Film Courage: At this stage of your career, how do you measure your own success? Daniel Stamm, Filmmaker: How do I measure my own success? I have to admit, we just talked about social media. What is fun is that you have a direct feedback loop from your audience on Twitter. I do read Twitter […]
via The Sentence That Ended A Filmmaking Career – Daniel Stamm — FilmCourage.com
Film Courage: After having written your own script, having been a college professor, you decided to go back to school for screenwriting. What made you want to take that leap? What made you think you didn’t know enough about the topic? Marty Lang, Screenwriter/Director and Assistant Professor of Film at the University of Central Arkansas/Director: […]
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Film Courage: Did you learn any lessons on directing actors that would be helpful for other first-time directors? Andrew Guerrero, Writer/Director/Actor: Yes. Fortunately being an actor first I knew how I liked being directed so I was able to translate that to my actors. Number 1) Story is first for anyone — actors, directors, producers — story is first! […]
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Chances are you’ve read a review of The Lighthouse by now. ‘Dems the breaks for critics who see a film the week of release and not a month or two in advance. So in lieu of a review, I’m going to break down the film’s Oscar prospects and what Robert Eggers’ new film deserves rather […]
Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg are in it for the long haul. After raking in dough and semi-decent reviews for Lone Survivor in 2014, the pair have been inseparable ever since, even in the face of diminishing returns. Deepwater Horizon, probably their best effort, failed at the box office under the weight of a […]
via Spenser Confidential, an Extended Crime Serial — Film Epoch
Originally shared on The Film Experience Filmmaker Cory Finley is fast becoming an auteur. That much is clear, and more, when watching his second directorial effort Bad Education, a great film unfortunately relegated to the streaming fringes of HBO. A film this good would’ve been poised to make a bigger splash with Netflix or Amazon, […]
via Bad Education, a Terrific Story of Entitlement — Film Epoch
So far, The Wrong Missy is one of the worst movies in a pretty bad movie year, thanks to the pandemic. It’s one of those films you watch, write about, and then wonder “what am I doing with my time? My life?” It’s a comedy that might have worked better with a different star, a […]
For obvious reasons, 2020’s been a long year and we’re only through four and a half months. Below are some of the best movies of this year that have largely gone unnoticed or underappreciated. LITTLE JOE A BBC indie about plant breeders who engineer a flower so powerful the little plant can influence the human […]
Michael Showalter’s follow-up to The Big Sick is both a wonderful showcase for its two stars, the whip-smart Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae, and a disappointing mishmash of comedy and murder mystery. Though we know it was originally intended for theatrical release, the film continues a strange, disquieting trend of so-called “Netflix originals” which feel […]
I didn’t know much, if anything, about Jean Seberg. She was a French actress who flitted back and forth between Europe and Hollywood, enjoying a relatively short career before the FBI ruined her life and sent her packing back home. So in terms of her filmography, she’s been a blind spot for me personally. Amazon’s […]
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