Site-Specific Art: Video Essayist and First-Time Director Kogonada Takes a Chance on the Subtle Columbus
Late at night, Casey (Haley Lu Richardson) and Jin (John Cho), two people that barely know each other, contemplate their uncertain places in life while...
Festival Wrap: Dallas Fest EARTHxFilm Counters Environmental Doomsday Narratives With A Message of Hope
Recently wrapping its seventh year, Earth Day Texas is the largest annual environmental forum in the world, with attendance upwards of 150,000 over its three-day...
Delivering Results: How Alice Lowe Wrote Prevenge in a Week and Shot it in 11 Days… While Pregnant
So, I had been attempting to develop a feature, with a view to directing. But development was slow and torturous: three years plus. A long...
“No Filter”: Director So Yong Kim Gives Her Stars and Setting No Embellishment in Lovesong
With her film Lovesong, director So Yong Kim shows us how old friendship can morph into awkwardness when lives take different directions. The film premiered at...
At Home Behind the Camera: Actor-Turned-Director Macon Blair Talks Making I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore
Macon Blair is no stranger to Sundance. The actor is the childhood friend of, and a long-time collaborator with, writer-director Jeremy Saulnier, and their breakout...
Dixie Flicks: How Justin Wheelon Persuaded Skeptical South Carolinians to Embrace Southern City Film Festival
How does a Southeastern film festival land a spot on Film Freeway’s top 100 best-reviewed festivals list after its first year? “We took Southern hospitality...
"Trial By Fire:" 25 Years Later, Quentin Tarantino Looks Back on How Reservoir Dogs Tested Him at Sundance
A fervent audience crowded the Eccles Theater to witness one of American Independent cinema’s most widely acclaimed enfant terribles return to the festival that served as...
The MovieMaker Sundance Survey 2017: The Scoop on 19 Films Playing Park City at the 33rd Festival
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival starts January 19 (that’s today!) and runs ’til January 29. At this very moment, legions of filmmakers and film-fans are...
The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker 2017
As an independent moviemaker, your life tends to be a mobile one. You’re forever in search of the perfect landscapes, networks, resources and people to...
2017 Slamdance Fest Preview: 10 Feature Film Picks From An Appropriately Eccentric Lineup
If you’re going to Sundance, you’re going to Slamdance. And if you’re going to Slamdance, you’re going to Sundance. These two sentences jointly illustrate for...
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The Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada 2017: Film Programs to Shape You Into the Next Moviemaking All-Star
Perhaps you’re someone who dreams of a career in moviemaking, and has come to the realization that the discipline, experimentation and personal relationships that flourish in an academic setting are...
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What’s in Your Kit? The Underwater Gear Used in Jeff Orlowski’s Gorgeous Environmental Doc Chasing Coral
How do you show irrefutable proof that the world’s coral reefs are rapidly dying due to climate change? Director Jeff Orlowski’s feature Chasing Coral follows an impassioned team of...
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Of Bad Apes and Twisted Revenge: Matt Reeves, Steve Zahn, Weta Digital and Others on War for the Planet of the Apes
Actor Steve Zahn—known for his roles in That Thing You Do, Riding in Cars With Boys, and Dallas Buyers Club—once stumbled onto an online post about his role in...