Film links for February

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Toolkit

• Here’s Why Script Supervisors Are the ‘Secret Ninjas’ of Film Production
• Unlocking the Secrets to Micro-Budget Filmmaking
• Want to work in feature film development?
• A guide to Indigenous land acknowledgement 
• The TIME’S UP Guide to Working in Entertainment
• What the DP of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Can Teach Us About Multicam Shooting
• Masterclass: Bong Joon Ho
• Everything You Need to Know About Being a Showrunner
• What is Five-Act Structure and How Do You Use It?

Events

• ARRI Orbiter Lighting Demo on March 10, hosted by Pacific Grip & Lighting
• Pacific NW Lens Summit on May 2nd, Sponsored by Koerner Camera Systems
  

Awards

• Obamas’ Production Company Wins First Oscar With ‘American Factory’ 
• ‘Parasite’ pulls off Oscar upset, winning four Academy Awards
• Taika Waititi makes Oscars history as first Maori Academy Award winner 
• Portland film community makes their Oscar predictions
• Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot: ‘Irishman’ “Was Boring,” Tarantino “Amazing,” “I Want an American Director to Win”
• Netflix Spends Big for Oscars—Will Hollywood Give In?
• Why does it matter that the Oscars lack diversity — and what can be done about it?

Film Festivals

• ‘Diversity is now centre stage’: Berlin film festival sets industry precedent 
• Berlin’s Female Filmmakers Demand Funding Overhaul: ‘Without Money, We Can’t Do Anything’
• Heading to Port Townsend in April? Check out this event celebrating women filmmakers!
• Portland Film Festival makes MovieMaker Magazine list for 50 film festivals worth the entry fee
• Submit your film to Portland Film Festival
• Seattle Asian American Film Festival
• Oscar Watch Party with Portland Film Festival
• Sundance’s Record-Breaking Deals Are a Cease-Fire in the Streaming Wars
• Taylor and Hillary Were Rock Stars at Sundance, but What About the Movies?
• Which camera and lenses were used on Sundance films and why

Criticism

• Trust your nose: what rich people can learn from Parasite
• The Real Reason You Use Closed Captions for Everything Now
• TV has a new kind of heroine: The Latina genius. Here’s why it matters
• The Bad Places: A Tour Through Hell, As Seen in Pop Culture
• CULTURAL DETAILS YOU MISSED IN “PARASITE”
• Understanding Film Theory: An Essential Guide
• Historic ‘Parasite’ Oscar Win May Be Game-Changer for Global Film Business
• I Don’t Want to Be the Strong Female Lead
• Ayn Rand Reviews Children’s Movies
• Rogue colons, endless ellipses: the worst grammar crimes in film titles 
• Why James Corden and Rebel Wilson should have stuck up for Cats
• Claws out: Visual Effects Society slams Academy for Oscars dig at Cats 
• ‘Parasite’ Won, but Asian Americans are Still Losing

Videos

• Taylor Swift’s, “The Man.”
• a-ha – Take On Me (Official 4K Music Video) hits over 1 billion views
• Oscar-winning short film Hair Love
• Hollywood Director Analyzes Greatest Music Videos
• Andy Warhol’s Beauty #2 (1965)
• Billie Eilish’s new Bond song, “No Time To Die.”
• Volunteer at Portland Film Festival
• Watch the Unaired Pilot for Happyish Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Billie Eilish’s Hostage
• Adam Sandler’s ‘epic’ acceptance speech at Spirit Awards laughs off Oscars snub
• Joaquin Phoenix accepts his Leading Actor award from BAFTA
• Umpqua National Forest Video from KGW

Film Business

• Netflix turns to first-time filmmakers for an edge in streaming wars
• #MeToo Founder Tarana Burke on Weinstein Verdict: ‘Implications Reverberate Far Beyond Hollywood’
• What good are film festivals?
• ‘Searching’ Producer Timur Bekmambetov To Shoot World’s First Vertical Format Blockbuster 
• Netflix International Film VP David Kosse Touts Importance Of Diverse, Arthouse Content For Streamer’s Business – Berlin
• YouTube says it paid the music industry more than $3 billion last year
• Small movie theatres in Canada are complaining of unfair competition from Cineplex
• Content Ownership Is King: That’s Why Movie, TV & Music Libraries Are In Such High Demand
• The Oscar Campaign Gambit That Drives Some Awards Watchers Crazy Won Again This Year
• Netflix Killed Blockbuster Video. The Movie Theater Is Next
• The Streaming Wars Move To Madison Avenue
• Disney tells Berkeley parents they owe $250 for screening ‘The Lion King’ 
• Disney Paid $75M For Global Movie Rights To ‘Hamilton’; Biggest Film Acquisition Deal Ever?
• Greta Gerwig, Ava DuVernay among 50 to urge Directors Guild to improve policies for working parents

Lists

• The Most Badass Black Female Movie Heroines
• 15 Deleted Scenes And Alternate Endings That’ll Change How You See Your Favorite Movies
• The 105 Best Dark Comedy Movies (& Dark Comedy Writing Tips)
• The 25 Best Cinematography Books for 2020
• 6 Films to Watch for Black History Month, Recommended by an Expert
• The 27 greatest movie franchises of all time, according to critics
• 12 Black Actors, Directors and Comedians Who Made History in TV and Film
• Bong Joon-Ho’s 7 Keys to Greatness Give Us a Reason to Relax 
• The 43 actors who have won multiple Oscars, ranked by who has won the most
• Meet 22 Black Directors Who Answered Hollywood’s Call For Diversity And Inclusion
• Bong Joon-ho’s Perfect Shots
• 19 Movie Plot Twists That Are So Well-Executed, They Deserve Some Kind Of Award
• 50 Films, Actors and Directors Overlooked by the Oscars
• Star Wars Characters Reimagined As Winnie The Pooh And Friends
• 17 of the highest-paid movie roles of all time, including $100 million for a single film
• All 53 Movies Nominated for an Oscar This Year, Ranked 
• The biggest foreign film winners in Oscar history
• All the 2020 Super Bowl Commericals
• Seven must-see Indigenous-made films of 2019

Interview

• How Birds Of Prey Director Cathy Yan Created A Girly Glitter Villain
• How Greta Gerwig Wrote Her Little Women
• Oregon shot First Cow by director Kelly Reichardt press conference from Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival.
• Roger Deakins Breaks Down His Award-Winning Cinematography Career
• Meet the 2020 DGA Nominees for Theatrical Feature Film
• “When You Don’t Have a Lot of Time Film Actually Helps”: DP Rachel Morrison on the Kristen Stewart-Starring Seberg 
• Tom Paul Talks Sound Mixing for Sundance’s Biggest Films
• Best Places to Live and Work as A Movie Maker

Culture

• Indie Bookstores, Once On The Verge Of Disappearing, Are Making A Comeback
• Caped crusader: who is the real target of Natalie Portman’s reply to Rose McGowan?
• Scared of going to the cinema alone? Don’t be: it’s a brilliant form of self-care
• An artist wheeled 99 smartphones around in a wagon to create fake traffic jams on Google Maps
• Giant Japanese Dragon Sculpture Made From Palm Tree Leaves and Wood

History

• He Was ‘Star Wars’ Secret Weapon, So Why Was He Forgotten? 
• The backstory on Hollywood movie backdrops

Memoriam

• “Sex And The City” Actor Lynn Cohen Has Died At 86
• Kirk Douglas, Indomitable Icon of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Dies at 103

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