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Tag: filmmaking

Film

Corbin Pitts Waits for No One: How a young filmmaker made his debut feature on his own terms

Arkansas filmmaker Corbin Pitts has never waited for permission. From launching his own production company at age eleven to spending his se...
  • byKody Ford
  • Dec 17, 2025
Film

John-Michael Powell on filmmaking and his latest VIOLENT ENDS

(An abridged version of this interview appeared in the our Film Issue.) Arkansas native John-Michael Powell has helped create award winning ...
  • byKody Ford
  • Oct 24, 2025
Fashion

Seams of Continuity: The Art of Costuming in Film

Details matter. In the world of filmmaking, the smallest details have a crucial impact on an audience. Imagine watching a movie and noticing...
  • byIsabella Wisinger
  • Oct 12, 2025
Film

How the West was Redone: Gazing into Tony Tost’s America

For decades, Hollywood polished a veneer over the legacy of Western expansion, churning out morality tales with archetypes like the Hero in ...
  • byKody Ford
  • Sep 16, 2025
Film

‘Godhead’ Explores the Haunting Side of Southern Traditions

Among several films screened at the Arkansas Cinema Society’s Filmland 2025, “Godhead,” was displayed as a student short film. The mov...
  • bySarah Coleman
  • Aug 28, 2025
Film

Arkansas Film Premieres 3/22 in Eureka Springs

The new Arkansas-made horror movie “The Forest through the Trees” will premier in Eureka Springs at 7 p.m on Saturday, March 22, at The ...
  • byMickey Mercier
  • Mar 7, 2025
Events

ACS’ Filmland 5 bringing hot fall festival hits + classic movies to Little Rock

Actor David Arquette, writer/director Neil LaBute, cinematographer Mark Irwin, and Panavision to attend!  Film screenings include Empire of...
  • byKody Ford
  • Oct 25, 2022
Film

A ROCK SOLID FOUNDATION: Fayetteville’s Rockhill Studios seeks to grow the Arkansas film industry through infrastructure and production.

WORDS / KODY FORD Over the last five years, filmmaking has been on the rise in Arkansas. While Louisiana has turned Shreveport and New Orlea...
  • byKody Ford
  • Jul 13, 2018
Film

PAINTED WOMAN:  A new Western with Northwest Arkansas roots makes its mark in independent cinema.

WORDS / KODY FORD PHOTO / PRISCILLA TRAN The Sunrise Ceremony (na’ii’ees) is an Apache coming-of-age ritual. During the ceremony, young...
  • byKody Ford
  • Mar 29, 2018
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