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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Mads Mikkelsen
From Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be seen stretching his dramatic skills... -
Blow by Blow: How Francois Truffaut and His New Wave Contemporaries Deconstructed Filmmaking
As one of the founding fathers of the French New Wave, Francois Truffaut used cinema to capture “truth 24 times per second,”... -
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... -
All-Seeing Eye: God’s Front-Row Seat in the Films of Martin Scorsese (Video)
Many of Martin Scorsese’s characters fancy themselves masters of their own universe. But what makes them so sure? As we’ve learned from... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader is learning a lot these days. Simultaneously excited about the future of moviemaking and pessimistic about its finances, he recognizes... -
Still Worth the Fare: Taxi Driver Screens at Tribeca Film Festival to Celebrate its 40th Anniversary
The Tribeca Film Festival nearly stopped all traffic for the 40th anniversary of Taxi Driver at the Beacon Theater on April 21,... -
Sticking it Out, Winning Big: Ben Mendelsohn Comes Up Aces Again in Mississippi Grind
If you’ve seen Ben Mendelsohn onscreen, chances are you’ve been afraid of him. The Australian actor has played some of the most... -
Festival Spotlight Friday: Onwards and Upwards with Cinequest 2014
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Cinequest Film Festival isn’t shy about its home’s rich history of technological revolution. In fact,... -
Cinequest 2013: 4k technology and an international lineup make the Bay Area festival unmissable
Now in its 23rd year, Cinequest Film Festival (CQFF) is devoted to discovering exciting up-and-coming moviemakers, as well as showcasing the most dynamic... -
Taxi Driver: New Taschen Book Features Photographs by Steve Schapiro From the Set of the Scorsese Classic
Taxi Driver was an unlikely hit in 1976. At a time when audiences were lining up for traditional genre entertainments—Rocky was a...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Mads Mikkelsen
From Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be seen stretching his dramatic skills across the board these...Inside the Issue: Directing
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 makers were first-timers. The fest’s...1Inside the Issue: How To
Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry
Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies of David Cronenberg films and, with...