1-Hour Extensive Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Making Of Darren Aronofsky’s...
Via Indiewire: Anyone who paid attention to the behind-the-scenes rumblings of Darren Aronofsky’s recent “Noah” knows the type of passion evident in the director’s work, and photographer/filmmaker Niko...
View Article“12 Invaluable Tips for First-Time Filmmakers”
Indiewire recently featured a piece on filmmaker E.L. Katz E.L. Katz got his start in the industry working as a film and music journalist. After graduating film school he collaborated with acclaimed...
View Article10 Filmmaking Tips from ‘Legends of the Fall’ Producer and Director Ed Zwick
Ed Zwick is a well-known director with movie credits including About Last Night, Glory, Legends of the Fall, and Courage Under Fire. Zwick is also a writer perhaps most notably known as the co-creator...
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Has “Snowpiercer” shifted the VOD / theatrical model for indie films?
If you are interesting in the business of movies, especially in emerging trends, this is a must-read from Indiewire by Anne Thompson and Tom Brueggemann because it suggests we are witnessing a paradigm...
View ArticleHow to Write a Rom-Com That’s True to Life (and Love): Tips from the...
A first-person column in Indiewire from screenwriter Elan Mastai who wrote the recently released romantic comedy What If. I wrote “What If” because I love romantic comedies. When done well, they’re...
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“12 Things I Learned at Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School”
Indiewire contributor Marie-Françoise Theodore attended “film school” with famed filmmaker Werner Herzog (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Invincible) and came away with 12 pieces of wisdom. In...
View ArticleVideo: Sarah Polley and Greta Gerwig on “Frances Ha”
17 minute conversation between Sarah Polley and Greta Gerwig about the indie film Frances Ha from the Criterion Collection: Via VICE and Indiewire.
View ArticleHow ‘Birdman’ got made
Anne Thompson is one of my favorite writers about movies, her blog Thompson On Hollywood a favorite at Indiewire. Here is an example why: Yesterday Anne posted a great interview with some of the...
View ArticleVideo Essay: “Kubrick’s Kaleidoscope”
This is great. Images from Kubrick movies overlaid on scenes from movies by Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Alfonso Cuaron and other directors. Via Nelson Carvajal. HT to Indiewire for the link.
View ArticleInterview (Video): 2015 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Writers Panel
One of my favorite movie journalists Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) moderates an It Starts With a Script writers panel every year at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. This year was no...
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