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No Film SchoolCinemaHorror Film Season is Officially Here as Fantastic Fest 2026 Kicks Off This Week Sure, it still might be blazing hot and sunny in Austin, Texas, but horror season is set to kick off as it always does in the dark, cold, and always rambunctious theaters of Alamo Drafthouse in…
No Film SchoolCinemaHow 'Voicemails for Isabelle' Director Leah McKendrick Defeated Development Hell and Got Her Movie Made In this episode of the No Film School Podcast , writer-director-actor Leah McKendrick joins GG Hawkins to break down the long road to getting Voicemails for Isabelle made after years in development.
No Film SchoolCinemaThe Art of the Reshoot: How the 'It Ends' Team Saved Their Indie Horror Feature In this episode of the No Film School Podcast , writer-director Alex Ullom and producers Carrie Carusone and Evan Barber break down the unconventional path behind It Ends , their micro-budget indie…
No Film SchoolCinemaJump Into the World of Hybrid Shooting With These Great Fujifilm Camera Deals As the world of film and video (and photography) has changed over the past few decades, the multi-hat roles of hybrid content creators have grown thanks, in part, to the rise of multipurpose digital…
No Film SchoolCinemaWhy Christopher Nolan Thinks Sound Design in 'Phantom Thread' Sends Shivers Down Your Spine There is nothing I appreciate more than filmmakers supporting other filmmakers. To me, it's just this wonderful celebration of art, and it shows that you can succeed when others succeed.
No Film SchoolCinemaBlackmagic Camera for iOS Adds Support for the New iPhone 18 Pro Models Blackmagic Camera for iOS is getting another update as the popular camera recording app gears up for the latest generation of iPhones that Apple announced last week .
No Film SchoolCinemaGreig Fraser's 5 Rules for Aspiring DPs Earlier this year, Oscar-winning DP Greig Fraser shared some time with Kevin McCarthy on the On Film…
No Film SchoolCinemaThe 1954 Samurai Classic That Inspired So Many Other Movies I find that Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai ( Shichinin no Samurai ) is one of those movies you hear about and hear about and then skip because you think it might be pretentious.
No Film SchoolCinemaThe Sony FX5 is Delayed as Company Confirms Postponement Due to Production Issues Well, that’s a bummer. Announced at the end of July, the Sony FX5 has hands down been one of the most anticipated cameras of the year, and by all accounts a favorite to be one of the top compact…
No Film SchoolCinemaFilm Quote of the Day: The 1957 Glenn Ford Western Line About Time That Still Hits Hard 1957's 3:10 to Yuma was directed by Delmer Daves from a screenplay by Halsted Welles, which itself was based on Elmore Leonard's 1953 short story "Three-Ten to Yuma.
No Film SchoolCinemaThis 1970 Rock Doc Was a Deeply Unsettling Sign of the Times The Rolling Stones’ concert documentary, Gimme Shelter , named after the band’s hit song, was filmed and released in the heart of the cinema counterculture movement.
No Film SchoolCinemaThe Queer Horror of Summer Camp Slashers Summer might be over, but I can’t stop thinking about summer camp slashers. Horror got a new, deadly locale in these campground-set movies, often in the lead-up to or during an active summer season…
No Film SchoolCinemaThe Funniest Movie of the 2020s is Only Available on YouTube In the past few years, we’ve seen many filmmakers innovate in the comedy genre, utilizing wholly original filmmaking techniques and stylized humor.
No Film SchoolCinemaIconic Film Character Intro: Leatherface Became a Horror Icon in Less Than 20 Seconds Leatherface is part of the Mount Rushmore of horror movie killers alongside icons like Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, and Jason Voorhees.
No Film SchoolCinemaPortkeys Has a New LH5P III On-Camera Monitor With a Rugged, But Lightweight, Design Another new on-camera monitor option is on the market, and we couldn’t be happier. These are the golden days of production monitors, as there are truly a billion to choose from, with pretty much all…
No Film SchoolCinema4 Lessons on Building a Storytelling Life How do you find your creative voice? Actually, what is a creative voice? Simply put, your creative voice is how your perspective and experiences shape the way you tell stories.
No Film SchoolCinemaIs Steven Spielberg’s ‘Munich’ the Best Directed Movie Ever? The best channel on all of YouTube for film essays is Patrick (H) Willems , whose dissections of movies and TV are must-watch for anyone trying to understand media.
No Film SchoolCinemaHow the NFL and Hallmark Invented A Rom-Com Playbook My wife and I are football fans. I am a member of Eagles Nation, and she's born and bred with the Vikings.
No Film SchoolCinemaMovie Lines Presidents and Politicians Have Borrowed You probably love to quote films as much as I do. It's fun to reference what our favorite characters say, almost like a code among savvy cinema fans.
No Film SchoolCinemaDJI’s New SDR Transmission 2 is Set to Bring Stronger Interference Resistance and Better Image Quality It’s hard to cover DJI's new product announcements without making the whole story about the fact that another helpful, kind of cool piece of film and video gear is set to be released everywhere in…
No Film SchoolCinemaApple Reveals Its New AirPods 5, But Are They Ready for Editing and Production Work? In the true spirit of DIY filmmaking, the brand or type of headphones that you use for production or editing matters about as much as your cameras, lenses, or any other parts of the process.
No Film SchoolCinemaFilm Quote of the Day: The Ryan Gosling Quote That Made the Driver an Instant Icon When Drive came out, it was like the only soundtrack I saw people buying on vinyl. Everyone was obsessed with this synth neo-noir that thrust Ryan Gosling back into the spotlight and showed everyone…
No Film SchoolCinemaShe Shot Her First Feature in Just 11 Nights — Making 'Lockjaw' In this episode of the No Film School Podcast , Writer-director Sabrina Greco joins No Film School to discuss the making of her feature debut, Lockjaw , a dark comedy centered on a woman whose jaw is…
No Film SchoolCinemaLooking for Film Financing? This New Filmmaker-Built Platform Aims to Help You Wrangle Incentives Hands down, probably the most important part of the filmmaking process, which gets the least amount of coverage and resources, is financing .
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