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15 Film Festivals You Can Enter for Free, Presented by
WEBJan 31, 2023 · Heartland International Film Festival (free to all, in certain categories) Indy Shorts (free to all, in certain categories) These highly respected Indianapolis festivals attract major films, including Oscar contenders, and are on our list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee. Most categories have an entry fee, but the festival encourages ...
Red Rocket: Sean Baker and Simon Rex Explain What a
WEBJan 31, 2023 · Red Rocket begins with Saber returning to his Texas hometown and begging to move in with his wife Lexi (Bree Elrod) and mother-law Lil (first time actor Brenda Deiss). His soon develops a secret long-term plan: to groom Strawberry (Suzanna Son) into helping him break back into the porn industry. Like Mickey, Baker has a talent for street casting, or convincing non-professionals to agree to be ...
How to Start a Script With a Killer Opening Scene - MovieMaker
WEBJan 31, 2023 · Teaser. After Jaws used a teaser as a literally killer opening scene in 1975, making your opening scene a teaser has becoming something of a screenwriting cliché. However, it’s only a cliché if done ineffectively; executed correctly, it can be a powerful storytelling technique. The hard truth is that most professional readers, development ...
The Making of Roar : Lions and Tigers and Stitches, Oh My!
WEBJan 31, 2023 · Roar is the story of a family — including Tippi Hedren and real-life daughter Melanie Griffith — stalked by lions and tigers on an African nature preserve. When it was finally released in the United States in 2015 — nearly 40 years after it began its five-year, accident-filled shoot — savvy distribution company Drafhouse Films used the tagline, “No Animals Were Harmed in the Making ...
All 11 Mel Brooks Movies Ranked — From Funny to Hilarious
WEBJun 16, 2024 · Before he made classics like Blazing Saddles, Brooks was a pivotal comedy writer in the early world of television — including writing for the famed Sid Caesar.He paired with lifelong friend Carl Reiner to create genius works including The 2,000 Year Old Man, and Brooks co-created Get Smart, the spy spoof sitcom.. But Mel Brooks, who is 97, is most beloved for his films — almost all of them ...
11 Sleazy Movies of the 1970s That Don’t Care About Your Respect
WEBJan 17, 2024 · The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) A sleazy movie (starting with that title) that uses sleaze to its great advantage. It’s one of the most effective and captivating horror movies ever made thanks to its hardcore atmosphere, oozing with sex and violence. Filled with the sounds of animals and buzzing flies, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre makes ...
Relentless: What That Last Lead in Christina Whittaker's
WEBJan 31, 2023 · Discovery+ released the sixth and final episode of its true-crime docuseries Relentless on Monday, and it leaves us with one final lead in the Christina Whittaker missing case. The series chronicles director Christina Fontana’s 11-year investigation into the young mother’s disappearance, which took place November 13, 2009, when she was just 21 years old.
The 13 Most Captivating Prison Movies We’ve Ever Seen
WEBAug 3, 2024 · The 13 Most Captivating Prison Movies We've Ever Seen. MovieMaking. Film Festivals. Film Schools. Film Commissions. Lists.
American Psycho Ending Explained — By Its Writers - MovieMaker
WEBJan 31, 2023 · If the ending still seems mysterious, read that last ending again. There does seem to be a moment when, to quote Christian Bale again, Patrick Bateman goes from “psychopath to psychotic,” and it does seem to be the moment when he considers feeding a cat to an ATM machine and then shoots a cop car to begin a desperate chase through Lower Manhattan.