If an indie film is lucky enough to get distribution at all, the release is its one shot, a match…
Incredibly uncomfortable and relentlessly hilarious, On the Rocks, the first feature from Alex Kavutskiy and Ariel Gardner, is a tragicomedy…
Q: I’m making a film and I’d like to use a quote from a famous person in the script. Are…
The warm sea air hits my face as soon as I exit the Los Cabos International Airport. I’m greeted by…
Throughout Brooklyn-born John Turturro’s three decades in movies, his distinctive presence has been stamped onto such diverse classics as Do…
Barbara Kopple has a lot to celebrate this weekend. In addition to her 70th birthday, her newest documentary, Miss Sharon Jones!,…
From A-list actors to unknown directors, sales agents to everyday film lovers, everyone at the Cannes Film Festival is focused on…
Genre Hacks, a blog by Sean Hood, covers 21st-century screenwriting (that is, writing for anything with a screen), and the…
Listen Up Philip's writer-director, Alex Ross Perry, investigates the primary symbiosis of the writing process. A movie begins with a…
Food is a rich cultural signifier and storytelling device, both ripe for fetishization and so familiar that we often overlook…
Gloria, Sebastián Lelio's feature about a spirited older woman determined to get the most out of life, raises questions about…
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MovieMaker’s Trailblazer Tuesday Crowdfunder of the Week is Paperback, the sophomore effort of director Adam Bowers: “a smart, painfully real…
Hollywood often rewards transformational performances. Charlize Theron won her Oscar after gaining 30 pounds to play Aileen Wuornos in Monster…
The art. The architecture. The food. It’s no wonder Paris is one of the top tourist destinations in the world.…
Less than 10 minutes have passed since William H. Macy and I sat down at our table to do this…
Martin Scorsese. Stanley Kubrick. Alfred Hitchcock. As time passes, new models inevitably emerge. In art, politics and history, each generation…
You’ve got to figure that Woody Allen knew something about Mira Sorvino before he asked her to read for the part of…