Making a documentary abroad
Dear Doc Doctor: I’m planning to make a documentary abroad. Am I better off bringing my own crew or hiring…
Author: john_rodzvilla
Faces of Change
The concept was to bring five human rights activists from around the world to New York City for an intensive…
Q/A: Terrence Howard
There was one good thing about Malcolm Lee’s 1999 studio film The Best Man: Terrence Howard. I wrote a review…
Participant Productions
To most people, Jeff Skoll is the eBay guy. He was the first employee and first president of the online…
Good Lord, Not Another Artsy Film
I am Marc Vogl, a 30-something East Coast kid who came out to San Francisco in the 90s following a…
Behind the Spin
There is a mystique to filmmaking—the silvery light that reflects off the screen, the way the story shapes a character’s…
What a Long, Freaky Head-Trip It’s Been
“Get on the ground, motherfuckers,” declares Wayne Coyne, directing two somewhat confused kids to lie on their chests in the…
Secrets and LIES
You have become the thing that you have mocked. That’s a paraphrase of a famous Shakespeare line, and it’s also…
Q/A: Luke Wilson
Sometimes my friend Laura Donovan will call me out of the blue and just say these two words: “Macaw! Macaw!”…