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Spotlight Tops the 25th Gotham Independent Film Awards
Here are the winners from last night’s Gotham Independent Film Awards; later in the day, we’ll share a full array of clips from the ceremony. For now, the winners from last night’s ceremony; Spotlight took the lead with three awards, followed closely by Tangerine with two. Best Feature Spotlight Best Actress Bel Powley as Minnie Goetze The Diary of a Teenage Girl Breakthrough Series – Longform Mr. Robot Best Actor Paul Dano as Brian Wilson Love & Mercy Best Documentary The Look of Silence Director: Joshua Oppenheimer Audience Award Tangerine The First Gotham Appreciation Award Ellen Cotter of Angelika Film Center Theaters Special […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Dec 1, 2015 -
Watch Live: The Gotham Independent Film Awards
Watch the Gothams live. Right Here. The 2015 Gotham Awards are streaming live, right here on Filmmaker Magazine. Engage on Twitter with #GothamAwards
by Filmmaker Staff on Nov 30, 2015 -
Tenth Annual “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You” Series at MoMA December 11-14
The annual Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You Screening Series, co-presented by The Museum of Modern Art, Filmmaker Magazine, and IFP kicks off December 11th at MoMA. The series, now in its tenth year, singles out outstanding films from the film festival circuit that are currently not available in theaters and deserve a wider audience. Each film will screen twice at MoMA from December 11-14. Most screenings will be followed by Q & A’s with the directors and additional talent. The selected films are Bloomin Mud Shuffle, directed by Frank V. Ross; Bob and the Trees, directed by Diego Ongaro; H., directed by Daniel […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Nov 25, 2015 -
Sundance 2016 Announces Midnight Slate
The first slate of films to be announced for the 2016 edition of the Sundance Film Festival is from the midnight slate. It’s nine films strong, most notably a new Rob Zombie horror film about (as they so often are) “evil clowns.” Also, a new Kevin Smith film. The forthcoming Sundance will be from January 21 to 31. 31 / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Rob Zombie) — Five friends are kidnapped on the day before Halloween and are held hostage in a terrifying place named Murder World. While trapped, they must play a violent game called 31, in which the […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Nov 23, 2015 -
Trailer Watch: Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special, Once Again Starring Michael Shannon
Michael Shannon has been in each Jeff Nichols feature so far, and with Midnight Special the director/star duo of Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud graduate to (seemingly) big-time studio money. (The actual number, per this interesting article, is a relatively modest $18 million.) It’s a sci-fi chase movie — the trailer gives off the general vibe. The film drops March 18.
by Filmmaker Staff on Nov 20, 2015 -
Cinema Eye Honors Announces 2016 Heterodox Award Nominees
Cinema Eye, which presents the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking as part of the annual Cinema Eye Week, today announced the five nominees for its annual Heterodox Award. The Heterodox Award honors a narrative fiction film that imaginatively incorporates nonfiction strategies, content and/or modes of production. The five films nominated this year for the Cinema Eye Heterodox Award are: Arabian Nights: Volume 1 —The Restless One directed by Miguel Gomes God Bless the Child directed by Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck Tangerine directed by Sean Baker Taxi directed by Jafar Panahi The Tribe directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy With the announcement of […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Nov 18, 2015 -
Watch: Martin Scorsese Talks Film’s Fragility for his 73rd Birthday
It’s Martin Scorsese’s 73rd birthday, and the BFI has cannily leveraged the date to boost attention for a brief video of the preservation-minded director making a pitch for donations. As usual, Scorsese stays on message, talking loss and the importance of archival practices. Should you feel moved to make a donation or read up more on the BFI, you can do so here.
by Filmmaker Staff on Nov 17, 2015 -
Cartel Land Leads the 9th Annual Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking Nominations
Here we have the full list of nominees for the 9th Annual Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking. Cartel Land leads the pack with five nominations; the winners will be announced at the 9th Annual Honors Ceremony on January 13, 2016 at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City. For more information, visit the Cinema Eye Honors website. Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking Amy Cartel Land Democrats Listen to Me Marlon The Look of Silence The Wolfpack Outstanding Achievement in Direction Matt Heineman, Cartel Land Kim Longinotto, Dreamcatcher Laurie Anderson, Heart of a Dog Frederick Wiseman, In Jackson […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Nov 12, 2015 -
Watch: Joe Dante on The Mask (1961)
Joe Dante is one of the collaborators behind the site Trailers From Hell, which regularly posts videos of directors speaking about films of their choice. For this video, Dante himself appears to give a little history on the 1961 horror film The Mask. Topics of discussion include anaglyph 3D, the rise of Canucksploitation, and the exploits of late publicist Jim Moran (who once sat on an ostrich egg for 19 days until it hatched as part of a publicity stunt).
by Filmmaker Staff on Nov 11, 2015 -
Watch: Robert Altman Directs Martin Scorsese and Steve Buscemi for Tanner on Tanner
No idea where this footage surfaced from, but here’s Robert Altman on the set of the 2004 series Tanner on Tanner directing Martin Scorsese and Steve Buscemi as themselves. Scorsese has dialogue input and Altman doesn’t know how to pronounce Buscemi’s name.
by Filmmaker Staff on Nov 10, 2015
