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Tweets by Editor Scott Macaulay. Spring, '24 print edition on stands now.
“There Are No Good Harnesses, Clips and Clamps That Keep a GoPro on a Dog” -- with Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's "Folktales" now in theaters, a repost of @TomiLaffly's interview out of Sundance. filmmakermagazine.com/129533-heidi-e…
With "Diciannove" now in release from Oscilloscope, reposting my interview out of #TIFF with director Giovanni Tortorici. I like this film and this interview! filmmakermagazine.com/130106-diciann…
Metrograph Pausing Theatrical Releases As Pictures Head David Laub Moves To Neon deadline.com/2025/07/metrog…
For those of us with knowledge of the void, the greatest summer movie is actually Antonioni's The Passenger
At Filmmaker, we profile four exciting new independent film distributors: Cartuna x Dweck, @muscledistro, Willa and @watermelon_pics. filmmakermagazine.com/131013-profile…
Had a great talk with Abel Ferrara about Turn in the Wound and the psychological scars of war. He also told me (joking? not?) about a Driller Killer sequel and convinced me to go to Russia. Listen: thefilmstage.com/emulsion-ep-12…
Black Bear Launches U.S. Theatrical Distribution Division Headed By Longtime CAA Media Finance Agent Benjamin Kramer. deadline.com/2025/07/black-…
Some good news, for a change: my latest translation - of the Spanish filmmaker/ critic Victor Erice's text on the late works of Nicholas Ray - can now be read at the @Metrograph's Journal... metrograph.com/like-in-a-mirr…
To More from Ritesh Mehta’s @FilmmakerMag interview with Director Mahdi Fleifel where they talk literary inspiration, diaspora life, being labeled a “refugee director” and more. Curious to see more of Mahdi’s films? Head to his @letterboxd profile to learn more! Now Playing
Amazing news: F. Scott Fitzgerald's story Double Time for Pat Hobby, an archival discovery by @venetianblonde, has just been published by @NewYorker; the Hobby stories, of working and nonworking life in the studios, are his supreme works about Hollywood... newyorker.com/books/flash-fi…
Not so long ago, we saw AI as our “co‑pilot,” meaning AI would fix the errors we humans make. Actually, we got it backwards: we are the AI’s co‑pilot. Our job is to fix the AI’s mistakes. The good news? We still have jobs!
My Karlovy Vary 2025 report. Discussed: four strong new first features, John Garfield, career (un)sustainability, a French filmmaker who will absolutely be in Cannes comp in the next ten years, Cyril Connolly. filmmakermagazine.com/131325-karlovy…
We’re thrilled to share the jacket for Thomas Pynchon’s highly anticipated new novel Shadow Ticket, coming October 7, 2025! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427/s…
Lovely speaking w Palestinian American writer-director-actor @CherienDabis after the moving European premiere of her third, most ambitious feature, ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU, at @KVIFF! She's so eloquent & sharp! @TheMatchFactory @indiewire #KarlovyVary 🇵🇸 indiewire.com/features/inter…
Just days after the anniversary of Ghassan Kanafani's assassination, @FilmmakerMag featured an interview with "To A Land Unknown" Director Mahdi Fleifel where he explains how Kanafani's novella "Men in the Sun" inspired him as he brought "To A Land Unknown" to life.
Critic, author, filmmaker Nicholas Rombes has a new series out, "Timecodes," from @BloomsburyPub, w/ the 1st entry, "Gerry," about Gus Van Sant's film, now out. He walks with the film, 1 entry per 100 minutes, and it's a productive journey. My interview: filmmakermagazine.com/131108-nichola…
With "The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye" on @lecinemaclub this week, a repost of our interview with director Marie Losier by Esther Robinson. filmmakermagazine.com/69959-love-son…
This week: THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE a film by MARIE LOSIER. 2011. 72 min. Two radical artists find each other and decide to become one in this heartfelt documentary from the celebrated French film portraitist. For one week on lecinemaclub.com.
We've been running a series at Filmmaker on directors and artists's relationship to animals and the animal world. This issue, Amalia goes birding with Lili Taylor, whose book "Turning to Flight" in our now from @penguinrandom. filmmakermagazine.com/130978-intervi…
I spoke to Palestinian-Danish filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel about his sharp & affecting feature debut, TO A LAND UNKNOWN, which is out in limited theaters in the US tomorrow July 11, distributed by @watermelon_pics. Here's the interview at @FilmmakerMag filmmakermagazine.com/131280-intervi…