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Our Fall issue, featuring ANORA's Sean Baker, Mikey Madison, and more, is on newsstands. Subscribe now! Winter/FYC issue coming very soon.
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🦇LIVE🦇. Our cover profile on #TheBatman director @MattReevesLA and his bold quest to tell the greatest Batman story of all. Featuring interviews with:. —Robert Pattinson. —@ZoeKravitz . —@jfreewright . —Colin Farrell. —Dylan Clark. Read it all here:.
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Brian Wallach (@bsw5020), a @BarackObama White House veteran, was diagnosed with ALS and given six months to live. Six years later, the new @sxsw doc No Ordinary Campaign follows how he and his wife, @sabrevaya,.help fight ALS through @iamalsorg.
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People of Gotham,. See you at noon PT/3 ET when we'll debut A DETECTIVE STORY, our cover profile on @MattReevesLA and his quest to make the #TheBatman brilliant. Thank you Robert Pattinson, @ZoeKravitz, @jfreewright, Colin Farrell and Dylan Clark for the amazing interviews!
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🚨Exclusive🚨. TV legend Carol Burnett will guest on @BetterCallSaul in the second half of the show's upcoming final season. “I’m thrilled to be a part of my favorite show,” she told us. Here she is with the great @quiethandfilms .
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In 1932, Olivia de Havilland's stepfather ordered her to quit a school play. So she moved out, and went on to star in the biggest film of all time, win two Oscars, and break down the old studio system with "The De Havilland Law." . R.I.P.
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For our latest digital COVER STORY we talked with @theFlash duo Andy and Barbara Muschietti about:. —moms. —babies. —Twin Flashes. —Ezra Miller. —Tim Burton and Zack Snyder . and so much more!:.
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NEW COVER + COVER STORY. We talked with director George Miller and stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth about madness, medicine and making a Mad Max saga. minus Max.
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Hello. We're looking for freelancers to do short pieces starting at $100 and longer print features for as much as $800. Short Q&As are typically $100-150, reported, multi-source pieces start $200, and we go up from there. We cover film & cinematic TV. DM us?. cc @WritersofColor.
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Batfans, We've loved talking for the last few hours. You're my favorite fandom and I hope you'll check back with us. Our homepage and daily newsletter have lots of Batman and superhero news, with a focus on serving movie makers and lovers, and you're always invited. —@timamolloy.
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As Quentin Tarantino plans his final film, he confronts a forbidding fact: ‘Most directors have horrible last movies’. Another great talk on the @PureCinemaPod .
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Director @MattReevesLA wrote #TheBatman with Robert Pattinson in mind. long before he knew if Pattinson would be interested. Don't worry, things worked out OK. From our cover profile:.
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"No more actors. They are all cowards. From now on just use fishermen and cobblers." We excerpt @RichardAyoade here:
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Attention #preWGA writers:. We've seen your questions about contests, film festivals, and seeking agents during the #writersstrike, and took them directly to the @WGAEast. Here are the guild's answers.
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Screenwriters: Not sure what screenwriting competitions to enter?. Here's our annual list of 15 Submission-Worthy Screenwriting Competitions of 2021, presented by @Coverfly.
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The Scene-Stealing @Golshifteh Farahani of @PatersonMovie Talks Jarmusch & Breaking Through Iranian Self-Censorship
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Dasha Nekrasova (@nobody_stop_me) channels her Epstein conspiracy obsession and knack for provocation into her feature directorial debut, The Scary of Sixty First.
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.@ciarabravo acts opposite Tom Holland in @Russo_Brothers' Cherry, and we caught up with Bravo to chat being discovered at a fair in Kentucky, shooting #CherryMovie in nearby Cleveland and how summer camp kept her grounded throughout it all.
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@TheBatmanFilm_ Here's the whole story. We're a completely indie film mag so if you can share the link it helps a lot. Thanks!.
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The latest moviemaker to get a film on @Netflix is 19-year-old Phillip Youmans. Yes, he's 19. And his film, #BurningCane, has won a @Tribeca award. Congratulations .@PhillipYoumans!
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🔥New Cover Reveal!🔥. Oscar winner EMERALD FENNELL and her new @Saltburnfilm — a deliciously crafted, captivating story of desperate want. Starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi and more, it's in select theaters Nov. 17 and everywhere Thanksgiving.
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Many first-time filmmakers submit to the same wildly competitive film festivals. But we've found some great fests that are quite welcoming to debut filmmakers — where you have better odds of being chosen. Presented by @FilmFreeway.
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HUGE thank yous to Ryan Ward for designing that cover and to photographer Jonathan Olley!.
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Screenwriters: Entering a competition is a great way to motivate yourself to get writing. Here are our 15 Submission-Worthy Screenwriting Competitions of 2021, presented by @Coverfly.
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Our Summer 2017 issue hits stands Aug 8, with @Renner4Real, #ElizabethOlsen and #TaylorSheridan of .@WindRiverMovie. Ph by Sandro Baebler
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#Tangerine director Sean Baker says the Tangerine team is "tickled pink" to lead Rotten Tomatoes' list of Modern Christmas Classics. Congratulations @lilfilm!.
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Which of the many saints of Newark should we thank for this great news?. #TheSopranos creator David Chase is reportedly writing a mysterious new project for Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa, stars of the series and co-hosts of @talkingsopranos.
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Dakota Johnson says she based her character in the @sundancefest film Cha Cha Real Smooth on her best friend.
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We talk to Julie Delpy abt the #BeforeTrilogy (thanks @Criterion!) & her struggle for respect as a female filmmaker
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🔥COVER STORY🔥. Nicolas Cage: The Man, the Myth, the Meme. How one of our greatest actors reclaimed his persona from. everyone reading this. By @MargeauxSippell .
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A new doc from Alex Lee Moyer sets out to understand Alex Jones.
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With their new film #Cousins on @Netflix, Māori filmmakers @ainsleygee and @briarGS bring to the screen a novel that their mentor, Merata Mita, spent 20 years trying to adapt.
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“Time to Dream:” Find Inspiration in Daily Life with Apichatpong Weerasethakul in this New Doc @FilmStruck @kickthemachine
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The Benefits of an All-Female Crew: How the #Women Behind #BelowHerMouth Made Intimacy Tangible
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"Kids know things are not black or white, but they can't articulate it." @amonstercalls' J. A. Bayona (@FilmBayona)
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Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney (@sydney_sweeney, @SharpObjects_Tv, @HandmaidsOnHulu) Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
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After too many meetings with potential backers who thought her family mob drama @FreshKillsMovie needed to focus on a man, Jennifer Esposito went all in and mortgaged her house to get the film made. It's been praised as the best mob movie in years.
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New podcast!. Dasha Nekrasova (@nobody_stop_me).discusses her directorial debut The Scary of Sixty-First, how things fall apart, and the curious name of her character on #Succession. Listen:
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Congratulations to all the festivals on our new list of the World's Best Genre Fests! 🔪🎃 . See the full list here:
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Watch AubreyPlaza (@evilhag) tell @jimmyfallon that @edgarwright genuinely thought she was the new Lara Croft in Tomb Raider — because of our latest cover. Oops? . Or are things working exactly as planned?.
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The watch party for #archenemy with @adamegypt and @JoeManganiello starts in an hour. Details at the end of this piece: .
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@elmayimbe @TimAMolloy Thanks always @elmayimbe! 🙏. Bat-fans, something exclusive breaks at noon PT/3 ET tomorrow. same Bat-channel.
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This week we're giving away @Criterion's edition of @RealGDT's #PansLabyrinth! Sign up @ by 11/2 for a chance to win
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How Thanksgiving brought @QueenAndSlim creators Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas together #QueenAndSlim
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It's here!. Our exclusive COVER STORY on @bluebeetle featuring star @Xolo_Mariduena and director @angelmanuelsoto. They talk with @joshencinias about:. —Family. —Reality vs. fantasy. —The Mexican masterpiece that inspired them. —Batman. READ IT HERE:.
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Endless Poetry: #AlejandroJodorowsky on the Freedom of Losing Money, and Making Movies at 88 @alejodorowsky
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Consider this in in the Marvel "despicable" debate: . Mario Puzo wrote both the first big-budget superhero movie. and Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather.".
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Given the last year, we've never been so proud to present our annual list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee — presented by @FilmFreeway. Congratulations to all the festivals!
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Matters of Fact: Seven Keys to Historical Fiction From #PilgrimageMovie Screenwriter @jamiedotdotdot: @RCArmitage
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We urge you to read this David Cronenberg Q&A about #CrimesOfTheFuture, Stanley Kubrick, La Dolce Vita and CGI drool, by @mrRuimy.
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James Gunn Goes Dark Again: As Writer-Producer of The #BelkoExperiment, He Doesn’t Hold Back @BHTilt @JamesGunn
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Michael Moore says President Trump may be lying about his COVID-19 diagnosis, calling him an "evil genius" who is "not above weaponizing" a fake illness.
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Could Dunkirk, a movie about white guys fighting literal Nazis, pass the Oscars' new inclusion standards?. Yes, it turns out: Almost any movie could pass with ease.
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We love this interview with @DearMamaFX director Allen Hughes, speaking with @ericsteuer about docs vs. features, Afeni Shakur's greatnesss. and the moment Tupac Shakur became mythic.
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Running With Beto: Director David Modigliani on Being the Fly on the Wall During Beto O’Rourke’s Senate Run @HBO
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"We thought classmates were competition. Looking back, you see how stupid that is."-@eliroth #FilmSchoolAlumniAdvice
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VROOOOOOM. We talk with Jeff Nichols, Austin Butler and Jodie Comer about the love triangle on wheels in THE BIKERIDERS, in theaters now.
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Sean Baker (@Lilfilm) first caught Betsey Brown (@betsaboo2) in @nobody_stop_me's The Scary of Sixty-First. He immediately sought out her other performances. Our recap of the L.A. premiere of Brown's hilarious satire #Actors, which Baker moderated:.
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Announcing MovieMaker's 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2020, Presented by @FilmFreeway!. Featuring @Athenafilmfest, @BAMfilmBrooklyn, @BIFFMA, @berwickfilmfest, @courtisanefest, @DokuFest, @nouveaucinema, @FICVALDIVIA, @FilmColumbia, and more!
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It's not just the fava beans and Chianti talking — #Hannnibal really does look better and brighter on @netflix.
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Looks That Chill: #JeremyRenner (@Renner4Real), #ElizabethOlsen and #TaylorSheridan in Our @WindRiverMovie Gallery
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When #TheGreenKnight release was delayed, director David Lowery re-opened the edit and added 60 VFX shots. Here's Lowery's first-person account:.
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Congratulations to all the fests on our 2023 list of.50 FILM FESTIVALS WORTH THE ENTRY FEE presented by @FilmFreeway, including:. @ABFF.@Amdocfilmfest.@atlantafilmfest.@austinfilmfest.@BendFilm.@BFFfestival.@BigSkyDocFest.@brooklynfest. and many more:.
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Birds of Prey and Dead Pigs director @CathyYan found that one particular direction served her on both films.
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Orson Welles once said “the enemy of art is the absence of limitations.” . #RunFilm, from @SevOhanian, @aneeshchaganty and Natalie Qasabian, turns cinematic limitations into artistic advantages. @MsSarahPaulson and @KieraJAllen star.
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The script is no longer enough! Why 1st-time feature directors MUST make a proof-of-concept:
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The 2017 Guide to Making Horror Movies will be available as an eBook in Oct! Gaze upon its gorgeous cover by the great @peter_strain for now
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An outtake from our Fall 2016 cover shoot with @BleedForThis's #AaronEckhart. Photograph by @DominicArizona
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Synchronic co-directors @JustinHBenson and @AaronMoorhead do a deep dive for MovieMaker on how they've navigated all stages of the moviemaking process. From Screenwriting through to Distribution, lots of great advice for aspiring indie moviemakers.
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“You’re Holding Up a Mirror & the Reflection is Ugly”: @ChuckyIsReal Creator @RealDonMancini on Horror Screenwriting
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🐺New Podcast🐺. #thewolfofsnowhollow writer-director-star @jimmycthatsme on the power of public freakouts, when to show the monster, and more. Apple: Spotify: Story:
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"What a history to have lived with for so long!" Christian Bale on evoking the #ArmenianGenocide in @thepromisefilm
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"I needed an entire village,” says Theo Rossi, who turned to his hometown of Staten Island to shoot @BadHurtFilm:
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We interviewed Michael Fassbender about the "very guerrilla" making of @songtosongmovie with Malick and Lubezki
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Presenting the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2015. Ready, get set, go submit your films! #50Worth
http://t.co/F7I35ZBcvS.
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Congratulations to our 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2022! . As an added bonus, quite a few are in some of the most beautiful places in the world.
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After a historically diverse #Emmys, @QueenSugarOWN dir. @DeManeDavis defines "inclusive crew," and why you need one.
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Announcing the 50 Film Festivals #WorththeEntryFee in 2017. Submit your film to these stars of the circuit this year.
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Happy Birthday Christopher Walken! Your 129 different acting performances continue to inspire and delight us.
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.@LizManashil chats her new incubator which seeks to build "a more equitable and sustainable ecosystem.". In short, they want indie creators to be able to make a living from making movies. Application deadline for the incubator is this Friday!.
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“If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer.” . — Screenwriting advice from #TwilightZone mastermind Rod Serling. (Thanks @screencrafting!). Here's more:
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