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The Way, Way Back: Coming of Age in Hollywood by Kyle Rupprecht
Young adulthood has long represented a rich source of inspiration for moviemakers. This confusing and confused life stage offers moviemakers ample room for gross-out comedy, tender drama, tragedy and...
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DIY Monday: Yekra Shatters Revenue Record for Internet-Only Doc by James Kaelan
Like everyone else trying to forecast the economic landscape of independent film, over here at the MovieMaker offices, we think a lot about innovations in the VOD marketplace. The future of...
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MovieMaker Editor’s Weekend Pick: Big Star Documentary Opens in Select Cities...
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a compelling new rock documentary about one of Memphis’ most curious pop music phenomenons. Never heard of them? Neither had I. But now that I have watched Big Star:...
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Birth of a Tattoo Nation: director Eric Schwartz on Telling the Secret...
As part of Moviemaker.com’s hosting of Tattoo Nation (released this week on our site!) we were lucky enough to be granted an exclusive interview with the documentary’s first-time director, Eric...
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Birth of a Tattoo Nation: director Eric Schwartz on Telling the Secret...
In Part One (of this interview, we talked to Colorado-based Tattoo Nation director Eric Schwartz about his transition from still photography to film, finding his heavily-inked subjects, and the...
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The Afterlife of Slamdance: Director Nicole Teeny on the Road Beyond Bible...
A friend told me that the life of a film doesn’t really begin until after it premieres, and that I should plan to dedicate at least another year towards bringing it to the world. Sure enough, a year...
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Crowdfunding Field Guide from Indiegogo is a Must-Read by Jason Brubaker
Indiegogo’s Crowdfunding Guide is a must-read for moviemakers looking to self-finance their masterpieces. Jason Brubaker wrote this post originally for his helpful how-to website FilmmakingStuff.com,...
View ArticleBig Star: Documentary Opens in Select Cities
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a compelling new rock documentary about one of Memphis’ most curious pop music phenomenons. Never heard of them? Neither had I. But now that I have watched Big Star:...
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Tattoo Nation: Director Eric Schwartz (Part 1)
As part of Moviemaker.com’s hosting of Tattoo Nation (released this week on our site!) we were lucky enough to be granted an exclusive interview with the documentary’s first-time director, Eric...
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Tattoo Nation: Director Eric Schwartz (Part 2)
In Part One (of this interview, we talked to Colorado-based Tattoo Nation director Eric Schwartz about his transition from still photography to film, finding his heavily-inked subjects, and the...
View ArticleBig Star: Documentary Opens in Select Cities
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a compelling new rock documentary about one of Memphis’ most curious pop music phenomenons. Never heard of them? Neither had I. But now that I have watched Big Star:...
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Tattoo Nation: Director Eric Schwartz (Part 1)
As part of Moviemaker.com’s hosting of Tattoo Nation (released this week on our site!) we were lucky enough to be granted an exclusive interview with the documentary’s first-time director, Eric...
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Tattoo Nation: Director Eric Schwartz (Part 2)
In Part One (of this interview, we talked to Colorado-based Tattoo Nation director Eric Schwartz about his transition from still photography to film, finding his heavily-inked subjects, and the...
View ArticleGnomeo, Gnomeo, Wherefore Art Thou Gnomeo?
It took three weeks, but the garden gnome-themed Shakespeare adaptation Gnomeo and Juliet finally made it to the top of the box office after spending its first two weekends at number three. It earned...
View ArticleLiving in Emergency Premieres Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders, or Médecins Sans Frontières, has spent 38 years providing free emergency medical care to countries devastated by war. On Monday, December 14, the first-ever uncensored,...
View ArticleVideo Views Pick: Year One
directed by Harold Ramis PG-13; 97 minues When a couple of misfit cavemen with names that match their I.Q’s, Zed (Jack Black) and Oh (Michael Cera) are booted out of their village, they start out on...
View ArticleVideo Views Pick: Terminator Salvation
directed by McG PG-13; 115 minutes The last thing Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) remembers is his execution by lethal injection. Twenty-five years later, in 2018, he finds himself wandering around a...
View ArticleZombieland Wins Box Office Crown
Apparently food-weather can only stay on top for so long before being defeated by zombies. Who knew? Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs had been in the number one spot since its release two weeks ago,...
View ArticleNew Moon Stays Strong at Box Office
To almost no one’s surprise, New Moon, the second movie in the Twilight series, held onto the top spot in its second week of release, earning $42.5 million over the weekend. Director Chris Weitz’s...
View Article2012 Destroys the Competition
Roland Emmerich’s disaster flick 2012 took the number one spot at the box office this weekend, earning $65 million in its first week of release. Robert Zemeckis’ computer animated family-friendly A...
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