Greg Gilman

1 week ago | moviemaker.com | Greg Gilman

A24’s new horror release Bring Her Back is so scary, even directors Danny and Michael Phillipou were scared  to watch it in a theater. Of course, their fear stems from an anxiety that only filmmakers who have spent years making a deeply personal project can truly understand. “We’re so nervous about showing it,” Michael Phillipou tells MovieMaker a week after a bi-coastal first-look screening. “We were mixing right up to the last day, then we finished it and went straight to do promotion.

1 week ago | moviemaker.com | Greg Gilman

A24’s new horror release Bring Her Back is so scary, even directors Danny and Michael Philippou were scared  to watch it in a theater. Of course, their fear stems from an anxiety that only filmmakers who have spent years making a deeply personal project can truly understand. “We’re so nervous about showing it,” Michael Philippou tells MovieMaker a week after a bi-coastal first-look screening. “We were mixing right up to the last day, then we finished it and went straight to do promotion.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Greg Gilman

A24’s new horror release Bring Her Back is so scary, even directors Danny and Michael Philippou were scared  to watch it in a theater. Of course, their fear stems from an anxiety that only filmmakers who have spent years making a deeply personal project can truly understand. “We’re so nervous about showing it,” Michael Philippou tells MovieMaker a week after a bi-coastal first-look screening. “We were mixing right up to the last day, then we finished it and went straight to do promotion.

Jan 6, 2025 | moviemaker.com | Greg Gilman

Rule of Two Walls — which takes viewers inside Ukraine in the early days of the Russian invasion — is rooted in director David Gutnik’s Ukrainian heritage. After Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces attacked the country in February 2022, Gutnik connected with Ukrainian cinematographer Volodymyr Ivanov and started planning a journey into the embattled nation his family had fled from once upon a time. “Whenever somebody would say the word ‘calling,’ I would kind of roll my eyes,” Gutnik says.

Dec 9, 2024 | moviemaker.com | Greg Gilman

These documentaries about making movies — available on Netflix, Amazon, Max, and other easily accessible platforms — get into the agony and ecstasy of making movies.