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Clips from 'Nymphomaniac' Slowly Disrobe Mystery of Von Trier's New Genre:...
Lars von Trier's Antichrist made me sit on my stoop and stare blankly at the concrete until the evening sun dipped below the horizon. And years later, as I sat in my local indie theater watching...
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Different Camera for Every Project? DP Timur Civan on the Role Genre Plays in...
Everything in life has its purists. There are Mac purists and PC purists -- vinyl purists and people who hate music (kidding.) In the filmmaking world, there are plenty of things to be a purist about,...
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BTS Footage and Commentaries of 'Die Hard 2' Put the 'Explore' in 'Explore-sion'
Word play may not be my thing (I warm the bench mostly,) but it must count for something that I would circumvent my limited vocabulary by smashing "explore" and "explosion" together to describe my...
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Which Genre Gave the Highest Return on Investment in the Past Decade? The...
Recently Catherine Rampell of the New York Times published a chart that should make documentary and horror producers smile. Horror has long been known as a cash cow for Hollywood, but documentary is...
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Does Your Script Meet The Criteria for a Greenlight?
In what stage of the screenwriting process are you? Are you right at the beginning, wildly jotting down an idea on a napkin, or are you finishing up your final (hopefully) rewrite? Regardless of where...
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New Indie Niche: Intelligent Films for Adults
The steady stream of tentpoles and mega-budget studio films has been going strong for the past few years, and many of us, including Steven Spielberg and George Lucas sensed a disturbance in the Force....
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How to Make Your Horror Screenplay More Effective
Horror is a film genre that is much more complex than it appears to be. The violence, sex, and gore speak to our deepest fears, anxieties, cultural taboos, and suppressed emotions. So, crafting this...
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Infographic: Trace the Zombie Epidemic in Pop Culture Back to Its Source
Back in June, we touched on the possible explanations as to why people have such an incredible fascination with zombies -- we write books about them, participate in pub crawls, proms, and walks with...
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A Ghost Hunter's Legacy: How 'Poltergeist' Influenced 'Insidious'
Well, it's that time of year again, when children come to your door demanding candy, and every other movie on TV is a horror flick. Whether you're a fan of scary movies or not, horror is one of the...
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Basics Tips and Concepts to Keep in Mind as You Make Your Horror Film
Horror is frequently celebrated as the movie genre that young, unexperienced filmmakers can cut their teeth on, because what's a horror movie if not a sex and alcohol-fueled party with a bloodbath at...
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Screenwriting Tips: How to Approach Genre as You Begin Your Script
A screenplay is a puzzle made up of pieces you cut yourself that you fit together to form a picture you make up as you go. And if a screenplay is a puzzle, think of genre as the box it came in. It has...
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Directors of Some of History's Best Horror Films Discuss The Genre in This...
We talk a lot about horror here on NFS, because, for one, the genre is awesome, and for two, the genre is supremely important to understanding and analyzing the human condition. In this 1982...
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Westerns & Comedies: The Genres That Set the Stage for Early Cinema
We talk a lot about the history of cinema here at NFS, but one topic that we don't touch on very often is the role genre played in the early years of moving pictures. Studying genre is important not...
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Learn the 'Rules' of Film Noir & How to Light It
Genres come and go, but 70 years after its birth, the "rules" of film noir have become part and parcel of the conventions of modern cinema. Why do filmmakers come back again and again to this bleak...
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Why So... Many Superhero Movies? This Video Explains Our Obsession
The year 2000 didn't just usher in a brand new millennium, with bursting Dot Com bubbles, trucks like dumps, and fears of Y2K, it also marked the beginning of a wave of superhero films that has only...
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How 'The Blair Witch Project' Changed Horror with Cheap Shaky Cameras &...
The Blair Witch Project is one of the most important films when it comes to horror cinema, and the found footage genre specifically. But how did this small budget horror flick shot on dinky consumer...
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A Peek Through the Venetian Blinds: What is Film Noir?
There's more to film noir than venetian blinds, sexy dames, and hard-boiled detectives in fedoras. Heavily influenced by German Expressionism, the genre's visual style is probably its most recognizable...
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Jackie Chan's 9 Principles of Action Comedy
Who doesn't love a good action comedy? Men in Black. Charlie's Angels. Bad Boys. Rush Hour. TMNT of 1990. Come on -- they're classics. They pair perfectly with pizza and a dragging Sunday afternoon....
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Strong, Beautiful, & Dangerous: Celebrating Women Who Kick Ass in Action Flicks
Action flicks are tons of fun, but to be real -- they tend to be major sausage fests. Sometimes it's nice to see some tough, strong women on the big screen who can pull off a terrifying death stare, as...
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SXSW Short Film Jury Prize Winner 'Pink Grapefruit' Premieres Online,...
Earlier this year we highlighted Pink Grapefruit as part of our Sundance coverage, and its run continued by taking home the Jury Prize for best short at SXSW. After such an unexpectedly strong run...
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