What if nobody “gets” my film?
Dear Doc Doctor: Nobody seems to like my film—they say it’s unclear and hard to follow. Why aren’t they getting…
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Turning Books into Scripts
Scott Heim’s 1995 novel, Mysterious Skin, makes for an unlikely film. The story of two eight-year-olds from Kansas who are…
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Back to Feature
A long time ago, in a film school far, far away (from NYU), a young man with big dreams and…
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From Cecil B. to Businessman
Will Keenan has done some crazy things to promote movies. He’s been hit by a car, threatened self-immolation, and climbed…
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Budgeting for archival footage
Dear Doc Doctor: How can I calculate how much archival footage I’ll need for my film, and how much it…
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Picture’s Up
Everything you need to know about Bob Berney’s taste in movies can be summed up by one simple fact: growing…
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Sunday Night Muse
It’s Sunday night in Williamsburg, Brooklyn—the reigning annex of lower east side hipsterdom. Live jazz floats from the open windows…
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Beyond Bollywood
And there are so many stories to tell, too many, such an excess of intertwined lives events miracles places rumors,…
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The BBC Bully
Nick Fraser’s career has been a constant battle between “what I will and won’t do for television,” says the 57-year-old…