Moving Pictures - The Stories Behind the Movies

View Table of Contents

Two of his cast join writer/director Justin Lin to chat with MPM on the ideas behind Finishing the Game: The Search for the New Bruce Lee and on Asian filmmaking beyond the stereotypes.
Click HERE for the full interview.

Video/Audio Archive

THE CLASH OF THE COMIC BOOK TITANS: The Dark Knight and more comic book movies are bursting onto this summer's screens with frenzied motion and IMAX-sized missions. What constitutes comic book hero credentials?

		Without Anyone Knowing – Til Now One wrong turn - a person could die. But the labor camp defectors were so determined to continue filming that we, of course, had to keep going.

		Decisions Propelled “Veronika Decides to Die” Exclusive early insight from producer of Veronika Decides to Die - the first-ever film adaptation of worldwide bestselling writer Paulo Coelho.

		Telling the Wahine Disaster Finally this incredible story - as powerful as the Titanic - is being shared with those outside New Zealand. Screens JULY 31 in the West Hollywood International Film Festival.

		The Fire Under Makoto Sasa Dir. Makoto Sasa on Fire Under the Snow, his docu about a Tibetan monk whose spirit remains unbroken after 33 years of torture.

		American Teen (documentary) (movie review) Real high-schoolers face the forceful and fantastic complexities of survival. Scintillating storytelling from award-winning director Nanette Burstein.

		Free DVD for our readers Now out on DVD: Raw Spice: The Unofficial Story of the Making of the Spice Girls AND Batman: Gotham Knight (animated) See how you can get a free copy.

		DocuWeek Los Angeles 2008 The Oscar-qualifying showcase for deserving documentaries.

		Bringing Captain Abu Raed to Life "...it was like the movie had taken on a life beyond the screen." From-the-Filmmaker exclusive. Award-winning film screens this weekend at the Traverse City Film Festival.

		The Life of “The Project” My friend's "war stories" from the days when he had been a member of the Latin Kings were great material for a film. Special From-the-Filmmaker.

		Echoes of Impressionism Our intention was to be guided by what the environment offered - weather, tides...) and express our responses in an Impressionistic way.

		Taormina Film Festival 2008 Taormina Film Festival was held in the 2,500-year-old open-air Teatro Greco, perched on a hill overlooking the Ionean Sea.

		For Tomorrow: The First Step of the Revolution The inspirational chronicle of Shoes for Tomorrow's first "shoe drop" to the barefoot children of Argentina. (short documentary)

Elliot's Blog

Elliot V. Kotek, Editor-in-Chief of Moving Pictures Magazine, speaks to you.

Ron Holloway on Fest and Film

Abroad on the festival circuit with filmmaker-film columnist Ron Holloway.

The Word From…

A special blog for Moving Pictures Magazine's guest writers.

Miami Short Film Festival - call for entries

March 1, 2008 - August 31, 2008

Moving Image Film Festival - Call for entries

March 15, 2008 - August 21, 2008

Gotham Screen Film Festival – call for entries

May 29, 2008 - September 15, 2008

From Here to Awesome

June 1, 2008 - October 31, 2008

View All Events From Our Festival Calendar

New York Times Headlines

Tom Cruise, in Bit Role, Nips Studio’s Top Gun
At an industry screening of the forthcoming comedy “Tropic Thunder,” Tom Cruise brought down the house with his portrayal of a dirty-dancing movie mogul.

Movie Guide and Film Series
MOVIES.

1. Tropic Thunder - $25.8M

2. The Dark Knight - $16.4M

3. Star Wars: The Clone Wars - $14.6M

4. Mirrors - $11.2M

5. Pineapple Express - $9.8M

6. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - $8.2M

7. Mamma Mia! - $6.1M

8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - $5.8M

9. Step Brothers - $4.8M

10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona - $3.8M

After getting a look into the mind of the filmmaker
(see MPM's Guest Contributors),
which movie did you most want to see:

		Ten Questions for the Dalai Lama
		Speed and Angels
		Quantum Hoops
		Raving
		Hollywood Chinese

View Results