In recent years, the disaster film has evolved, throttling the Zeitgeist and going green.

Those who decry sequels have a lot to decry about, but... Don't knock the knock-offs. (For more themed articles from Moving Pictures, click HERE.)

A chat with Damian Ganczewski, producer of this year's critically acclaimed ambassador of the mini-series, "Broken Trail."

For Riva, the whole of man's experience, his world, becomes his model.  (Special Issue, Cannes 2007)

Scriptwriter Jeremy Leven on the irrational process. Each issue of Moving Pictures magazine explores a theme - this was "Adaptations." Click for more themed articles.

Beloved Children's Books Adapted to Film

Feature article in Adaptations issue, Dec. ’06/Jan. ’07. Interview with Henry Czerny, of Conversations with God. Accompanied with interviews with director Stephen Simon and author David Neale Walsch.

Feature article in Adaptations issue, Dec. ’06/Jan. ’07. How film studios affect book publishing.

Feature article in Adaptations issue, Dec. ’06/Jan. ’07. Interview with writer William Goldman.

Three angles, three films, one call - to end child prostitution.

Feature article in Morality issue (Oct./Nov. 2006). Can film affect social, moral and world issues?

Tom Wilson, co-writer of They Shoot Movies, Don't They? shares the saga of its making. (Moving Pictures Magazine Morality issue, Oct./Nov. 2006)

Feature article in the Humor and Animation issue (Aug./Sept. 2006).

Feature article in the Humor and Animation issue (Aug./Sept. 2006).

MPM interviews Superman Returns writers.

Clooney, Robbins, Schwarzenegger, Eastwood. Each issue of Moving Pictures magazine explores a theme - this was "Icons." More themed articles. 

Feature article in the Icons issue (June/July 2006): Blink of an Icon, part 1.

Feature article in the Icons issue (June/July 2006): Blink of an Icon, part 2. Interview with Alex Gibney.

Cover story in the Icons issue (June/July 2006). Charismatic and free-spirited Johnny Depp, James Dean, Steve McQueen.

Feature article in the Humor and Animation issue (Aug./Sept. 2006).

The story behind the film Perfume. (Adaptations issue, Dec. '06/Jan. '07) 

New Age of Expression Offers Promise to Filmmakers and Auds (AFI Special Issue 2006)

MPM's list of landmark villains. (Icons Issue, June/July 2006)

Songs are now firmly placed in studio strategy. (Music issue, Apr/May 2006)

The Phillips "Moving Pictures" Exhibition. (Art Issue, Apr/May 2007)

The All-time Top 10 movies about artists. (Art Issue, Apr/May 2007)

Find out what new software is able to re-edit your DVDs to be more family friendly, and see what filmmakers are saying about it.  (God, Sex, Power: The Politics of Society Moving Pictures Magazine Oct./Nov. 2005)

MPM interviews four women in the film industry to discuss their struggles and successes.  (God, Sex, Power: The Politics of Society Moving Pictures Magazine Oct./Nov. 2005)

A look at how the family unit in film has changed. 

Children in film are now being "conditioned" to be children, and some are even losing their innocence.  (Holidays, Movies and Celebration: Relationships Issue Moving Pictures Magazine Dec. 05/Jan. 06)

Audiences' obsession with drama is reflected in stars' relationships onscreen and off. (Holidays, Movies and Celebration: Relationships Issue Moving Pictures Magazine Dec. 05/Jan. 06)

The obsession with sci-fi and fantasy films began with geeks, but has now invaded the mainstream ticket buyer, creating the Super Fan.  (Holidays, Movies and Celebration: Relationships Issue Moving Pictures Magazine Dec. 05/Jan. 06)

The transition from the silver screen to the stage; see how stage productions have hit the jackpot.  (Holidays, Movies and Celebration : Relationships Issue Moving Pictures Magazine Dec. 05/Jan. 06)

Movie theaters and films are feeling a pinch in their pockets as more and more people are investing in home theater systems. (Fashion Moving Pictures Magazine Aug./Sept. 2005)

From the "Good War" to the not-so-good ones, Hollywood hasn't run from the fight, though filmmakers usually mute or mask their criticism during combat. (Fashion Moving Pictures Magazine Aug./Sept. 2005)

Movies that move us to change the world by tugging at our hearts and heads and the directors who make them. (Femininity issue Moving Pictures Jan./Feb. 2005)

For years when idealistic and principled young actresses refused to go commercial, they lost even when they won, being typecast as obscure even after winning critical acclaim. But can Parker Posey and Virginia Masden break the curse? (Femininity issue Moving Pictures Jan./Feb. 2005)

There were more women writing in Hollywood in the ‘30s than there are now. As the world was busy accepting women, showbiz was hiring less. (Femininity issue Moving Pictures Jan./Feb. 2005)

Is the domination of glossy, high production-value American movies forcing the rest of the world to change the way they make films? (Big Frame Up issue Moving Pictures April/May 2005)

A look at various technologies making it possible to transfer online material to your TV. (Business & Technology issue Moving Pictures Feb./Mar. 2007)

A Premium experience with filmmaker Pete Chatmon. (Moving Pictures Magazine Business and Technology issue, Feb/Mar 2007)

How directors used breakthrough technology used for the French feature film Paris, je t'aime.  (Business & Technology issue Moving Pictures Feb./Mar. 2007)

Insight to the rising trend of "no-budget" films. (Business & Technology issue Moving Pictures Feb./Mar. 2007)

Who are the biggest and brightest up-and-coming big-money or well-leveraged producers, and where are they taking the future of film?