We’re here to provide 7 inside tips that will sharpen your location scouting skills. Follow our guide and help you find better settings for your creations. 1. Only settle for the most compelling locations Great directors and film producers manage to express a storyline powerfully because they match the acting with a compelling location. If you want to strike a chord in your audience, you must consider your options carefully and filter them to fit the story you want to tell....

“I get so petrified in this space talking about equal pay especially when you look at the intersectional aspect of it, right? Where white women get paid more than black women, black women get paid more than Asian women, Asian women get paid more than Latina women, and it’s like a very scary space to step into,” Rodriguez said. “Because I always feel like I fail when I speak about it because I can’t help but feel already so gracious to do what I do and I feel like, culturally, I feel like I was raised to just feel so appreciative of getting here....

A graduate of the British TV commercial industry in the early ‘70s, Parker was what I like to call a filmmaking polisher, he shot films straight and crisply, with not necessarily much of a distinctive voice or auteur-like capability. That’s not a big deal, he was just a through and through pro, rarely serving up duds and always raising the artistic stakes in his films. Parker was skilled in his usage of music in film....

“Chivo [Lubezski] started prepping [‘Roma’], and I actually planned this film for Chivo. I budgeted this film for Chivo’s thinking. With Chivo, there’s always the same concern and complaint—well, he has many complaints (laughs). The biggest thing since we started making films together when we were teenagers was time. Time to do things. Time to prep the film, time to shoot the film, time to do the Digital Intermediate at the end of the process, he’s always asking for more time,” explained Cuaron....

On Thursday, AMC posted a staggering number for their second-quarter financial losses, to the extent where things now feel undeniably morose for the survival of this chain. The COVID-19 hit the largest U.S. cinema chain has taken thus far has had its revenues tumbling to $18.9 million, compared to the $1.5 billion a year earlier. Despite resuming operations in early June, albeit in very limited capacities, with no new movies to screen, AMC couldn’t muster up much of a profit at its 37 currently opened locations, which resulted in a second-quarter loss of over $561....

Fresh off her “Happening” winning the Golden Lion at Venice last year, filmmaker Audrey Diwan announced in May she was remaking softcore porn classic “Emmanuelle” with Léa Seydoux. Now, we’re reading that the film will only start production in the last quarter of 2023. Diwan is currently writing the screenplay with fellow filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski, with the film expected to go into production towards the end of 2023. I’ll watch it for the plot, obviously....

It was just two years ago that I discovered Daniel Goldhaber’s “Cam” at this very festival, which was consequentially bought by Netflix. Nothing close to that kind of surprise arrived last year, but this year I have a new “coup-de-Coeur,” as the Quebecois love to call their new favorite works of art. A film so riveting, from its direction to its action, that I am here to plead, no beg, distributors to pick it up....

Ben Roberts, the BFI’s deputy CEO, announced the news yesterday by stating that “This campaign speaks directly to the criteria in the BFI diversity standards, which call for meaningful representations on screen. We fully support Changing Faces’s #IAmNotYourVillain campaign, and urge the rest of the film industry to do the same,” he went on to add that “film is a catalyst for change and that is why we are committing to not having negative representations depicted through scars or facial difference in the films we fund,” says Ben Roberts, the BFI’s deputy CEO....

In the recent article, Bong lists 20 directors that he believes will be driving the future of cinema forward in the next 10 years. Why is this such an intriguing proposition for Bong? Well, as the director puts it, discussing the current works of a director may very well predict the future “because, when we watched Wong Kar Wai’s second film ‘Days of Being Wild’ (1990), we might have already dreamed of ‘In the Mood for Love’ (2000) in our minds....

Two weeks ago, the ‘Black Panther’ sequel was tracking at around $175 million. The original opened to $202 million in 2018. Marvel has been making almost the exact same movie for 15 years now and they’re still cashing in with ever prequel, sequel, origin story etc. There will be no real competition for ‘Wakanda Forever’ this weekend. The box-office is its for the taking. It’ll be interesting to see how audiences react to this bloated sequel....

Cannes already lost a major cinematic event last year when it was supposed to screen Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” but the higher-ups on the film board in France said “no way, Jose” not happening under our watch. Cannes head director Thierry Fremaux had raved about Cuaron’s film to the media, mentioning that he’d seen it a few times and seemed heartbroken that the fest would not screen the film. Now it’s the frontrunner to win Best Picture this Sunday night at the Oscars....

The “Birdman” and “The Revenant” director will be joined by Elle Fanning, Maimouna N’Diaye, Kelly Reichardt, Enki Bilal, Alice Rohrwacher, Robin Campillo, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Paweł Pawlikowski. Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy

“Yes, but I think my father would be condemned in every move he made,” she says. “Everything now is so politically correct. So boring. So expected. And everyone is so scared of what will happen if they go too far.” Men, in particular, she says, have reason to be scared. “A few tweets and it’s done… their career is over.” Music to my ears, Charlotte. Yes, things seem to be extreme at the moment, to say the least, and, yes, art has no doubt suffered because of it, but I am just a mere mortal who believes that this is just a moment in time where society is adjusting....

Forget about “Blazing Saddles” — every once in a while I try to remind people that recent comedies like “Tropic Thunder,” “Step Brothers,” “Anchorman,” and “Superbad” would just not be able to get made today. Not in this heavily politicized, social-media-driven world. Sure, go ahead and disagree with me, but this is real. This is the world we live in. Comedy is in dire straits at the moment. Every comedy I mentioned thus far would be a landmine of triggered outrage waiting to happen in 2021....

Isn’t it great being Nolan? I mean, the guy practically gets carte-blanche every time he decides to make a movie. No other director in Hollywood has the power to just show up on the front steps of a big studio, tell them he wants hundreds of millions of dollars to bring an original (non-sequel/non-superhero) vision to the screen and that complete artistic control must be granted to him. Name me another filmmaker that has that kind of power?...

Even at 90 years of age, the Montreal actor gave us that strong performance in “Knives Out” just over two years ago. Of course, like fine wine, his acting talents got better with age. His artistic peak has got to be his savage take on Mike Wallace in “The Insider” (’99). He even won an Oscar at 81 years old for his quirky gay dad in “Beginners.” Another late-career highlight was his J....

That’s right, the 88-year-old writer-director-actor-composer is still a major attraction for moviegoers nationwide. Eastwood has built up a considerable fanbase of movie fans over the years. His name is now synonymous and represents many values within that base, they will go to see whatever movie he directs or stars in just purely based on those beliefs (“Gran Torino,” The 15:17 to Paris,” American Sniper,” “Sully”). Speculation is that he isn’t done either, an as-of-yet untitled project from Le Clint is set to be fast-forwarded for production later this year and set for release end of 2019....

Brody was found hanging in his home this afternoon, shortly after 1 PM. I enjoyed Brody’s comedy and standup — he co-created his own Comedy Central series, “Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!” with his Zach Galifianakis. Both times I met Brody, at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, he was chummy and always willing to take the time to talk. Great guy. His last comedy set was just two days ago at the famed Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip....

According to DiscussionFilm, “The Whale” is set to be produced by A24 and will star Brendan Fraser as a 600-hundred-pound recluse hiding away from the world and slowly eating himself to death. Talk about an insane concept. The film is based on Samuel D. Hunter’s divisive play. So, Brendan Fraser Best Actor nomination next year? Ladies and gentlemen, the long awaited Brenaissance has arrived. Had they cast Christian Bale he would have insisted on actually gaining a couple of hundred pounds for the role....

The film wrapped production at the end of March, less than five months ago. A Netflix source tells me that “contrary to what many believe, David doesn’t take that long in post-production with his films, at least not as long as, say, Marty/Thelma. If I had to bet on it, [The Killer] will be released at the end of the year.” Fincher’s go-to DP, Erik Messerschmidt, is ”hopeful” that “The Killer” will be released in 2022, calling the film “Fincher-esque....