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Dreams, Poetry, and Stairs: Flickers Filmmakers Share Their Inspirations

There’s an art to programming films, and Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival demonstrtaed a mastery of it with the The post Dreams, Poetry, and Stairs: Flickers Film...

The Drama [4K UHD]

Across director Kristoffer Borgli’s projects, he often uses the grotesque, shocking, and horrific as a launchpad to explore his characters’ desire to be seen.

What Cinema Really Lost When Film Went Digital

Given the option, most of us would probably jump at the opportunity to shoot something on film stock. There's just something about the color, the depth, the grain, the jitter that...

Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival Celebrates ‘the Smallest State With the Greatest Backlot’

Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival opened Tuesday with a reminder that the smallest state punches far above its weight The post Flickers’ Rhode Island International...

Aruvi Nirangal: Waterfall Colors

Back in 1999, there was this phenomenon surrounding the release of The Blair Witch Project, a first-person-shot found-footage film. It was the... The post Aruvi Nirangal: Waterfall...

"Toast" Is the Cheapest Way to Make Your Film Feel Real

Every filmmaker has probably watched a scene and thought, I don't believe a single person in this room actually exists.Cinematographer and director Spenser Sakurai has a name for w...

How Movies Make Gaming Floors Look Magical

Picture the moment a film cuts to a casino floor. The camera glides low across a sea of green felt, The post How Movies Make Gaming Floors Look Magical appeared first on MovieMaker...

SIWFF champions beauty of human imperfection in film

A flickering screen once was a sign of technological limitation. This year, the Seoul International Women's Film Festival (SIWFF) is using it as a sign of authenticity. Rounding ou...

12 "Simple" Movie Scenes That Actually Took Multiple Takes (And Sometimes Days) To Shoot

No CGI, no stunts, no explosions — just an actor catching a tray or walking through a door.View Entire Post ›

A Film Geek’s Guide to Moviegoing in Los Angeles

What better place is there to see a movie than the home of Hollywood? Visit some of these iconic movie palaces for a glimpse into film history The post A Film Geek’s Guide to Movie...

Film Blocking 101: Space, Shape, and Power on Screen

Blocking is one of those invisible and maybe not-as-glamorous aspects of filmmaking. It's the choreography of where your actors stand, if and when they move, and how the camera fra...

Great Flicks with Card Tricks: 4 Hidden Gem Movies for Poker Fans

Few cinema scenes are as tense as those that happen around a poker table. Movies like Casino Royale and Rounders still generate... The post Great Flicks with Card Tricks: 4 Hidden...

Hilarious Movie Tropes Actors Always Repeat

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

“Did you hear the news? They’re tearing our building down. Making way for the future, They don’t want no relics around.” –... The post Once Upon a Time in a Cinema first appeared o...

As Hollywood Frantically Searches for Next ‘Obsession,’ ‘Backrooms,’ TIFF’s Midnight Madness Curator Has Vital Clues

Peter Kuplowsky's 2026 thrills and spills film showcase has pics by ‘Universal Language’ director Matthew Rankin, Anna Biller, Eugene Kotlyarenko and Joshua Giuliano.

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‘The Invite’ Director Olivia Wilde Takes a Tour of Kodak’s 35mm Film Lab

With Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey causing a lot of commotion at the box office, there's another movie that was also shot on film that's currently playing in theaters. [Read More...

How Silence of the Lambs Tricks You From the Very First Scene (Video)

I recently rewatched Silence of the Lambs, my favorite film, for about the hundredth time. It’s a very tight movie, The post How Silence of the Lambs Tricks You From the Very First...

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Does Film Have a Future? A Kodak Factory Tour Documentary About Film, Shot on Film

Kodak is the only major manufacturer of color motion picture film left in the world, and at the 2026 Academy Awards, three out of five Best Cinematography nominees and five out of...

A24 Drops a 1-Hour BACKROOMS Ambience Video That's Slightly More Boring Than the Movie

Alternate Movie Posters Nuking What Hollywood Is Doing

Fathom Entertainment Talks Getting Indie Films on The BIG SCREEN

We, as modern independent filmmakers, are stepping into an entirely unfamiliar landscape. For the better part of a century, the path was... The post Fathom Entertainment Talks Gett...

How AI is Turning Digital Worlds into Interactive Cinema

Filmmaking has always been about controlling what the audience sees within the four corners of a physical screen.  Directors manipulate lighting, sound,... The post How AI is Turni...