The Orchard

  • Winter 2019

Eye Piece: Spherical Lenses and Calculated Color Choices Allowed the Visuals of Birds of Passage to Take Flight

Depicting the ancestral culture of the Wayuu—a Native American group indigenous to northern Colombia—and shedding light on their complex relationship with death and dreams, directors Cristina Gallego and Ciro…

5 years ago
  • Moviemaking

On the Money: The Director of Holly Star Breaks Down How Budget Consciousness Can Make or Break Your Production

“Money matters most” insists Sloan Kelly in our holiday comedy, Holly Star. Sloan is a down-on-her-luck puppeteer feeling the pressure…

5 years ago
  • Directing

We the Animals Director Jeremiah Zagar Discovered His First Narrative Feature in a Bookstore and Shot it on 16mm

Walking through SoHo’s McNally Jackson bookstore back in 2012, director Jeremiah Zagar came across a novel that would dictate the…

6 years ago
  • Directing

True Crime, New Fiction: Form Follows Fiction’s Function in Bart Layton’s Hybrid Docudrama, American Animals

American Animals is the true story of four students who get lost in a fantasy of their own creation, only…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Exclusive: And Then I Go Takes on Violence and Alienation in American Schools (Video)

Friday, April 20 marks the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings. In the years since, a spate of…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Outside In: Lynn Shelton and Jay Duplass on Rehearsals, Sex Scenes, What They Learned Working in TV, and More

When I met with Lynn Shelton after the premiere of Outside In at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, I facetiously…

6 years ago
  • Other

Exclusive: Nick Thune and Kaily Smith Westbrook Trip on the Digital Age in This Clip From People You May Know (Video)

At what point will our online presences actually define who we are? Have we already reached that point? Sherwin Shilati's…

6 years ago
  • MM Guide 2018

Embrace Horror and Horror Will Embrace You: Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass’ Intro to MM’s 2018 Horror Guide

For our third edition of MovieMaker's Guide to Making Horror Movies, we asked indie multi-hyphenates Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass,…

7 years ago
  • Cinematography

Eye Piece: Mirrors, Neon Signs and Other Lighting Tricks Create Disorientation in DP Peter Flinckenberg’s Woodshock

I was not familiar with Kate and Laura Mulleavy’s impressive career in fashion, but from the first minutes of our…

7 years ago
  • Distribution

Total Transparency: My Film Bread and Butter Has Almost Recouped Its Expenses—With These Revenue Streams

I am 32 years old. I am 32 years old. I am 32 years old! I avoid disclosing my age.…

7 years ago
  • Things Learned

Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain needs no introduction. If you’ve owned a television or have visited a bookstore at any point since the…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

All Under One Roof Raving: How Michal Marczak Made All These Sleepless Nights With 3-D-Printed Gear and ADR

The essential listlessness of youth: So many have tried to capture that on camera, though every film that does so…

7 years ago
  • Frame of Mind

Frame of Mind: Watch How Kris Avedisian Made His Awkward Lead Relatable in This Donald Cried Scene (Video)

What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film's cast and crew? Or…

7 years ago
  • Acting
  • Inside MM - Acting
  • MM Guide 2017

How to Get More From Actors: Rainbow Time’s Linas Phillips Asked Jay Duplass, Melanie Lynskey and More

Don’t actors know that you have a million other things to do on your movie? They’re not the center of…

8 years ago
  • Distribution
  • Inside MM - Distribution
  • MM Guide 2014

Moviemaker’s Third Annual Guide to Digital Distribution

Congratulations. Count yourself among the generation of moviemakers for whom Video on Demand (VOD) has progressed from novelty act to…

10 years ago
  • Distribution

Success in Digital Distribution: A Conversation with The Orchard

Swimming through the tides of new digital tools and distribution entities has become something of a pastime for me. Something…

11 years ago