CONTENTS
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FEATURES
- Elisabeth Moss Can Do
Whatever She Wants
Star of screens both silver
and small. Committed film
producer. Ferocious punk singer
in frequent collaborator
Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell.
Elisabeth Moss tells us about
being them all
By Calum Marsh - Color Commentary
A guide and glossary to learn
how best to work with your
film’s second, uncredited DP—
your colorist
By Caitlin Díaz - Direct From Video
The helmer of Lords of Chaos
breaks down the benefits that
learning music video produc-
tion can bring to your movie-
making game
By Jonas Åkerlund - Director Mike Leigh
Doesn’t Play it Safe with
Peterloo
The English improv innova-
tor shares his straightforward
approach to recreating one of
Great Britain’s bloodiest battles
By Mike Leigh
44. The 2019 MovieMaker
Sundance Survey
Our annual snapshot of the
independents who are bun-
dling up for their Park City
premieres
50. Breaking and Entering
Part One
An exploration of how to shoot
down self-doubt and pay the
rent while you’re making it in
the film industry
By Natalia Leite
60. 2019’s Best Places
to Live and Work as a
Moviemaker
Our 19th annual guide to
North America’s leading cinema
cities will show you where to
call home and “Action”
By Ryan Stewart
COLUMNS & DEPTS.
- Notebook
By Tim Rhys - Contributors
- Letters
14. Book Reviews
By Devon Green,
Harper Lambert,
and Chris Villalta
16. Callboard
Lytehouse Studio’s
production facilities lead
the “golden age” of Brooklyn-
based moviemaking, while
Netflix and ABQ Studios
rain film jobs down on
New Mexico
By Ryan Coleman
and Ryan Williams
18. Things I’ve Learned
as a Moviemaker
By Mads Mikkelsen
20. Indie Law
Found a story worth
telling? Before you do
anything else, lock down
the rights. Here’s how
By David Albert Pierce, Esq.
24. Flash Forward
Alita: Battle Angel star
Jorge Lendeborg, Jr. favored
family support over formal
training on his way up
By Jennifer Blair
26. Eye Piece
Birds of Passage’s DP on the
camerawork and color palette
of Columbia’s Best Foreign
Language Film Oscar entry
By David Gallego
28. Moviemaker Melee
The writer-directors of Relaxer
and Watch Me Drown debate
the pros and cons of big city
and small town moviemaking
By Joel Potrykus and
Nathan Silver
32. How They Did It
The Oscar-winning writer-direc-
tor of Everybody Knows reveals
the keys to making movies as an
outsider in a new country
By Asghar Farhadi
34. Analog Innovators
Everything you need to know
about shooting on 16mm, from
renting and buying film cam-
eras, to stock tests, to scanning
and storage, and more
By HutcH
76. Festival Beat
High-profile screenings, after-
hours karaoke, Spanish red
wine, and banana pudding are
on the menus of these standout
fests of 2018’s fourth quarter
82. Crossing the Line
The producer of Penny Marshall’s
final film remembers her as a
moviemaker, mentor, and friend
By Russell Lafreniere
84. World Cinema
Indian moviemaker Rima Das
moved to Mumbai only to
discover that for her,
happiness and great art are
found far from Bollywood
By Ritesh Mehta
86. Advertiser Index
87. Call for Entries /
Marketplace
88. Things I’ve Learned
as a Moviemaker
By Kevin Hart
ELISABETH MOSS, PHOTOGRAPHED
IN LOS ANGELES BY SAM JONES