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Up and Away: Super (and Not-So-Super) Hero Flicks

Superhero movies tend to come in just one of two flavors: Exceptional and terrible. They either work as visually breathtaking,…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

James Gunn Lists Godfather Part II, Bladerunner 2049, Dark Knight Among Sequels Better Than the Original

Director James Gunn has recently been a man with sequels on his mind in more ways than one. While currently…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

13 Joker Easter Eggs and Inspirations: The King of Comedy is Just the Start

Joker received 11 Oscar nominations Monday, the most of any film this year, including for Best Picture, Best Director and Best…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

13 Joker Easter Eggs and Inspirations: The King of Comedy is Just the Start

Todd Phillips’ Joker borrows unapologetically from other movies, especially Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and King of Comedy. One way Joker…

5 years ago
  • Annual Lists

The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker 2019: Small Cities and Towns

"The film business as we know it is never going back to Los Angeles," director Joe Carnahan reportedly said during…

5 years ago
  • Other

Snapshots of a Set: The Importance of Dedicated Unit Still Photography for Your Production

Throughout my 20 years working in the film and television, I have observed still photography to be among the most…

6 years ago
  • Directing

The Art of Fear: How Christopher Nolan Uses Perspective to Express Fear in Dunkirk

Garnering Christopher Nolan his very first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director, Dunkirk represents the apex of his…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Logan Lucky: How Interactions Between Genres Led to an Oscar Nomination for James Mangold’s Superhero Film

In this video essay, Evan Puschak of Nerdwriter seeks to examine the many different ways by which genre conventions can…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2018: Academy Award-Nominated Directors Get Candid About Their Films

With three titans of cinema and two of the most acclaimed and promising debutants in years in attendance, it was…

6 years ago
  • Other

Score! Five Things Directors Should Learn About Working With Composers (From Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore and More)

Three years ago, I packed up my things at my desk in a Sacramento television news station and walked out…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Dark Night of the American Soul: Tim Sutton’s Latest Feature is Beautiful, Tense and Provocative

Fiction will always lose the battle against reality when it comes to mankind’s most inhumane and baffling actions. Nothing one…

7 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: How To Create Moments For Your Characters To Shine

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, "First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Moments: They’re what the audience remembers…

8 years ago