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“I Actually Feel Like the Firefly Was Caught in the Jar�...ina on His Cannes-Premiering Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point
Whether the sprawling fantasia that is Tyler Taormina’s Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point proves heartwarmingly reflective or personally destabilizing in its near-ethnographic study of American...
“We Wanted to Film These Beige Structures the Way Terrenc.../Iranian Interzone of his Cannes-Premiering Universal Language
There are plenty of North American filmmakers influenced by the giants of international cinema. These filmmakers import stylistic references, different tones and rhythms, perhaps key collaborator...
“The Fact That It’s Thermal Imagery, It Hits Memory in ... Director Joao Rosa on Harmony Korine’s Visionary AggroDr1ft
Harmony Korine’s AggroDr1ft unfurls through sheets of kaleidoscopic color — neon shades of gold, aqua and red — that ripple and pulse, achieving almost an intelligence of their own as they ...
15 Films Not to Miss at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
Amidst wi-fi and cellular outages, a threatened workers’ strike, and dialogue around the #MeToo movement in France, the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is underway. For Filmmaker, Vadi...
Watch: An Exclusive Clip from Alison O’Daniel’s Independent Lens Premiere, The Tuba Thieves
Artist and filmmaker Alison O’Daniel appeared on Filmmaker‘s 25 New Faces list in 2019 as her feature The Tuba Thieves, screening next week on Independent Lens, moved from stop-and-start prod...
MEMORY Announces Summer Theatrical and Digital Release Dates for Microbudget Pandemic Comedy New Strains
MEMORY, the L.A.-based production and now distribution company featured in Filmmaker‘s 2016 25 New Faces list announced today the release plans for New Strains, a microbudget, camcorder-shot pa...
“When We First Started It Was a Variation of the Salon de...nt Peter Baxter on Accessibility, Community and Moving to L.A.
Slamdance announced last week that the Slamdance Film Festival will move from Park City, Utah, where it’s been since its founding in 1995, to Los Angeles beginning with next year’s edition. T...
“As Much As I Want to Explore a Character, I Can’t Lose... Elements”: John Rosman on His Horror Drama Hybrid, New Life
Fifteen minutes into John Rosman’s elegantly scripted and emotionally harrowing debut feature, New Life, you’re wired into the psyche of Jessica Murdock, a young woman fleeing an unspecified ...
Trailer Watch: 25 New Face Filmmaker John Rosman’s New Life
Newly released is the first trailer for the thriller, New Life, the directing debut of Emmy-award-winning journalist John Rosman. Rosman was one of Filmmaker‘s 2023 25 New Faces, selected on th...
Represent Justice Announces New Speakers Bureau, Strategic ...und Clemency for Women Impacted by Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Represent Justice, the organization that began as an impact campaign for Destin Daniel Cretton’s wrongful-conviction drama, Just Mercy, announced today via press release a three-year strategic ...
Jeremy O. Harris and Slave Play, UFOs, Diane von Furstenber...and More: The Tribeca Film Festival Announces Its 2024 Edition
The Tribeca Film Festival, which runs from June 5 – 16 in New York City, announced today its 2024 feature film lineup. As always there are many buzzy celebrity-focused films, from Trish Dalton ...
Watch: Devan Scott’s Video Essay, “Why Are Movies So Dark?”
Accompanying his debut article in Filmmaker’s print edition, “Did You See (and Hear) That?),” Devan Scott posts today a video essay, “Why Are Movies So Dark?”, that provides visual back...
Trailer Watch: Small Town Universe, Director Katie Dellamaggiore’s Astronomy Documentary
In advance of its premiere April 7 at the Cleveland International Film Festival (and, the next day, North America’s solar eclipse), the filmmakers have shared a trailer for Katie Dellamaggiore�...
“If There are Esoteric Titles in the List, the Unfortunat...hey are Esoteric at All”: Sean Price Williams on 1000 Movies
The debut release from Metrograph Editions, Sean Price Williams‘s 1000 Movies is just that — a list of 1,000 movies seen and appreciated in some way by the director/cinematographer, listed ch...
Watch Now: Short Films from the 2024 Filmfort Film Festival
Filmmaker is proud to continue our annual partnership with the Filmfort Film Festival by exclusively hosting six short films from this year’s lineup, which will be available to view on our site...
Trailer Watch: Furiosa: A Max Max Saga (Trailer #2)
After the mixed reception given to the first trailer for George Miller’s forthcoming, Cannes-anticipated Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, where Anya Taylor-Joy plays a younger version of Charlize Thero...
“When I Started Putting the Talking Head In, It Didn’t...ok on His SXSW-Premiering Mogwai Doc, If the Stars Had a Sound
On X recently, a poster asked for song titles named after movie directors. One of the few that came to mind was from the Glasgow-based band, Mogwai — “Stanley Kubrick,” from their 1999 EP.�...
“On Our First day It Was 100°, and It Basically Went Up ...ett On Her SXSW-Premiering Psychological Thriller, Desert Road
A woman, a car, a gas station and a factory — from this minimalist set of locations Shannon Triplett has crafted a surprising work of supernatural suspense in her writing and directing debut, D...
Watch: Devan Scott’s “The Holdovers, the ‘Film Look’, and Why it Matters” — The Video
One of Filmmaker‘s most popular articles last month was Devan Scott’s “The ‘Film Look’ and How The Holdovers Achieved It.” Of course, any discussion of cinematography and color gradin...
11 Films and VR Experiences We’re Looking Forward to at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival
With the SXSW Film Festival kicking off today in Austin, here are 11 works we’re particularly excited about and believe worthy of recommendation. The festival runs through March 16. Babes. Actr...