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As Nicole Kidman says, we come to this place for magic, and maybe the best magic of all is getting a movie made. And now, AMC is dipping its toes into that, too. The world’s largest exhibition company is officially stepping into the distribution business with the creation of Leawood Films. It's a new banner dedicated t
In this episode of the No Film School Podcast , Tribeca Festival Director and SVP of Programming Cara Cusumano joins host GG Hawkins to reflect on 25 years of Tribeca and explain what independent filmmakers should understand about today’s festival landscape. Cusumano discusses Tribeca’s evolution from its post-9/11 roo
If you love Godox LED lighting , this might be the best way to let everyone in your life know. The company has released a fun little LED light it calls the LT1 Creative Pixel LED Light. This tiny LED can attach either to your camera or to a wrist strap and can be used for lighting, atmosphere, or vibes. Obviously, this
I can't think of a better way to spend any amount of time than watching a Coen Brothers film. Those two guys just have this special ear for storytelling that challenges the audience and characters to reconcile a complicated world. They always have characters whose actions get them into trouble, and I love the webs that
Maestro Sergio Leone’s final film, Once Upon a Time in America, was originally panned nearly into oblivion in 1984 upon its initial release. However, within the past fifteen years, it has been starkly re-evaluated and is now often cited as one of the greatest films of all time. Let’s talk about the long journey this fi
1984 gave us a little bit of everything. Horror icons, action heroes we still watch on the big screen today, revolutionary documentaries, and so much more. When you look back on the year, it seems nearly impossible to believe all of the work that came out that year actually came out in that short of a time frame. Let’s
Famously, Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for Best Actor for 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs , thanks to his villain Hannibal Lecter being categorized as a leading role in spite of the fact that he is only on-screen for 16 of the film’s 118 minutes. While this might seem like a case of blatant category fraud, Dr. Lecter i
Well, this is a unique new camera worth checking out—especially if you’re in Europe and already set, or open to, wandering the halls of IBC 2026 in Amsterdam. Proton Camera Innovations GmbH has announced that it is launching FLEXY, a next-generation micro POV camera that aims to take the company’s flexible architecture
This post was written by Dr. Bob Pondillo, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus—Media/Culture/Screenwriting. We are meaning-making, pattern-seeking, storytelling creatures. If you take nothing else from this column, remember that. THAT is the key that unlocks a writer's world. Storytelling and meaning-making are one of the human
Another new wireless video transmission system is on the market, offering many of the same features as the rest; however, in how it’s positioned, Desview’s new Thunderbolt 1080p Wireless Transmission System aims to make reliability and consistency its calling card. We covered this wireless transmission system when it w
Avid Media Composer is getting a boost as it aims to keep up with the competition and give its loyal user base new ways to move faster, collaborate more flexibly, and scale to the workflows modern teams need. The big news is that this release brings fully supported, secure collaboration across shared storage solutions
Ratatouille ’s Anton Ego functions more so as a secondary villain on the sidelines for the majority of the film. It’s not until close to the third act that his minimal but brooding presence becomes important to the story and thematics of the film. But when it does, it changes everything. Let’s take a look at the seamle
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