Life is busy — you’re spending minutes upon minutes training to become the next star Olympic breakdancer. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some essential reads you may have missed over the past month. So take some time to catch up with this month’s good reads!
This Month’s Good Reads (August 2024)
Every Production Could Learn from This New Set of Community Guidelines (via Kate Erbland for Yahoo! News)
Read the rules of Shatara Michelle Ford’s set and see if you can implement them into your own.
How the Cast of Sing Sing Broke Free From Prison to the Big Screen (via Kalia Richardson for Rolling Stone)
The formerly incarcerated acting troupe of the Sundance hit.
20 Years Ago, One of the Most Unsettling Movies Ever Made Divided Audiences (via A.A. Dowd for Digital Trends)
Looking back at the scaled-back influence of Open Water.
In The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Feeding Your Family Comes First (via Jackson Arn for The New Yorker)
Celebrating 50 years of Leatherface’s legacy.
A Requiem for Mumblecore: Looking Back at the Last Time Movies Were Allowed to Be Small (via Vikram Murthi for IndieWire)
The much-maligned indie sub-genre of the 2000s gets its flowers.
Carol Kane in Conversation with Nathan Silver (via Nathan Silver for Metrograph Journal)
A career retrospective of the legendary actress with her Between the Temples director.
Rust Filmmaker Joel Souza Finally Speaks About Fatal Shooting on Set: “It Ruined Me” (via Anthony Breznican for Vanity Fair)
The director opens up about the impact of the on-set tragedy and the legacy of Halyna Hutchins.
Everybody is a Producer, Part 2 (via Rebecca Green for Dear Producer)
Ideas to protect/reinvent the producer credit (for the actual producers).
Distribution Advocates Launches FilmADE Grants to Help Fund Marketing for Independent Films (via Selena Kuznikov for Variety)
Help is on the way to market your movie.
Giovanni Ribisi on Becoming a Cinematographer and Shooting Strange Darling (via Greg Gilman for MovieMaker Magazine)
An actor moves behind the camera (but not as a director!).
Online Action Movie Fandom Birthed a New Film Fest Era (via Jordan Crucchiola for Wired)
Inside the creation of the action-packed Big Bad Film Fest.
The Perks of Not Being a Wallflower (via Bilge Ebiri for Vulture)
Adam Pearson enters his leading man era.
Child Actor Protections Are ‘Hugely Flawed,’ Allege Teachers on Film Sets (via Stacy Perman for Los Angeles Times)
Some studio teachers are calling for stricter child labor law enforcement.
In case you were ignoring us (aka blatant self-promotion)
Filmmaker Interview: Sean Wang, writer/director of Dìdi (弟弟)
We talk to the filmmaker about his Sundance-winning film, his whirlwind Oscar nomination experience, and more.
Gena Rowlands: Indie Film’s Leading Lady
Paying tribute with some must-see indie performances of the late, great actress.
Filmmaker Interview: Monica Sorelle, co-writer/director of Mountains
The Miami-based filmmaker talks to us about her Spirit Award-winning directorial debut.
Videos worth watching
Alex Ross Perry gives a tour of the recreated VHS mecca Kim’s Video (via Letterboxd)
How ’bout you? Read anything good this month?
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