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During the ’70s and ’80s, TV movies weren’t all fluffy and sweet. While they did have to work within the confines of broadcasting standards, quite a few filmmakers figured out how to make nightmare inducing horror flicks that had commercials breaks. They learned how to work with tension and not

Jim Henson was also wanting to push his puppetry beyond the Muppets. He saw that more could be done in both the artistry and the storytelling. After years on Sesame Street, the worldwide popularity of The Muppet Show and the box office success of The Muppet Movie, Henson wanted to

We live in a glorious time for anyone who wants to make an indie movie. Back in the early ’90s, if you wanted to make an indie film, it was still an expensive process. You had to buy reels and reels of 16mm film or 35mm film. Each reel lasted

Often times you’ll hear directors claiming that you have to be more innovative when they must work with a small budget versus the hundreds of millions the studios lavish on the latest Marvel Superhero flick. Naturally you think they’re just full of it and trying not to seem ungrateful to

Well, we’re one week in to me being back to work, and already I’m not making it through my whole pullfile list before it’s time to submit this column. I was hoping things would be different, but the next few weeks are really busy. Instead of waiting for a week