At 96 years old, Clint Eastwood has officially retired from filmmaking. The actor and director left a mark on Hollywood that is staggering. He has four Oscars on his shelf, a bunch of characters that will be loved forever, and the respect of his peers.

There are dozens of lessons you could learn from the impact of his career. But the one I keep going back to is that he believes the second…

For indie filmmakers, every dollar on screen has to work twice as hard, and sometimes, the smartest solutions aren’t about spending more, but staying put.

In __No Ordinary Heist__ , director Colin McIvor and his team pulled off a deceptively simple, but highly effective production strategy: transforming a single farmhouse into four entirely distinct scripted locations. This is a trick Colin…

There's no one out there like Quentin Tarantino. I appreciate all of his films, but I think the best part of him is his unabashed penchant fr telling the truth. Whether you agree with him or not, he does not filter himself. He says what he believes.

So when he gets asked a question about "How" he does something, you're going to get an answer.

For example, he just went off on "Video…

Look, I'm not going to lie, when I wake up on a Monday and know I have all sorts of articles to write and other BS to do before I can do my heart's work, it can be a real bummer!

Well, it turns out, I'm not the only one who feels that way. Christopher Nolan also has that inside him, because he's been there before.

In a revealing sit-down with BAFTA Guru, the architect of _Inception_ and…

I've been thinking a lot recently about directing my first feature film. But what intimidates me the most about the endeavor is the idea of all the nuanced things a director does on set, aside from actually peering through a viewfinder and shouting "Action!".

And look, I've been on a real set, and I know that's not what they really do. It's so much more cerebral than that.

But I've found it…