All posts tagged "Wonder Woman"
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70mm Survives: Somerville Theatre Festival Attracts Classic Film Enthusiasts
Building on the success of its inaugural run, the Somerville (Massachusetts) Theatre’s 70mm and Widescreen Festival is currently screening films that run the... -
Muddled Mythology: Hollywood’s Gluttonous Appetite For Franchises Undermines Fantastical Films’ Potential to Inspire
In the run-up to the release of this summer’s superhero saga Wonder Woman, articles hyping the film noted that it had taken... -
ICYMI: The Best of June 2017 on MovieMaker.com
June 2017 came out swinging as the first month of a summer of wonder women. Giving a nod to the overwhelming critical... -
First Draft: Break Tired Screenwriting Conventions By Embracing the Heroine’s – Not Hero’s – Journey
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Katniss. Moana. Rey. Jyn. Wonder Woman. The... -
Wonder Women: 10 Female Directors Who Made the Jump From Indie to Mainstream
It’s always been tough for female directors to find the same amount of work that male directors have. Thankfully, in recent years,... -
Festival Wrap: Bentonville Film Festival 2017 Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is
As the third woman from MovieMaker to attend the Bentonville Film Festival (May 2-7, 2017) in so many years of its existence,... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Patty Jenkins
Patty Jenkins is an American writer and film director, best known for her breakthrough, critically acclaimed debut film Monster. Monster follows Charlize Theron...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s...