All posts tagged "toronto international film festival"
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Austin Film Festival 2017: Inside the City Limits, the 24-Year-Old Fest Grows in Stature Each Year
On May of 2013, after an intense “writing” day of accomplishing nothing but staring blankly at my computer screen and hating myself... -
The World’s 15 Bloody Best Genre Fests, 2018
The language of fear, like that of music, is universal. Put all the people who’ve weathered hurricanes’ swift destruction of communities, withstood... -
“Trimming the Fat”: A Slimmer TIFF 2017 Lineup Still Offers a Robust Selection of Quality Programming
This year, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) chose to cut the number of films it opted to include in its lineup... -
How They Did It: Why Storyboarding was Crucial to Creating the Gothic Big House of The Lodgers
A brief history lesson: After the Cromwellian invasion of Ireland in the 17th century, when Irish land was confiscated from Irish Catholics to pay... -
Bryan Cranston Goes Feral: Writer-Director Robin Swicord on Her Strange New Feature, Wakefield
What if you could disappear from your own life, but still, somehow, watch it go on without you? That’s the premise of... -
Turning the Tide: With Over 60 Million Views, Fisher Stevens’ Before the Flood Warms New Generations to Environmentalism
He was, like the rest of us who count ourselves among the environmental community, still emotionally hung over on the 10th day... -
Absolute Submission: Top Programmers Share the Secrets to Getting Into the Festivals of Your Dreams
Dear moviemakers, I want you to know this: I love you. Or at least, I really want to love you. I know... -
Expanding the Doc Universe: Producing Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time, and the Business of IMAX
Those of you who are familiar with film markets—either those happening in conjunction with a festival like Cannes, Berlin, Toronto or independently... -
Bedouin Dreams: Elite Zexer Talks Ancient Gender Bias in Israel’s Oscar Entry Sand Storm
Patriarchal societies—by definition—hinder the development of women’s abilities in roles outside of homemaking and providing care. In the most extreme traditional groups,... -
Toronto International Film Festival 2016: Top Talent Shine in Our TIFF Gallery
Photographer Fabrice Dall’Anese was MovieMaker‘s man on the ground at the 41st Toronto International Film Festival, which ran September 8-18 in Toronto,...
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Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
A reverent initiate of a patriarchal regime; a disturbed young psychiatric hospital ward; a sexually questioning teen with a flair for the dramatic; a mysterious denizen...Inside the Issue: Directing
Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...1