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Preview This years Oscars are the most uncertain I have witnessed in years, if you go to numerous  publications, the predictions are all over the map.  "Boyhood" was the clear front-runner  for Best Picture for the...

As we entered the end of the year, I had a shortlist of candidates for my choice of the best films of the year, with an obvious first-place contender that I thought nothing was going to top. "Boyhood" held that position for the longest...

Riveting, exhilarating, and all around greatly scripted and acted, writer-director J.C. Chandor's new genre piece "A Most Violent Year" is an excellent crime drama. Perhaps the greatest American crime saga since David...

Motion Picture Institute is proud of the alumni who worked on the set of "Lost River", the directorial debut for Ryan Gosling. The film focuses on a single mother who is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a...

Another towering achievement by the great writer-director Mike Leigh’s (Secrets & Lies, Another Year) remarkable career, his latest film "Mr. Turner" is an unusual biopic, a luminous portrait of the great British painter...

Director of Photography Michael Goi asc visited Motion Picture Institute on Jan 24th to discuss the art of cinematography.  Michael shared his personal career path which led him from Chicago to Los Angeles to become president of the American...

Two Days, One Night (2014, Belgum, d. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne) Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (The Kid with a Bike, Lorna's Silence, Rosetta) are back with more of their realism with "Two Days, One...

Paul Thomas Anderson is a genius, one of the greatest living filmmakers of all time, and is in the same league of the some greats like Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles, Ingmar Bergman, and Robert Altman. So when P.T. Anderson does something far...

See how 10 strangers came together to create a short film in just one day at Motion Picture Institute. The One Day Film Workshop was held on December 30, 2014 and involved 10 students, all of whom were strangers, to join together and conceived,...

Motion Picture Institute would like to congratulate student Aeron Sanchez for being awarded a scholarship from MACCS (Michigan Association of Career Colleges and Schools). Aeron with CFO Kurt Mayry Aeron with Director of Education...

Recent changes to Michigan’s film and digital media incentive program under Public Act 396 of 2014 (enacted on December 26, 2014) offer new statutory guidelines that will be in effect for all applications and pending applications with the...

DAFT's 2nd Media Teacher Symposium will be held at Motion Picture Institute in Troy on Friday, February 27th, 2015 from 8:30am to 3:15pm.  The focus of the symposium will be High Quality on a Tight Budget.  (We are anticipating that...

So often these days during awards season distributors and Hollywood love to shower audiences with "true story" films. Often these films are biopics, period pieces, or are based on other significant historical events. It's become...

2014 was a tremendous year at Motion Picture Institute.  Our graduates and alumni achieve so much this past year.  Here are just a few of the highlights from this year:  Award winning filmmaker Robert Butler provided so many...

Movie Night has been moved to Friday, February 27. The Motion Picture Institute in Troy is launching a monthly movie night on their campus to showcase the work of its award winning filmmaker alumni.  The Filmmakers will be in attendance...

The feature film "The Wind Walker" was recently filmed on location at Motion Picture Institute in Troy, Michigan.   The film stars Motion Picture Institute alumnus David GB Brown and Jonathan West.  In addition, the film...

Motion Picture Institute is collecting donated items from the wish list below from December 1 through Saturday, December 6 for the Almost Home Animal Rescue League. Please take a moment to review the Wish List below and bring any of these items...

The entire staff at Motion Picture Institute wishes you and your family a happy Thanksgiving. Our schedule will be as follows for the Thanksgiving Holiday Week: Monday - Open 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday - Open 9:00 a.m. to 10:30...

How do motion pictures get such great sound quality?  In a professional Audio Lab like the one you will see during Saturday's Open House from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Learn from our instructors and alumni the important role that...