The Beep

As a restoration artist, I am often responsible for the initial assembly of a film. This means putting all the reels together and removing each reel's heads and tails (also known as leader). I always find it interesting to see what’s on the . . . Read More ...

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Katniss Flies on Final Poster for 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2'

Nothing can prepare you for the end. Bold tagline. Lionsgate has released the flashy final poster artwork for Francis Lawrence's The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, the conclusion and grand finale in the Hunger Games series that started in 2012. This poster...

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6 Filmmaking Tips From Martin Scorsese

In his review of Mean Streets, Roger Ebert claimed that Martin Scorsese had the potential to become the American Fellini in ten years. It probably didn’t really take that long. Scorsese is a living library of film, but he isn’t a dusty repository of knowledge....

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Fantastic Fest 2015: Jeremy Saulnier's Brutally Fantastic 'Green Room'

Simple motivations that lead to very complicated situations, driven by generally inept protagonists: that's where up-and-coming writer/director Jeremy Saulnier excels. Whether it's an unassuming Halloween party or the simple revenge of the death of a loved one,...

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The Ways The Walk Is At War With Itself

Sony Pictures The Walk is one of this year’s most theatrically necessary Hollywood movies. You have to see it on the giant screen, meaning IMAX, and you have to see it in 3D. Or else just don’t bother. Yes, that is a big contradiction. I’m telling you to...

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'Where to Invade Next' To Be Released By Brand New Indie Distributor

This is big! The press release announcing the distribution of Michael Moore's new documentary Where to Invade Next is also the announcement of a brand new indie distributor. Alamo Drafthouse Founder and CEO Tim League, who also runs Drafthouse Films, is teaming...

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Watch: Michael Mohan's Short Film 'Pink Grapefruit' on Relationships

"I'm excited to be forced to get to know you." From filmmaker Michael Mohan comes a charming short film about romance and relationships titled Pink Grapefruit, starring Wendy McColm who goes on a blind date that doesn't go as planned at first. The cast includes...

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First Trailer for Horror Thriller 'The Forest' Starring Natalie Dormer

Stay on the path! Gramercy Pictures has debuted a trailer for the supernatural horror thriller The Forest, starring Natalie Dormer as a young woman who goes searching for her twin sister in the mysterious Aokigahara Forest in Japan. There is another film about...

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Would a Remake of The Exorcist Necessarily Be Bad?

Hold onto your tomatoes for a second. When Deadline originally reported that Morgan Creek was going to co-ordinate on a remake of The Exorcist, I had the same response as everyone else: vomit-launching disgust. Yes, we’re living through a minefield of remake...

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NIGHTMARE ALLEY: Do we hear what he hears?

DB here: In the 1940s, American cinema turned wildly subjective. Visions, daydreams, nightmares, optical and auditory POV, inner monologues, flashbacks, and stream-of-consciousness montages were popping up everywhere. Sometimes these techniques rendered what...

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