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Winter, 2026 edition on newsstands now. Cover story, Gaspar Noe interviews "Sirat"s Oliver Laxe. Plus, a 55-page Reflections section on Filmmaker's 33 years.
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- Encyclopedic in his scope, incisive in his regard to everything from film genres to the history of cinematic editing rhythms, and always with a warmth mixed in with his erudition, Film Studies titan David Bordwell has passed away. RIP. davidbordwell.net.
- With his new film approaching and titles on @criterionchannl, we are publishing for the first time online two Pedro Almodovar interviews from our print edition. The first is this 1999 interview by Adam Pincus about “All About My Mother.” filmmakermagazine.com/107627-i-make-…
- Filmmaker's Winter '24 issue now online and on its way to subscribers. "The Taste of Things"'s Tran Anh Hung on our cover and inside in dialogue with "Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros"s Frederick Wiseman. filmmakermagazine.com/issues/winter-…
- With David Cronenberg's "Crash" receiving a @Criterion re-release, online for the first time is our Winter, 1997 cover story interview w/ Cronenberg. filmmakermagazine.com/110818-david-c…
- James Gray: "At one point I said, '2.40 is okay if we use these very old baltar lenses.' And Darius [Khondji] said, '400 Blows wouldn’t do that ’scope.' I said, '400 Blows is ’scope actually.' He didn’t believe me, so I took out the DVD and it was ’scope." filmmakermagazine.com/116896-intervi…
- For independent filmmakers with acquisition titles, the #sxsw cancellation is really uncharted territory. It's not like these films are all able to be absorbed by other upcoming festivals.
- "Don’t walk onto the set and say, 'Where do I put the camera?'" 11 years ago Roger Corman outlined these 10 filmmaking rules he lived by as a director and producer. R.I.P. Roger Corman. filmmakermagazine.com/95125-10-lesso…
- "How to Blow Up a Pipeline": Thrillingly propulsive eco-thriller w/ none of the obligatory handwringing there'd be in a watered-down studio version of this movie. Fantastic, committed performances all around. This is what independent films should be. #TIFF
- Sobering, as expected, but with a remarkable closer.Every day Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of the Dept of Surgery, sends out a #Covid_19 update. We will be posting them here each evening. This is the COVID-19 update for today, 3/20/20
- A particularly amazing episode of the Back to One podcast, w/ @zoeydeutch speaking w/ @Peter_Rinaldi about acting, process and @SetItUpNetflix. filmmakermagazine.com/105560-back-to…
- Hey A-list actors, you need to be prepared to answer this question when it arises! apple.news/AwYPW_y68SpySs…
- Reliably good Paul Schrader interview by @ErikLuers about "The Master Gardener," AI, the strike, the scene the film needed he didn't write, and, in a great bit, on Sam Fuller and not having friends your own age. filmmakermagazine.com/121388-intervi…
