Archive for November, 2015


It can be dangerous to make bold claims for a filmmaker on the basis of one feature, but then Lost in the Sun’s Trey Nelson is hardly a novice.

Source: “I’m Not Like Wes Anderson Designing His Own Clothes”: Trey Nelson on Lost in the Sun | Filmmaker Magazine

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Set to arrive in just a few short weeks, director Bryan Singer has yet again teased the X-Men: Apocalypse trailer and provided a sneak peek at at the film.

Source: Bryan Singer Teases the X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer

With its careful widescreen compositions and painterly period-motivated lighting, Bone Tomahawk possesses a classical visual style that belies its pulpy genre

Source: “If You Move in a Hasty Manner, I’ll Put a Bullet in You”: S. Craig Zahler on Bone Tomahawk | Filmmaker Magazine

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Mercifully, society has not yet reached a superhero singularity in which every quantum of popular culture has to be spun out from a comic book property. As such, indie filmmakers Mark and Jay Duplass were given the option to say no when offered the chance to work on an enormous tentpole behemoth.

Source: Duplass brothers say they were offered—and refused—a superhero movie · Newswire · The A.V. Club

“I can’t keep beating around the bush because I’ll eventually run out of bushes to beat around,” sighs Mya Taylor. We’ve just spent 90 minutes together in her

Source: “I Can’t Try to Be an Activist If People Don’t Know My Real Story”: Tangerine’s Mya Taylor | Filmmaker Magazine

Space opera creator hopes Disney and JJ Abrams won’t turn The Force ‘into a bunch of gobbledegook’ – and says Jar Jar Binks is his favourite character

Source: George Lucas says he would not direct another Star Wars film after criticism | Film | The Guardian

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When I meet Tippi Hedren in Vienna, we’re with a handful of other journalists for nearly an hour-long roundtable interview. There are less than ten of us, but

Source: Hitchcock, Chaplin, Lions and Sexism: Tippi Hedren at the Viennale | Filmmaker Magazine

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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation writer and director Christopher McQuarrie is likely to return for a sixth Mission: Impossible film starring Tom Cruise!

Source: M:I6 is Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission, Should He Choose to Accept It – SuperHeroHype

Mo Scarpelli and Alexandria Bombach are documentary filmmakers and co-directors of award-winning film Frame by Frame. The documentary follows four Afghan

Source: “… If You’re Not Trusting Yourself, You Can’t be Creative”: Mo Scarpelli and Alexandria Bombach on She Does Podcast | Filmmaker Magazine

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Source: The 5 Most Cringe-Worthy Superhero Movies of All Time | moviepilot.com