CLASSROOM: 6 Filmmaking Tips From J.C. Chandor
J.C. Chandor directed commercials for 15 years before making his feature directorial debut with 2011’s Margin Call, a tense ensemble drama covering a...
NEWS: Japanese Sleeper Hit ‘One Cut of the Dead’ Heads for English Remake
One Cut of the Dead, a micro-budget horror film that last year defied the odds to become one of the biggest...
BEHIND THE SCENES: Writing Takeaways From the ‘There Will Be Blood’ Script
Paul Thomas Anderson has been one of the most talked about writer-directors since he came onto the scene with Hard Eight. Since then,...
NEWS: Wong Kar-Wai Reveals Next Film ‘Blossoms’ Is a Follow-Up to ‘In the Mood for Love’ and ‘2046’
Wong Kar-Wai has announced he will return to feature filmmaking by the end of the year or in early 2020 with his...
CLASSROOM: Valuable Mistakes of a First Time Film Editor
Written by Martin Garrison In 2007, I wrote, produced and directed a microbudget feature film called Jackson Arms. The culmination of a...
NEWS: More than Half of Films at Hot Docs Film Festival Are Directed By Women
More than half of the films playing at Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, are directed by women, the Canadian event...
CLASSROOM: 3 Things You Don’t Want to Overlook as a New Filmmaker
Let's get real—nobody wants to linger too long in obscurity. For new filmmakers, the glamor of a Hollywood career often causes...
NEWS: Iflix Teams With Black Ops for Philippines Film and TV
Black Ops Studios Asia has struck a deal with Asian streaming service Iflix to create original content from the Philippines. The companies said that...
COMMENTARY: Film Crew Positions And Why All Jobs on a Movie Set Matter
You’ve heard it takes a village. Well, the village on a production is a film crew. Sometimes small crews, sometimes massive...
NEWS: Netflix Won’t Have Any Movies at Cannes 2019
Although Netflix and the Cannes Film Festival continue quietly to negotiate a potential settlement to their differences, the streaming giant will be absent from the...
NEWS: Oxford Film Festival 2019 Sees Diverse New Voices in Faulkner Country
Saturday night at the 16th annual Oxford Film Festival (OFF) was prom—not an actual prom, but a sweet sixteen-themed awards ceremony...
NEWS: FilMart — Artop Pitches Thai-Chinese Connections, In-House Produced Series
Bangkok- and Beijing-based Artop Media arrives at FilMart pitching rights to two successful TV series: Fleet of Time and In Time With You. Both are part...