Ti West

  • Movie News

MaXXXine Trailer Evokes Real-Life Night Stalker Serial Killings (Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uS3t6nFgY Ti West's MaXXXine trailer continues the savage, fictional story of Maxine Mink — but amps up the horror by…

3 weeks ago
  • Movie News

How 2022 Became the Year of Movies About Movies

From Pearl to Babylon to Blonde to NOPE, Hollywood has never been as captivated with itself as it was in…

1 year ago
  • Things I've Learned as a Moviemaker

Ti West: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker (and Used in Pearl and X)

Ti West began his career in the early 2000s, and like many early-career moviemakers, he did almost everything — wrote,…

1 year ago
  • Movie News

Mia Goth Says That Creepy Smile Scene in Pearl Wasn’t in the Script

Remember that scene in Ti West's horror-slasher Pearl when Mia Goth holds a bone-chilling smile for so long that her…

1 year ago
  • Movie News

Ti West Almost Shot Pearl in Black and White — Then Did the Opposite

It’s ironic that the color in Pearl, the latest from Ti West, is so striking — because for a brief…

1 year ago
  • The Rundown

The Rise of Influencer Horror; New Avatar Trailer; Engineering Hollywood

The new film Influencer gets the influencer horror genre just right; how to make a modern-day psychosexual thriller; an engineer comes…

1 year ago
  • Movie News

X Director Ti West Asked Every Actor on the Porn-Set Slasher: ‘Why the Hell Do You Want to Be in This Movie?’

Ti West has released two great horror films this year: X, a slasher set during a 1970s porn shoot, and…

1 year ago
  • Movie News

No, Pearl Did Not Cost a Mere $1 Million

Type "Pearl budget" into Google and the search engine will confidently post the unsourced figure "1 million USD" for the…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Defending de Armas; Ti West Pearl Q&A; Why You Need a Colorist

We talked with Ana de Armas and Blonde director Andrew Dominik about why de Armas' Marilyn Monroe voice is just right; Ti West…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

R.I.P. Jean-Luc Godard, Babylon Trailer; Meet MaXXXine

Goodbye to the great Jean-Luc Godard; Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt raise hell in Damien Chazelle's Babylon trailer; Ti West…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

MaXXXine Will Be Third Film in Ti West and Mia Goth’s X Horror Franchise

A24 has greenlit MaXXXine, a third film in the X horror franchise led by actress Mia Goth, just days before…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Brendan Frasier as The Whale; Mia Goth in Pearl; Paul Newman’s Non-Scandal

A first look at Brendan Frasier as The Whale; Mia Goth plays Pearl in a quick-turnaround prequel to Ti West's…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

X: Ti West’s Two Rules for Making an Authentic, Never Kitschy Period Piece

X writer-director Ti West has a knack for period pieces: His breakout horror feature, 2009's The House of the Devil cataloged…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

ICYMI: The Best of October 2016 on Moviemaker.com

Take a break from crafting that last-second DIY costume to revisit the best articles of October 2016 on moviemaker.com. We've picked out…

7 years ago
  • Fall 2016

MovieMaker’s 2017 Guide to Making Horror Movies eBook: Now on Sale!

MovieMaker Magazine's 2017 Guide to Making Horror Movies is the second in our annual series, starting with last year's inaugural…

8 years ago
  • Fall 2016

How Horror Must Move Forward: Ti West’s Introduction to MovieMaker’s 2017 Guide to Making Horror Movies

For our second edition of MovieMaker's Guide to Making Horror Movies, we asked indie auteur Ti West, who made his…

8 years ago
  • Fall 2015
  • Producing

The Evils of Franchising Your Horror Film: Should You Attempt World Domination?

To successfully establish a horror franchise is to achieve some level of film industry transcendence. Something you made is granted…

9 years ago
  • Things Learned

Things I’ve Learned As a Moviemaker: Ti West

With The House of the Devil, writer-director Ti West showcased an uncanny ability to pay tribute to the classic horror…

12 years ago
  • Directing

Interview: Ti West Builds The House of the Devil

It sometimes seems like a once-a-year event that a new horror movie starts building buzz as a total throwback to…

14 years ago