“Social impact entertainment’s time has come,” Teri Schwartz, the dean of UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television said as she welcomed everyone to the first...
The character of a president matters. And in this past year since Donald Trump was elected, many of us wished for a president who displays more...
Either you clicked on this article because you took the title’s bait or you genuinely seek to learn some film theory. My goal in doing this is...
What differentiates a good message movie from a movie that’s too preachy? How does a movie effectively present a point of view without insulting the intelligence...
Subscribe to Podcast Welcome to the Cinema of Change podcast with Robert Rippberger and Tobias Deml. Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer was born in 1974 in Austin, Texas....
We as filmmakers pursue a career in storytelling. That seems trivial – of course, that is what filmmaking is about: storytelling. But if you just withdraw...
Films that entertain and films that drive positive change in the world are often thought to be mutually exclusive. That’s the way it’s always been, and...
Going to Sundance ’16, I didn’t actually plan on seeing any movies. There were too many exciting events, too many great panels, and a plethora of VR experiences....
About two-thirds of the way through Robert Rippberger and Scott Rosenfelt’s harrowing new documentary 7 Days In Syria, we are led into an unnamed city center...
There is no other film that has made more of an indelible mark on history and pop culture than Star Wars. In its most recent installment, ‘Star...
