Authors — Scott Macaulay

IFP WELCOMES OSCILLOSCOPE’S ADAM YAUCH TO ITS BOARD

The Independent Filmmaker Project, which publishes this magazine, welcomed Oscilloscope founder Adam Yauch (also a member of the Beastie Boys) to its board of directors last night with a cocktail reception hosted by Deluxe Laboratories here in New York. The new Deluxe facility is stunning and the reception, which also marked the DVD release of Kelly Reichardt’s Wendy and Lucy, was followed by a screening of the film. Attendees included quite a few directors, including Oren Moverman, Todd Rohal, Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden, Ira Sachs, Jenny Livingston, as well as Yauch, the IFP’s Michelle Byrd, and Wendy and Lucy […]
by Scott Macaulay on May 5, 2009
LARS VON TRIER’S ANTI-CHRIST GETS A SECOND TRAILER

I liked the first trailer for Lars Von Trier’s Anti-Christ a lot, but some people were mixed on it, thinking it looked too much like conventional horror. I don’t agree — or, perhaps, I like the idea of Von Trier doing an out-and-out horror film — but here’s the second trailer, which has a bit more of a psychological vibe. The film opens in Competition this month at Cannes.
by Scott Macaulay on May 3, 2009
WALKING AND TALKING WITH JIM JARMUSCH

Tied to this weekend’s opening of The Limits of Control, the FilmInFocus site (which, full disclosure, I co-edit) has posted quite a bit of content relating to writer/director Jim Jarmusch and the movie. Below is an excerpt from Lea Rinaldo’s documentary on the making of The Limits of Control. FilmInFocus will be posting sections of this piece, and, having seen the whole thing I can recommend it both as intriguing glimpse into Jarmusch and his production method as well as film in its own right. And, also, I interviewed Jarmusch about the movie’s striking score, which is compiled of tracks […]
by Scott Macaulay on May 3, 2009
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’S TETRO TRAILER PREMIERES

Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro, which opens this year’s Cannes Film Festival Directors Fortnight, has just premiered online. The film stars Vincent Gallo, newcomer Alden Ehrenreich, Y Tu Mama, Tambien’s Maribel Verdu, Carmen Maura and Klaus Maria Brandauer, and it is posted below.
by Scott Macaulay on May 3, 2009
RED ONE CAMERA USED FOR MEGAN FOX ESQUIRE COVER

In our current issue there’s a piece on still cameras used to make movies, and now we’ve got motion picture cameras used to shoot stills. Of course, motion picture cameras have been able to shoot stills for a while, but you wouldn’t expect to see one on a magazine cover. This month, photographer Greg Williams has photographed Megan Fox for the cover of Esquire using the RED ONE camera. From the site: For the first time in Esquire‘s history (and, we imagine, magazine history in general), a cover image was shot as a video. Using the RedONE, a video camera […]
by Scott Macaulay on May 1, 2009
THE EXCLAMATION MARK RETURNS!!!

I twittered this, but it deserves its own blog post: Stuart Jeffries in The Guardian discusses the rise of the exclamation mark in today’s email culture. As someone who was called out recently for excessive use of the exclamation mark in my emails — punctuation I rarely use in other writing — I found this article fascinating. (I’ve also been challenged by my editorial practice in Filmmaker of using exclamation marks to connote laughter rather than using (laughs). An excerpt: Shipley is comment editor of the New York Times, and Schwalbe, editor-in-chief of Hyperion Books. Those of you thinking that […]
by Scott Macaulay on May 1, 2009
REPORTING ON THE NEW VIDEO CAMERAS AND DSLR’S FROM NAB

Linda Wissmath is the Equpment Supervisor, School of Film/Video, California Institute for the Arts, and she attended NAB this year and kindly offered to share her thoughts with Filmmaker readers. Wissmath’s take on several new cameras is a nice tie-in to Roberto Quezada-Dardon’s piece in the new Filmmaker on directors making movies with their new DSLR cameras. The big news in acquisition this year is the pressure being put on the video divisions of companies by their DSLR divisions. These divisions appear to stay very separate, and even though Canon had their DSLR cameras at NAB there seemed to be […]
by Scott Macaulay on Apr 29, 2009
APARTMENT FRAUD IN CANNES REPORTED

I received a warning email from a friend telling me that at least two cases of apartment rental fraud have been reported in the days leading up to the Cannes Film Festival. These involve fake rental agencies that are advertising on the ‘net, collecting 100% deposits, and then vanishing overnight. The Cannes Chamber of Commerce is on it, and there is info (in French) on their website. In short, if you are traveling to Cannes, book in either a hotel or through an agency or renter who you are sure is reliable. In fact, it might be worth a call […]
by Scott Macaulay on Apr 28, 2009
SUNDANCE ANNOUNCES PROJECTS FOR THE JUNE DIRECTORS AND SCREENWRITERS LABS

The Sundance Institute has announced 12 projects for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, which take place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from June 2- 26. Congrats to all the directors and writers, including the two on the list — Benh Zeitlin and Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, who appeared on our 2008 “25 New Faces” list. From the press release: Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute today announced the 12 projects selected for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, taking place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from June 2-26, 2009. Under the leadership of Michelle Satter, Director […]
by Scott Macaulay on Apr 28, 2009
KATIE HOLMES HOSTS IFP SPRING EVENT

It was a really nice evening last night at the new Cooper Square Hotel where actress Katie Holmes hosted an IFP 30th Anniversary Spring Event. The event was co-chaired by producer Hunter Gray (Memorial Day, Zero Bridge, Momma’s Man, Half Nelson, pictured at right) and producer Anthony Bregman (Synecdoche, New York, Sleep Dealer, Friends with Money, and Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s upcoming The Extra Man, which stars Holmes, pictured at left). In his remarks, Bregman talked about Holmes’s long history with independent and specialty films, including roles in The Ice Storm, Go, Thank You for Smoking and Pieces […]
by Scott Macaulay on Apr 27, 2009

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