On the surface, Terrence Fletcher in Whiplash can be understood as a simply abusive, overcommitted musical director. But thanks to Damien Chazelle’s script and J.K.…
Screenwriter Corey Mandell recently sat down for a conversation at Film Courage, where he talked about the mistakes that he most consistently sees new writers…
British filmmaker Paul Greengrass is known for his tight, frenetically edited action thrillers with an emphasis on true stories, as well as three of the…
We can’t exactly blame a 1993 movie for being overlooked when it came out in the same year that Steven Spielberg dropped the one-two punch…
There is perhaps no filmmaker working today with a more eclectic filmography than Robert Rodriguez. Other than a vague sense of “genre” and a tendency…
If you’ve never tried your hand at recording high-octane 360-degree video, you’re missing out. Not only can it be fun to capture, but it’s also…
The only way to have a real career in Hollywood is to have someone representing your interests who can help you procure work or put…
How do you attack and structure a story? Do you see the situation first? Do you have an image or set piece in mind? Or…
Many times over the years, the public has declared the Western genre dead and buried. There are no frontiers anymore, right? No need to tell…
Another new super-telephoto lens is on the scene, and while the specs and aspirations are getting bigger, the lens itself, with its design and weight,…
