READ >> Why I Watch the Closing Credits of Every Movie I See

Our culture of on-demand binge-watching conditions us to race past the credits, taking for granted the collective creative efforts behind the movies and TV shows we so voraciously consume. Many streamers shrink credits, making them illegible on our screens; some even allow us to skip them entirely. Post-credits sequences, meanwhile a mainstay of franchise fare like the Marvel films have trained audiences to regard credits as mere backdrops for the latest Easter egg or teaser. We forget that countless individuals, each a storyteller in their own right, make our viewing possible. The distinction between art and “content” is lost.

George Romero’s “Dead” Franchise Expanding Into Audio Series

George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead universe is expanding with a new audio series.
The classic horror franchise is getting a scripted podcast series, The Dead,
that will tell new stories and expand characters from the universe.

READ >> Judd Hirsch Can Tell You a Story or Three

READ >> A tribute to Satyajit Ray

Martin Scorcese says Ray’s Apu trilogy was “one of the greatest bodies of work in the history of cinema.” Taxi Driver bears a strong resemblance to Ray’s Abhijan. It was Scorcese who supposedly pushed for Ray’s Academy Award, and over the years, attempted to restore many of Ray’s films.

WATCH >> How Angelo Badalamenti wrote Laura Palmer’s Theme

Composer Angelo Badalamenti looks back on how he wrote
Laura Palmer’s Theme for David Lynch’s Twin Peaks.

READ >> Scorsese at 80

Ahead of his birthday next week, directors including Tim Burton, Edgar Wright,
Lynne Ramsay, Luca Guadagnino and more reveal their favourite scenes
– and what Scorsese’s work means to them.

LOOK >> Jean-Luc Godard: a life in pictures

The French-Swiss auteur has died at the age of 91.
One of the prime movers of the 1960s French Nouvelle Vague,
here we look back at his life and career.

WATCH >> Sidney Lumet interview on “Making Movies”

“I don’t think anyone, anybody good really knows when the work is gonna turn out good. It’s a question of preparing the ground, in such a way, that the lucky accident can happen. You just prepare the ground so that the piece can take on a life of its own and run away with it.”

GO TO >> Sept 3, National Cinema Day

Saturday, September 3rd, enjoy $3 movie tickets in celebration of National Cinema Day.
Check your local listings for participating theaters nationwide.

GO TO >> A Tribute To Robert & Irwin Young @ Metrograph NYC

Metrograph pays tribute to filmmakers and activists Robert and Irwin Young. Their father Al Young, founded DuArt, the NYC film processing lab. Irwin Young took over his fathers duties at DuArt, prioritizing projects by passionate but cash-strapped indie filmmakers, including Fessenden with HABIT and many other GEP films.