‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Costs Extra If You Watch It in IMAX, But Is It Worth the Price of Admission?
Our reporter judges that IMAX justifies the upcharge, for several reasons — but that massive screen isn’t even the first one.
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‘Halt and Catch Fire’: How Two Green Creators Blew Up Their ‘Mad Men of Tech’ Premise to Discover Something Special
Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers look back at how their show evolved into its remarkable final season.
Sundance Announces Creative Fellowship to Support Self-Distribution of Fest Favorites, Including SXSW Winner ‘Thunder Road’
Exclusive: Off its successful experiment with “Unrest” and Kogonada’s “Columbus,” Sundance announces a new slate of films it will assist in navigating the world of self-distribution.
5 Hidden Indie Gems From This Year’s BAMcinemaFest
Consider it the annual summer festival a welcome respite from the boom and bustle of a season crowded with big, bigger, and biggest blockbuster films.
‘Dear White People’ Creator Justin Simien’s New Horror Film Will Be a Tribute to Black Women and Shoot This Summer
Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast: Simien talks about his need to create classical cinema frames for black faces, how Kubrick changed film music and his upcoming horror race-satire “Bad Hair.”
‘Twin Peaks’: Mark Frost Takes Us Inside the Four-Year Process of Writing a 500-Page Script Over Skype With David Lynch
From the initial inspiration to the conclusion of Agent Cooper’s Odyssey, a look at the novel-like writing collaboration that became “Twin Peaks: The Return.”
‘Black Mirror’: Meet the Only Person Charlie Brooker Trusts to Work on Every Episode
Each episode of Netflix’s sci-fi anthology is like a standalone movie with its own look, location, director, and crew. Joel Collins is the one person tasked with making sure each episode is kept “painfully real.”
‘The Staircase’ Director Has Given Up On Knowing if Michael Peterson Killed His Wife
As Netflix breathes new life and episodes into the genre defining true-crime series, director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade talks about how his interest has dramatically shifted in documenting Peterson’s latest court room drama.
‘The Good Place’ Creator Michael Schur Forgets Nothing — Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast 55
The showrunner behind the plot-twisty network sitcom talks about the power of memory and avoiding the M. Night Shyamalan trap.
‘The Terror’ Creator on Building an Arctic Expedition on a Soundstage and His Decision Not to Return for Season 2
Toolkit Podcast: David Kajganich breaks down the process of creating the historical horror story and why, after originally pitching the show as 5-season anthology, he’ll be handing over the reins.
American Documentary Launches Artist Emergency Fund to Assist Filmmakers Facing Hardship
The producers of the PBS series “POV” will offer grants for filmmakers facing health issues, eviction, disasters, and other unforeseen calamities.
‘Kill All Others’: Dee Rees’ ‘Electric Dreams’ Episode Is a Masterclass in Science-Fiction World-Building
Philip K. Dick meets Trump-era anxieties in the “Mudbound” director’s paranoid exploration of being the only one awake in a time of madness.
