Winter 2011 | Filmmaker Magazine

With his second feature, the Gotham Award-winning Littlerock, California native Mike Ott explores the dreams of a small California town through the eyes of a visiting pair of young Japanese tourists. By Ray Pride.

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS

From a screenplay by Leslie Dixon, Neil Burger takes us on a pharmaceutical-fueled joyride through a conspiratorially intelligent New York business world in Limitless. By Scott Macaulay PLUS: Leslie Dixon on nurturing your inner Tarantino.

PAST TENSE

Winner of the Palme d’Or at this past year’s Cannes Film Festival, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is an enlightening journey graced with a fairytale feel that’s unlike anything you’ll see in theaters this year. By Howard Feinstein.

SPY CAMERA

For Dana Adam Shapiro’s eerie and erotic relationship drama Monogamy, cinematographer Doug Emmett creates a voyeuristic visual style in line with the film’s conflicted protagonist. Here D.P. Eric Lin chats with Emmett about crafting the film’s unique look.

LOST IN AMERICA

Kelly Reichardt reteams with Michelle Williams in Meek’s Cutoff, the true story of a team of misbegotten American settlers lost along the Oregon Trail. By James Ponsoldt.

COURTSIDE

After electrifying independent audiences with early dramas like George Washington and All the Real Girls, David Gordon Green has become Hollywood’s most idiosyncratic humorist. Michael Tully catches up with Green on the set of The Sitter and discusses acting, careers, and his upcoming medieval comedy Your Highness.