Ethan Hawke joined the Toronto International Film Festival this month for a Q&A about the creation of “Before Sunset,” Richard Linklater’s beloved 1995 romance starring Hawke opposite Julie Delpy. 577 more words

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As China’s entertainment industry sputters back to life, Hollywood watches carefully: It seems like the closest thing we have to a crystal ball for what the new normal might look like. 1,214 more words

via China’s Film Industry Is Back to Work, but Don’t Expect America to Follow Its Path — IndieWire

“Tiger King” is becoming a television show with Nicolas Cage confirmed to star as Joe Schreibvogel, better known across the world as Joe Exotic… 350 more words

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As America’s most famous activist filmmaker, Michael Moore has made his name with documentaries that prompt strong reactions from the right, from conservative pressure that led some theater chains to ban “Fahrenheit 9/11” to an entire film dedicated to explaining that “Michael Moore Hates America.” But now it’s prominent progressive activists and filmmakers — people…

via ‘Planet of the Humans’ Finds Michael Moore Pitted Against Left-Wing Activists He Once Inspired — IndieWire

At such an unprecedented moment in time, with more demand than ever for streaming content, the sheer volume of films across all the major SVOD platforms — specifically Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and now Disney+ — can make finding a genuinely great movie an arduous task. 1,345 more words

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Film Courage: Would you ever try to get a producer to work on your film for free? Peter Dukes, Writer/Director: I would and I have. Once I got into the feature world the rules were a little different. That scenario has come up actually but it’s a little tricker and things can change. In the […]

via A Filmmaker’s Journey From Short Films To Feature Films by Peter Dukes — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: Do you think that writers should stay with one genre? Writer/Instructor and Script Consultant Shannan E. Johnson (The Professional Pen): I’ll tell you this, I always tell my writers to pick a lane. It’s not because of what I believe but because of what Hollywood believes. Hollywood likes to put people in boxes, […]

via Screenwriters Need To Pick One Genre by Shannan E. Johnson — FilmCourage.com

Eric Edson, CSUN Professor and Author: Mentor…two more. These are going to go relatively quickly but I would like you to see tonight at least these six. The mentor can be an person, any age as long as they pass on the skills and wisdom to the hero. There can be more than one mentor […]

via How To Write A Great Mentor Character by Eric Edson [Screenwriting Masterclass] — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: What do you remember about the day where you said “This will be the last time picking up a camera?” Walid Azami, Photographer/Youtuber: I don’t remember the day that was Okay this is going to be the last time. But…can I flip it and tell you about the day that I got that […]

via Once You Lose Your Art, How Do You Get It Back? by Walid Azami — FilmCourage.com

Film Courage: Do you remember something that was said to you in one of these UCLA writing classes which you never forgot? Patricia Vidal Delgado, Writer/Director: Yes, definitely. Richard Walter [recently retired Professor and Associate and Interim Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television for 40 years] said Nobody wants to see […]

via Self-Motivated Speculative Writing Is The Secret To Success In Hollywood by Patricia Vidal Delgado — FilmCourage.com