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L–R: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and 9 to 5 (1980)
It’s unlikely that anyone would have considered the legacies of...
The Gotham Film & Media Institute Announces Programming for 2026 Gotham Week Expo
View the full schedule of programming and RSVP at thegotham.org/gothamweek/expo/.
NEW YORK (August 27th, 2026) – Filmmaker’s publisher, The Gotham Film and Media Institute, announced today the programming for the 2026 Gotham Week Expo, tak...
Beverly Wood and Bradford Young on Revolutionizing Film Chemistry
Enjoy this latest excerpt from our summer issue, and subscribe today to receive our fall issue, shipping in mid-September.
By Kya Lou
Chroma Keys: Film Density and Color Science. Cinematography by Amir Rose-Aminifu and Afiya Yearwood....
How a Film Review Ended Up at the Center of a Domestic Terrorism Case
Midsommar (2019).
Sophie Lewis is used to getting noticed by all the wrong people. The Philadelphia-based author, essayist, and academic is known for her writing on family abolition and the communization of care; she published her first bo...
“Niu Lai” Is an Outsider Art Blockbuster
EDITOR’S LETTER
Niu Lai (2026).
“Not beautiful images, but necessary images.” Robert Bresson’s truism has been on my mind this week following the breakout success of Niu Lai (2026), a deeply surreal animated movie from China that has...
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Content Director, Filmmaker Magazine
Critic, reporter, and novelist. Writing in The New Yorker, Bookforum, Vogue, The Nation, and elsewhere. Debut novel Herculine out now.
Freelance journalist and author based in Philadelphia, PA. Follow her work at kim-kelly.com
writer & critic, of film, television, animation, what-have-you
Originally from Seattle, Steve Macfarlane is a curator, writer and cartoonist based in Ridgewood, New York. His debut graphic novel THEY SAVED BIDEN'S BRAIN will be published by ACE Theater in 2026.
Freelance writer. Air Bud admirer. Favourite cheese: Gouda.
Anthony Kaufman is a film programmer, film journalist, and film teacher.
Independent film curator and writer. Former Chief Curator at Museum of the Moving Image. Currently writing for publications including Filmmaker, Film Comment, Screen Slate, Reverse Shot, Criterion, and more.
Writer: Filmmaker Magazine, Reverse Shot, Documentary Magazine, In Review Online. Editor: In Review Online, and inreviewonline.substack.com.
Critic, lecturer, author, Toronto
Writer and researcher based between Central Asia and Central Europe
A girl with a tomoyo tattoo + a freelance writer and translator
Deputy Editor, Filmmaker Magazine
Donbas-born Ukrainian Film Critic and Scholar
Freelance film writer, focusing on action cinema
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