argento once said, “always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back.” At... -
First Draft: Crafting Supervillains by Pushing Your Antagonists Over the Edge
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The importance of the... -
From Proof of Concept to Praise From King: How “Within the Woods” Gave The Evil Dead Creative and Financial Life
On October 15, 1981, director Sam Raimi, producer Robert Tapert and actor Bruce Campbell unveiled their passion project feature debut to an... -
First Draft: How to Cut the Fat from Your Screenplays
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “When your story is... -
First Draft: Five Reasons Short Stories are Easier to Adapt Than Novels
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a fortnightly series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles, written... -
Restless Heart, Roving Camera: Cary Fukunaga Marries Electric Passion and Technique in Beasts of No Nation
Two years ago, only cinephiles knew who Cary Joji Fukunaga was. He was the Oakland-born writer-director of gritty, modestly budgeted films, one... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Kimberly Peirce
Kimberly Peirce dispenses the life lessons she’s picked up on her journey from her smash hit debut, Boys Don’t Cry, to this...
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Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8