Features might get all the glitzy attention, but short films are the backbone of the cinematic world. From Martin Scorsese (“The Big Shave,” 1967) to Wes Anderson (“Bottle Rocket,” 1994) to ...

For a filmmaker, it’s a daunting task to take an idea and get it onto a screen. That’s true for a short film. But to make a full-length, independent feature film — to get it written, produced, shot ...

“Shelby Oaks,” a new horror movie that Neon is releasing this weekend, pairs traditional narrative elements with the grainy, found footage aesthetic of, say, “Paranormal Activity” or “The Blair Witch ...

Ryan Coogler is explaining how he pulled off a magic trick. He’s not talking about convincing Warner Bros. to greenlight “Sinners,” a $90-million blues-steeped thriller about vampires descending on a ...