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SXSW BLOG: “BOB AND THE MONSTER” DIRECTOR KEIRDA BAHRUTH, PART ONE
March 10th 6:55 AM. Right now I am on the plane headed to Austin for the premiere of my film, Bob and The Monster. As legend would have it, the film is in fact, in my purse. I didn’t plan for it to happen this way, I wanted to ship it on time and swore that I would, but that was not to be. So here I sit staring at this big HD-CAM that represents the last six years of my life. I’m very proud of this film and very happy to finally share this story with everyone. Bob Forrest […]
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“YELLING TO THE SKY” PRODUCER BILLY MULLIGAN, PART ONE
Producer Billy Mulligan, who is attending SXSW with Victoria Mahoney’s Yelling to the Sky, is filing a series of guest blog posts. Here’s the first. I’ve just touched down on Texas soil, a first for this pale-skinned, mid-winter-hibernating New Yorker. It’s a truly wonderful thing to be here conveying my experiences promoting a film I produced that is extremely close to my heart. The film is Yelling to the Sky, a narrative feature born from the rib of debut writer/director/producer, Victoria Mahoney. The occasion is our North American premiere this weekend in the Spotlight section of SXSW. We have flown […]
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MARTIN SCORSESE AND PAUL SCHRADER TALK “TAXI DRIVER” AT 35
Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Martin Scorsese‘s seminal film Taxi Driver, Sony Pictures and The Film Foundation, Scorsese’s film preservation non-profit, held a premiere screening of their 4k restoration of the film at the DGA in New York City last night, which also included a conversation with Scorsese and Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader moderated by critic Kent Jones. The restoration, which will be available on Blu-ray on April 5 and screening theatrically at AMC theaters beginning March 19 (NYC’s Film Forum will show a new 35mm print starting the 18th), took most of 2010 for Sony to accomplish. According […]
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J-HORROR CANDID CAMERA
I’ll start switching this blog over to SXSW-related material tomorrow, I promise. For now, here’s a funny TV-show prank involving the most iconic image out of Japanese horror, a hotel corridor, and some unsuspecting guests.
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WIM WENDERS + MIRANDA JULY IN A BERLIN CITY SYMPHONY
As Filmmaker readers know from our Jamie Stuart festival coverage, we prefer cinematic approaches to fest reportage over point-and-shoot talking heads. (Although expect none of the former and more of the latter from me at SXSW this week.) Jamie has his very distinct style, and via Nowness, it’s nice to see another set of filmmakers doing something different with festival coverage. From the site: For today’s exclusive story, NOWNESS contributors and filmmaking partners Carlo Lavagna and Roberto de Paolis set out to chronicle the 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival—and came away with a highly imaginative tribute to the host […]
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“3 BACKYARDS”: THE DARK SPACES BETWEEN EVERYDAY LIVES
(Distributed by Screen Media, 3 Backyards opens theatrically in NYC at the IFC Center on Friday, March 11, 2011. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) What do you want from a film experience? If I am going to schlep into Manhattan and pay money for a ticket I want the large-screen experience to be something specifically cinematic. I don’t need any William Castle-like “transmedia” gimmicks or 3D to prod me into the seat. I just need to know that I will be in the hands of a director who understands that narrative cinema can operate in a space […]
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“WINNING” — THE GREGORY BROS. DO CHARLIE SHEEN
The Ma-Sheen is Autotuned…
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HAMMER TO NAIL AT FILMMAKER
When we first launched Filmmaker back in 1992, we had a policy: no reviews. The idea was always that this would be a magazine by filmmakers and for filmmakers, and we wanted our film criticism to be implicitly — and perhaps subtly — embedded in our discussion of film practice. Which isn’t to say that we didn’t appreciate the value of film criticism. I probably owe half my film knowledge to religious readings of J. Hoberman every Wednesday during my college years. It’s just that a) there were plenty of other outlets doing it back then; and b), we wanted […]
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VIDEO ON DEMAND CALENDAR NOW ONLINE!
It’s an idea that has been swirling around the Filmmaker Magazine office for quite a while and today it became a reality with the launch of our Video On Demand calendar. Every month we will unveil a curated list of independent film titles that we feel are worth checking out through On Demand cable providers and streaming services. You’ll find some titles we’ve already covered online or in the magazine when they played theatrically, while others are festival favorites that are premiering on VOD. We also give our “VOD Pick of the Month” and note if a title is available […]
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25 Recommended Independent Films to Watch on Amazon Prime
EDITOR’S NOTE, May 28, 2012: At the time of this blog post, all the below 25 films were available on Amazon Prime. Now, a year later, we have been informed by our readers that a number of them are no longer listed on the service. We apologize for any inconvenience, but, as we are learning, streaming windows can be short, and films can rotate on and off the various services. It’s thus possible that missing titles could return in the near future. In the meantime, we’ll work on another post with an entirely up-to-date selection of films. Amazon has dipped […]
