Filmmaker Magazine

05/15/2026

“Thank you, the Cannes.”

introduces CLUB KID in Un Certain Regard today

03/09/2026

"Everyone says they want something new," The Bride! writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal tells Greta Rainbow about her sophomore feature. "Well, alright. Can you take it?”

Click here to read Scott Macaulay's last issue, featuring Oliver Laxe and Gaspar Noé discussing Sirat, a special section reflecting on 33 years of the magazine and more...

03/03/2026

With the Oscars less than two weeks away, Tyler Coates explains why prospective winners, at least in all but one category, still feel perplexingly up-in-the-air.

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02/23/2026

With films programmed at New York City theaters Metrograph and Film Forum this month, Iranian filmmaker Amir Naderi tells Nick Kouhi about his 55-year-long career, collaborating with the late Bahram Beyzaie, current European lecture tour and much more.

02/18/2026

Amanda Kramer tells Chris Cassingham about her "career-long preoccupation with design," which is channeled via wooden chairs, piles of shoes and sparse interiors in her latest film, By Design.

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02/13/2026

Matt Johnson tells Katie Rife about the CN Tower stunts, celebrity mansion shooting and 200-day production schedule that went into Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie—and even shares his philosophy for a happy life.

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02/09/2026

"I’m the face of the movies,” Bill Heidbreder tells bemused subway commuters in an exclusive promo by filmmaker David Cardoza, which we share ahead of Cashiers Du Cinéma's 10-film BAM series.

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02/04/2026

"For anyone who cares to see what ICE is up to on any given day, there are brave, self-deputized filmmakers ready with cameras in real time," Scott Meslow reports from the front lines of Minneapolis.

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01/27/2026

David Leitner shares initial reactions to films by William Greaves, Cathy Yan, John Wilson, Brydie O’Connor and more as the Sundance Film Festival continues.

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01/26/2026

“Generative AI is not cinema,” Ghost in the Machine filmmaker Valerie Veatch tells Lauren Wissot ahead of the documentary’s Sundance premiere.

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