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Watch Now: Short Films from the 2023 Filmfort Film Festival

WATCH NOW: SHORT FILMS FROM THE 2023 FILMFORT FILM FESTIVAL

Filmmaker is happy to partner once again with the Filmfort Film Festival by exclusively hosting four short films from this year's lineup,...

Applications Are Now Open for The 2023 Gotham Week Project Market

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 2023 GOTHAM WEEK PROJECT MARKET

Applications are now live for The Gotham Film & Media Institute's (formerly IFP, and Filmmaker‘s publisher) annual Gotham Week Project...

 
 
 
SFFILM Announces Full Lineup for the 66th San Francisco International Film Festival

SFFILM ANNOUNCES FULL LINEUP FOR THE 66TH SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

SFFILM announced today the full lineup for the 66th annual San Francisco International Film Festival , which will take place in the...

Ghostface Takes Brooklyn: DP Brett Jutkiewicz on Scream VI

GHOSTFACE TAKES BROOKLYN: DP BRETT JUTKIEWICZ ON SCREAM VI

In 1989, Friday the 13th transplanted its hockey-masked slasher from summer camp to concrete jungle for the franchise's eighth installment,...

 
 
 
Applications Are Now Open for the Chicken & Egg Pictures Research and Development Grant

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE CHICKEN & EGG PICTURES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANT

Chicken & Egg Pictures has announced their latest initiative, teaming up with Netflix on a $450,000 fund to support women and non-binary...

“We Were Begging and Borrowing and Stealing To Make the Film Happen”: Colin West on Linoleum

“WE WERE BEGGING AND BORROWING AND STEALING TO MAKE THE FILM HAPPEN”: COLIN WEST ON LINOLEUM

Continuing his string of against-type performances for independent filmmakers, Jim Gaffigan stars in writer-director Colin West's SXSW...

 
 
 
Watch: A24 Is Bringing Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense Back to Theaters in 4K

WATCH: A24 IS BRINGING JONATHAN DEMME'S STOP MAKING SENSE BACK TO THEATERS IN 4K

With the 40th anniversary of Jonathan Demme's impeccable Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense on the horizon, A24 has announced...

Metrograph Announces Inge de Leeuw as Director of Programming

METROGRAPH ANNOUNCES INGE DE LEEUW AS DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING

Today, Metrograph announces Inge de Leeuw as their newly appointed Director of Programming, who joins the New York-based company after...

 
 
 
Precarity, Therapy Films and Ethics: True/False Film Fest 2023

PRECARITY, THERAPY FILMS AND ETHICS: TRUE/FALSE FILM FEST 2023

In its second post-pandemic, in-person year, True/False was still trying to convince audiences to come back (there were fewer venues...

True/False Film Fest 2023: Constructed Communities

TRUE/FALSE FILM FEST 2023: CONSTRUCTED COMMUNITIES

A reliable way for filmmakers to generate audience sympathy is flattering attendees by stoking their regional pride, as at my first...

 
 
 
“Klee Wanted to Destroy the Convention of Angels in Their Historic Tradition”: Ken August Meyer on His SXSW Doc about Art and Illness, Angel Applicant

“KLEE WANTED TO DESTROY THE CONVENTION OF ANGELS IN THEIR HISTORIC TRADITION”: KEN AUGUST MEYER ON HIS SXSW DOC ABOUT ART AND ILLNESS, ANGEL APPLICANT

There's the concept of art as therapy, and then there's the concept of a specific artist as a therapist, which is how debuting filmmaker...

“I Like the Idea of Comedy in an Uninhabitable Place”: Director Calvin Lee Reeder on His SXSW-Premiering TV Pilot, Harbor Island

“I LIKE THE IDEA OF COMEDY IN AN UNINHABITABLE PLACE”: DIRECTOR CALVIN LEE REEDER ON HIS SXSW-PREMIERING TV PILOT, HARBOR ISLAND

“Like an Abel Ferrara Jr., Reeder meshes thought and design with genre storylines, like a Euro-filmmaker making '70s drive-in films,”...

 
 
 
“How Do You Talk About It as a Murder When You Think It's an Accident?” Citizen Sleuth Director Chris Kasick on His SXSW-Premiering Mile Marker 181 Doc

“HOW DO YOU TALK ABOUT IT AS A MURDER WHEN YOU THINK IT'S AN ACCIDENT?” CITIZEN SLEUTH DIRECTOR CHRIS KASICK ON HIS SXSW-PREMIERING MILE MARKER 181 DOC

In the nine years since Serial, the “true crime podcaster” has become, variously, a career goal, sociological type and, in TV shows...

Filmmakers Explore the Intersection of Arts and Social Justice at VCFA

FILMMAKERS EXPLORE THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AT VCFA

Students and alumnx of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Film have been honored by the Center for Arts + Social Justice with...

 
 
 
“Never Delete Your Old Footage”: Jed I. Rosenberg on Pavement Documentary Louder Than You Think

“NEVER DELETE YOUR OLD FOOTAGE”: JED I. ROSENBERG ON PAVEMENT DOCUMENTARY LOUDER THAN YOU THINK

When it comes to music documentaries, the bar is low-some new footage, a long-unseen live performance, maybe a fresh anecdote or two-and...

Trailer Watch: MoMI's First Look 2023

TRAILER WATCH: MOMI'S FIRST LOOK 2023

Watch the trailer for the Museum of the Moving Image's annual First Look showcase, which will run from March 15-19 in Queens, New York...

 
 
 
Five Questions for SXSW's New Film & TV Festival Director Claudette Godfrey

FIVE QUESTIONS FOR SXSW'S NEW FILM & TV FESTIVAL DIRECTOR CLAUDETTE GODFREY

At this year's edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival, two significant milestones will be achieved: the festival will celebrate its...

“I Would've Shot the Telephone Directory of New York If Todd Had Asked Me To”: DP Florian Hoffmeister on TÁR

“I WOULD'VE SHOT THE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY OF NEW YORK IF TODD HAD ASKED ME TO”: DP FLORIAN HOFFMEISTER ON TÁR

According to cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister, writer/director Todd Field often expressed his desired aesthetic for TÁR in a series...

 
 
 
Watch: The Jane Schoenbrun-Directed Music Video for Lucy Dacus's “Night Shift”

WATCH: THE JANE SCHOENBRUN-DIRECTED MUSIC VIDEO FOR LUCY DACUS'S “NIGHT SHIFT”

Five years after the release of her sophomore album Historian, musician Lucy Dacus shares the music video for the album's emotionally-charged...

“We Expected for Pretty Much No One To See It”: Justin Zuckerman on Yelling Fire in an Empty Theater

“WE EXPECTED FOR PRETTY MUCH NO ONE TO SEE IT”: JUSTIN ZUCKERMAN ON YELLING FIRE IN AN EMPTY THEATER

I first saw Justin Zuckerman's Yelling Fire in an Empty Theater-the writer-director's ultra-low-budget, MiniDV-shot feature debut-back...

 
 
 



Veterans inducted into Hall of Valor at Pittsburgh's Soldiers and Sailors...

Veterans inducted into Hall of Valor at Pittsburgh's Soldiers and Sailors Hall and Museum

Soldiers and Sailors has inducted more than 700 veterans into its Hall of Valor since 1963. Read more ...

UK watchdog softens position on Microsoft Activision deal

British antitrust regulators scrutinizing Microsoft's blockbuster purchase of videogame maker Activision Blizzard have dropped concerns that the deal would hurt the console... Read more ...

Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse Chills Start-Up Funding

Two weeks after Silicon Valley Bank failed, the fallout has hit the start-up market as investors pull back further and fear has risen. Read more ...

Suspect shoots himself in stomach after firing rifle during SWAT standoff in...

The hourslong standoff came to an end when the suspect crawled out of his apartment with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his stomach, police said. Read more ...

TikTok user obsessed with baby names helps parents pick their child's moniker

TikTok user obsessed with baby names helps parents pick their child's moniker

Given the tremendous interest in names, Colleen Slagen, a consultant and owner of Naming Bebe, a baby-naming consultation company, turned her hobby into a business. Read more ...

Winners and losers at Circuit of the Americas

Tyler Reddick, who finished first at COTA Sunday after three overtimes, is among winners and losers of the season's first road race. Read more ...

【MLB】エンゼルス大谷がオープン戦に出場しカーショーから安打

【MLB】エンゼルス大谷がオープン戦に出場しカーショーから安打

現地3月26日(日本時間3月27日)、ドジャー・スタジアム(カリフォルニア州ロサンゼルス)で行われたロサンゼルス・ドジャース対ロサンゼルス・エンゼルスのオープン戦に大谷翔平(エンゼルス)が出場した。 Read more ...

Coffee drinkers get more steps but also less sleep, study finds

Coffee drinkers get more steps but also less sleep, study finds

Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages worldwide, but the pendulum has swung back and forth about its benefits and drawbacks. Read more ...

Full WWE WrestleMania 39 Match Card Picks Including Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes

WWE will present WrestleMania 39 live from SoFi Stadium in suburban Los Angeles Saturday and Sunday night, headlined by the monumental clash between "The... Read more ...

Delta passenger arrested for opening plane door then escaping down...

The airline said the flight to Seattle was interrupted by an “unruly passenger.” Read more ...