There Will Be Blood

  • Directing

A Living Thing: How Paul Thomas Anderson Makes Emotions Visual

With Phantom Thread giving Paul Thomas Anderson his first Best Director nomination since 2007, the American auteur has scored his biggest success…

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
  • First Draft

First Draft: Manipulate Your Audiences’ Psychological States With These Three Screenwriting Tricks

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Suspense is everywhere in film.…

7 years ago
  • Video - Directing

Seeing Sounds: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Sound Mixes Form a Strange Symphony (Video)

Just as easily as a film's images can lull its viewers into a trancelike state of submission, so can its…

7 years ago
  • Screenwriting

First Draft: Why A Screenwriter Should Think Like A Film Editor

In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. When the…

8 years ago
  • Articles
  • blog-test

Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2014,Top Towns: #5. Marfa, TX

It’s MovieMaker’s 2014 edition of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker! We’re counting down through our Top…

10 years ago