Perfectly Paranormal: Ghostbusting in Film
Where would the world be without the paranormal investigators of cinema? Overrun with evil spirits, demons and other unpleasant creatures, that’s for sure. It’s a messy, dangerous job to do battle with...
View ArticleBest Of: The Most Bodacious Surfing Movies
Much like an ocean wave, the surfing movie subgenre has seen its share of peaks and valleys. The innocuous yet charming 1959 teen comedy Gidget is often credited as bringing the surfing subculture into...
View ArticleSundance to Honor Jury Prize Winners of Focus Forward’s $200,000 Filmmaker...
GE and Cinelan, a strategic media company, just announced the five Jury Prize winners of its $200,000 Focus Forward Filmmaker Competition. And the winners are. . .Callum Cooper (Mine Kafon), Kim...
View ArticleFictionalizing Truth: Lee Daniel’s The Butler & More
We’ve all seen those stately biopics (usually with Oscar aspirations), in which renowned actors portray real-life historical figures (Patton, Queen Elizabeth, Gandhi, etc). They are often interesting...
View ArticleBy using a Digital Info Room to safeguard Intellectual Property or home
A digital data room is mostly a secure digital storage space where companies can store and share delicate information. It really is used discover this for a number of reasons, but is very popular among...
View ArticleThe Highs & Lows of Paul Rudd
If there’s one thing the entire human race can agree upon, it’s the inherent likability of Paul Rudd. Seriously, is there anyone who doesn’t like the guy? With his good looks, goofy personality and...
View Article10 Notoriously Anti-Christmas Movies
Check out these 10 anti-Christmas movies to brace yourself against the oncoming season of holiday cheer, Mr. Grinch. The post 10 Notoriously Anti-Christmas Movies appeared first on MovieMaker Magazine.
View ArticleThe Highs & Lows of Paul Rudd
If there’s one thing the entire human race can agree upon, it’s the inherent likability of Paul Rudd. Seriously, is there anyone who doesn’t like the guy? With his good looks, goofy personality and...
View ArticleJustin Benson & Aaron Moorhead Conjure Up Unique Scares in Resolution
There may be no creepier location for a horror movie than a secluded cabin nestled deep in the woods—it’s provided the memorable setting for such gory gems as The Evil Dead, Cabin Fever, Antichrist...
View ArticleDaniel Schechter’s Supporting Characters Takes Center Stage
Editing a movie is no easy feat, and the job becomes even tougher when personal, relationship troubles are thrown into the mix. In Daniel Schechter’s new comedy-drama Supporting Characters, this is the...
View ArticleTo Catch a Dollar: Gayle Ferraro Banks on America
With job creation a constant topic in the news, there’s no better time to see Gayle Ferraro’s powerful documentary about microfinance, To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America. The term...
View ArticleFocus Forward: Helping documentary moviemakers share their visions by Kyle...
With its impressive pedigree and thought-provoking line-up, Focus Forward is quickly emerging as one of the best online documentary showcases around. Presented by GE and strategic media company...
View ArticleLee Hirsch Rallies for Peace with Bully by Kyle Rupprecht
With over 10 million school kids being bullied, there has never been a better time to watch Lee Hirsch’s powerful, moving documentary, Bully. The movie follows the lives of five students who face...
View ArticleCinequest 2013: 4k technology and an international lineup make the Bay Area...
Midnight’s Children. Now in its 23rd year, Cinequest Film Festival (CQFF) is devoted to discovering exciting up-and-coming moviemakers, as well as showcasing the most dynamic films, artists and...
View ArticleTop 10 Cities to Be a Moviemaker: 2013
Let’s assume for the moment that this June you’re graduating from film school in, say, New York. You know some moviemakers in Greenpoint who’ll help you work on your projects, and vice versa. But rent,...
View ArticleLove and the Bomb: Sally Potter Returns to 1960s London with Ginger & Rosa
From Orlando, her audacious breakthrough film (based on a Virginia Woolf novel many considered unadaptable) to the stylistically polarizing Yes (in which most of the dialogue was written in rhyming...
View ArticleThe Silent Revolution: In the footsteps of The Artist, Pablo Berger’s...
Spanish writer-director Pablo Berger made a name for himself with his offbeat 2003 debut feature, Torremolinos 73, about an unlikely married couple who become the director and star of adult films—and...
View ArticleFestivals: Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee 2013
Everyone knows about Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, SXSW, Rotterdam, Venice and Berlin. But depending on what source you reference, the tally of film festivals worldwide numbers between 4,000 and 6,000. To...
View ArticleIt’s A Disaster: “Arrested Development’s” David Cross discusses his...
Actor-writer-comedian David Cross probably needs no introduction. He’s worked on two of the funniest and most influential comedy series of the past 20 years: the HBO cult fave “Mr. Show with Bob and...
View ArticleBlackmailing Prostitutes: Antonio Campos explores the disturbing mind of...
Judging by his two features—2008’s unsettling Afterschool (about a teenager who accidentally films the deaths of two students) and now Simon Killer—it’s clear writer-director Antonio Campos is...
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