Filmmaker Penny Lane has a knack for making sympathetic documentaries about reviled and seemingly irredeemable people — her last one…
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Every indie moviemaker has the fantasy of premiering a movie at Sundance, then selling it for millions after an all-night…
On May of 2013, after an intense “writing” day of accomplishing nothing but staring blankly at my computer screen and…
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This year, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) chose to cut the number of films it opted to include in…
A brief history lesson: After the Cromwellian invasion of Ireland in the 17th century, when Irish land was confiscated from Irish Catholics…
What if you could disappear from your own life, but still, somehow, watch it go on without you? That's the…
He was, like the rest of us who count ourselves among the environmental community, still emotionally hung over on the…
Dear moviemakers, I want you to know this: I love you. Or at least, I really want to love you.…
Those of you who are familiar with film markets—either those happening in conjunction with a festival like Cannes, Berlin, Toronto…
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Photographer Fabrice Dall'Anese was MovieMaker's man on the ground at the 41st Toronto International Film Festival, which ran September 8-18…
Below Her Mouth, the TIFF-premiering feature that I directed, was shot with an all-female crew. This allowed each department to…
In the world of studio and independent filmmaking circa 2016, anything goes so frequently, and in such gauche, boundary-demolishing fashion,…
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MovieMaker's latest dispatch from the Toronto International Film Festival 2013, courtesy of Jeff Meyers. On Day Three, our intrepid correspondent…
Toronto International Film Festival 2013 correspondent Jeff Meyers continues his screening diary in this installment, covering screenings of Like Father,…
Moviemaker.com's coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival 2013 continues with correspondent Jeff Meyers' ongoing fest diary. Today he jots…
This is Jeff Meyers, reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival for MovieMaker Magazine. I'm a film writer and critic…
In his groundbreaking documentaries, Errol Morris has tackled pet cemeteries (Gates of Heaven), the torture of suspected terrorists at Abu…