What a “Melania” Cinematographer Hoped to Accomplish
What did you make of the President and Melania? And what’s different about filming a movie in the White House or on Air Force One? Well, the film we were doing was actually a documentary.…
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One Last Sundance in Park City
I encountered a version of this phenomenon on the first morning of my first Sundance. Trying to find my way around festival headquarters, I ran into a colleague from Variety, my employer…
Nouvelle Vague Finds the Secret of Filmmaking
Richard Linklater salutes Godard, redeems himself. Source link
Chloé Zhao Has Looked Into the Void
How did this book make its way to you? I was driving through New Mexico to the Telluride Film Festival, and that’s when Amblin called me about this project. The reception was in and out,…
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: The Animatronic Killers are Back, and So Is the Slapdash Filmmaking, in the Lousy Sequel to 2023’s Monster Hit
"Five Nights at Freddy’s 2" is a supernatural video-game slasher movie of astonishing clunky crudeness. No, the movie isn’t dumb fun. It’s flat-out bad, maybe even worse than the first…
How Noah Baumbach Fell (Back) in Love with the Movies
It was somewhere on a deserted highway in Ohio at about 4 A.M., with a rain machine, while I was shooting “White Noise.” I think I felt, Oh God, I don’t know that I like doing this. That…
Shekhar Kapur Warns Studios Face Collapse as AI Democratizes Filmmaking at WAVES Film Bazaar
Acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur delivered a stark warning to Hollywood studios and tech giants at WAVES Film Bazaar, declaring that artificial intelligence will trigger the collapse of…
WAVES Film Bazaar Unveils Two New Awards to Boost Filmmaking Support
Two new awards, UNESCO Creative Cities Network City of Film Award for the Best Co-Production Market Project and the Matchbox Gap Award for the Best Film Bazaar Recommends Project, have…
‘Khartoum’ Co-Director Ibrahim ‘Snoopy’ Ahmad on Filmmaking Amid War, Collective Authorship and the Future of Sudanese Cinema
As the Doha Film Festival launches its inaugural edition, the event marks its debut with a bold gesture: a sweeping Spotlight on Sudan that centers a country whose cultural output has…
IDFA Stands for ‘Artistic, Bold Filmmaking,’ Chiefs Say, but ‘That’s Not Always What’s Celebrated at Some TV Stations and Streamers’
As Forum, the industry program of documentary festival IDFA, launches today, Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen, the festival’s head of industry, and its artistic director Isabel Arrate Fernandez,…
65 Years Later, Richard Linklater Says This Low-Budget Crime Drama Still Holds the Key to a Filmmaking Revolution
Summary Collider's Perri Nemiroff talks with Richard Linklater, producer Michèle Halberstadt, and stars Guillaume Marbeck and Aubry Dullin for Nouvelle Vague. In this interview, the two…
Chloé Zhao on Why Hollywood Is ‘Not Very Good at Preserving the Language of Ambiguity’ and How Neurodivergence Is Her ‘Superpower’ in Filmmaking
During a conversation at London Film Festival on Sunday, Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao got candid about Hollywood, the difficulty of financing films, how neurodivergence has impacted…
‘Mad Max’ Director George Miller Says ‘AI Is Here to Stay and Change Things’: ‘It’s Way More Egalitarian’ and Will Make Filmmaking ‘Available to Anyone Who Has a Calling to It’
While the majority of Hollywood is fearful of the impact artificial intelligence could have on the industry — most recently in the form of AI actress Tilly Norwood — “Mad Max” director…
Chanel and Tribeca Luncheon Celebrates 10 Years of Through Her Lens Filmmaking Program
“ Chanel girls always look the coolest,” declared Sarah Paulson. The actress was on the carpet outside of Locanda Verde in New York on Tuesday afternoon, two days after presenting at the…
“Megadoc” Shows Francis Ford Coppola Going for Broke on “Megalopolis”
Figgis comments that Coppola uses the script as a mere premise, and he likens Coppola’s approach to it as “instinctive,” calling the director “kind of like a jazz musician.” Voight, who…
Scotland Brings Filmmaking Into Classrooms With Pioneering National Curriculum
Scotland today officially rolls out what it is hailing as the world’s first national Film and Screen Curriculum, embedding filmmaking into classrooms for every pupil aged 3 to 18. The…
Newly-Discovered Terence Davies Short to Get First Screening at BFI Celebration of British Filmmaking Icon (EXCLUSIVE)
A newly-discovered short film by Terence Davis is set to have its world premiere at a special celebration of the late filmmaking icon being put on by the British Film Institute. “Boogie,”…
How Google is working with Hollywood to bring AI to filmmaking
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here. In…
‘Ick’ Director Joseph Kahn on Returning to Filmmaking, Fighting for Creed Rights and Crafting a Modern Disaster Movie: ‘When the Monster Comes, We Don’t Get Along’
What do Eminem’s “Without Me,” Lady Gaga’s “LoveGame” and Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” have in common? They all have music videos directed by Joseph Kahn, who, after a seven-year hiatus,…
Shudder Buys ‘Mother of Flies,’ Horror Film From Filmmaking Trio The Adams Family (EXCLUSIVE)
Shudder has acquired “Mother of Flies,” a new horror feature from the indie filmmaking family known as the Adams Family. Written, directed, and starring Toby Poser, John Adams, and their…
How the ‘Superman’ Ending and Credits Scenes Liberate the DC Universe From Decades of Superhero Filmmaking
SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments, including the ending, in “Superman,” currently playing in theaters. In the climax of “Superman” — the first feature film under…
Moonvalley releases its ‘power tool’ for AI filmmaking
On Tuesday, AI lab Moonvalley announced the public release of Marey, a video model designed as a production-grade tool for professional filmmakers. Marey—pronounced “Mary” and named after…
Expert Aleksi Hyvärinen Talks at Amman About How AI Is Rewriting Indie Filmmaking
“Some days I’m really excited about the possibilities,” says Finnish producer Aleksi Hyvärinen. “The next day, I’m like, ‘Wait, is this even a good thing?’” That tension, between optimism…