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Flash Forward: Jorge Lendeborg Jr. is Building a Promising Career With Good Instincts and His Family’s Steadfast Support
“I just always loved and enjoyed watching movies,” says Jorge Lendeborg Jr. of how he got bit by the proverbial bug. “My dad would... -
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... -
Believer: Director Don Argott and Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds on Their Doc in Support of LGBTQ Youth
Molded by his Mormon upbringing, Dan Reynolds, lead singer of the internationally renowned band Imagine Dragons, values the sense of community being... -
Embracing Your Inner Masochist: WIP Your Project Into Shape With Work-in-Progress Screenings
Let’s assume you’ve achieved the impossible: you’ve stressed your way through pre-production on your first feature, shot it on a shoe-string budget,... -
ISET Trendsetters: VR Moviemakers Jessica Brillhart and Gabo Arora’s Five Tips for Working in a Brave New Medium
As VR breaks new territory, matures as a medium, and the market for VR storytelling grows, it edges ever closer from specialty... -
Sundance Film Festival: Seven Breakthrough Moviemakers at Park City in 2018
Much has been written about the smaller nature of this year’s Sundance 2018 Film Festival. While some applauded this return-to-roots of championing... -
Stay Sad: Babis Makridis on Writing Pity With Oscar-Nominated Efthymis Filippou, Why There’s No “Greek Wave”
Drastic measures taken to attain a dangerous objective are a defining element in both of Babis Makridis’ feature-length auteur productions. For his... -
Rabbits Out Of Hats: Five Basic Steps to Improvisational Indie Moviemaking From White Rabbit Director Daryl Wein
White Rabbit deals with a contemporary artist’s journey, and aspects of our star Vivian Bang’s performance art. The film presented some challenges to... -
The 2018 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: We Take the Pulse of Nine Narrative Features Playing in Park City
The 34th Sundance Film Festival received 3,901 feature-length submissions, and selected 110—the line-up that largely sets the tone for the year in... -
"Let Actors Lose Themselves, But Give Them Love and Desire": Luca Guadagnino and Walter Fasano on Call Me By Your Name
Call Me By Your Name was hailed by many at January’s Sundance Film Festival as this edition’s best, and given its ingredients...
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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