Author: Landon Palmer
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What a Screen Adaptation of ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Could Do
HarperCollins “The Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama reminds me of the California town I grew up in. The characters of the novel are like people…
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Is There Room for Auteurs in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Marvel Studios Kenneth Branagh. Joss Whedon. Shane Black. James Gunn. Joe Johnston. While hardly a diverse list of filmmakers, much of the Marvel Cinematic Universe…
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6 Filmmaking Tips from D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus
Image via Documentary.org Last Fall, the New York Times reported that D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus were searching for a suitable home for their vast…
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The Look of Silence and the Violence of Memory
Drafthouse Films Two years ago, when The Act of Killing was finally released in theaters after a long and rewarding festival circuit, Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary…
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The Many Reasons Why Indie Filmmakers Are Heading to Detroit
Loki Films Partway through Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s observational documentary Detropia, the film transitions from tense union meetings and lyrical images of abandoned buildings…
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6 Filmmaking Tips from John Waters
Welcome to Filmmaking Tips, a long-running column in which we gather up the shared knowledge of a particular filmmaker and assemble it all into the internet’s…
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6 Filmmaking Tips from Stan Winston
Warner Bros. During the 1980s and 1990s, the leftovers of special effects production created a cottage industry in of themselves. Theme park events, studio tours,…
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There Has Never Been a Golden Age of Undistracted Moviegoing
Alamo Drafthouse (Screenshot) Unwanted distraction in movie theaters is a near-universal experience amongst cinephiles, and it’s become a ritual of its own to share the…
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The Hidden Brilliance of The Wachowskis
In January of this year, shortly before the release of the delayed, bad-buzz attracting Jupiter Ascending, Lana Wachowski candidly recounted she and her brother’s time…
