Cute brunette friends are an essential part of ’80s movies. Sometimes they even end up dating the main character. The post 11 Best Brunette Friends in ’80s Movies appeared first on MovieMaker Magazine ..read more

23 years since the stop-motion animated comedy Chicken Run introduced us to a pair of scrappy chickens named Rocky and Ginger, they are returning for a sequel — Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. Directed by Sam Fell and executive produced by Aardman Animations’ Peter Lord, it’s set to begin streaming on Netflix on Dec. 15. But if you’re worried about how AI and the digital animation age may have affected this beloved chicken family, fear not — the filmmakers behind Dawn of the Nugget believe in embracing the imperfections of hand-modeled puppets for a more emotionally relatable viewing ex ..read more

It’s one thing to capture the reality of being in space. But how do you capture its sounds?  The Montreal-based immersive entertainment studio Felix & Paul Studios had to answer that question in order to produce the Emmy-award winning Space Explorers series, a virtual reality adventure that takes you on board and outside the International Space Station.  “As much as cameras need to capture images in all directions, we need a microphone that does the same thing,” says Jean-Pascal Beaudoin, Head of Audio for Felix & Paul Studios, explaining the various microphones used for thei ..read more

Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s feature directorial debut, War Pony, follows two young Oglala Lakota men on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Written by Keough, Gammell, and members of the Lakota people Franklin Sioux Bob and Bill Reddy, the film is full of tragedy, community, and gorgeous symbolism told through the presence of different animals. The film follows LaDainian Crazy Thunder as high schooler Matho and Jojo Bapteise Whiting as young father Bill, whose stories become interwoven in unexpected ways. Bound by their shared search for belonging, each of the young men g ..read more

Sarah Carter’s feature directorial debut, In Her Name, is a story of liberation, self-acceptance, grief, and healing. In Her Name follows two sisters, Freya (Erin Hammond) and Fiona (Ciera Danielle) who are forced to spend time together as their father is dying and end up discovering new truths about themselves and each other. After a successful world premiere at Tribeca in 2022, where it received the Audience Award, In Her Name will begin streaming on Tribeca Online on Friday, Dec. 1. You can access Tribeca Online on Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, and in the standalone app on your iPhone or Androi ..read more

Michael Trent and Leslee Scallon started the Dances With Films film festival in 1998, determined to create a space for truly independent films without any well-known actors or powerful industry connections. Over two decades later, they’ve hosted 26 editions in Los Angeles — and last year, they took Dances With Film bi-coastal when they brought a new edition of the festival to New York City. Following the success of the first Dances With Films: NYC, they’ll open their second annual fest in the Big Apple this Friday. And that’s only the beginning of their plans for expansion. How Dances With Fi ..read more

Cute brunette friends are an essential part of ’80s movies. Sometimes they even end up dating the main character. The post 11 Cute Brunette Friends in ’80s Movies appeared first on MovieMaker Magazine ..read more

Ridley Scott has brought us a chest-bursting alien, a Black Hawk down.,Thelma and Louise in a convertible, and Hannibal Lecter in posh Italian exile. He has made enough great films and TV shows for 10 illustrious careers — from The Duellists to Alien to Blade Runner to Gladiator to Hannibal to American Gangster. His lack of an Oscar reflects poorly on the Academy, not on him. And at 85, he is hard at work on a slew of new films, including Gladiator 2. As we celebrate the release of his new Napoleon, Ridley Scott graces Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker by tracing his path through a ..read more

Jessica Michael Davis’ new short film “Betty Bites Back” puts a surprising twist on female empowerment. Based on the short story Vagina Dentata by her favorite author, Mindy McGinnis, it follows a woman who visits a plastic surgeon with a strange request: she wants retractable teeth installed in her vagina. This wasn’t the first time Davis had tried to adapt one of McGinnis’ works into a movie. The first time, someone else beat her to the rights. But that near-miss ended being for the best, because it gave Davis the chance to focus on her 2023 feature directorial debut, Escaping Ohio. It’s a n ..read more

Cocky blond guys are essential to ’80s movies. Here are our 10 favorites. The post The 11 Best Cocky Blond Guys in ’80s Movies appeared first on MovieMaker Magazine ..read more