All posts by John Albrecht
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Sharp Shooting: Assassin’s Creed’s Director and DP Reveal the Fundamentals of Effective Cinematography
If your list of top moviemaking concerns places items such as “performance” and “on-set rapport” above “camera choice” and “format,” you might feel out of...
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Against the Mass Production of Cinema: an Interview with Cinematographer Christopher Doyle
Christopher Doyle is both reverential and contrary. After three decades, Doyle’s body of work is famously distinct, characterized by images that are lush, kinetic and...
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“This Camera Thinks Exactly Like Me:” Cinematographer Yves Bélanger at the Peak of His Career
Yves Bélanger belongs to a coterie of French-Canadian filmmakers who’ve caught Hollywood’s attention in recent years. Joined by directors Jean-Marc Vallée and Denis Villeneuve, the...
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"Lenses are the Protein You Choose When You’re Cooking:" an Interview with Matthew Libatique
You could say that cinematographer Matthew Libatique is having a banner year, with F. Gary Gray’s N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton, and Spike Lee’s Lysistrata...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Taylor Russell on Waves and Why She’s OK With Being an Adult Who Plays High School Students
In director Trey Edward Shults’ Waves, Taylor Russell plays the younger sister of Kelvin Harrison Jr., even though she’s five days older than him in real life. In fact,...
Inside the Issue: Directing
Rob Zombie: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Rob Zombie still can’t let go of some of his past off-screen nightmares. “After I finished Halloween II, I was so beat up by the process that I hated...
Inside the Issue: How To
Edward Norton Walks Us Through Every Part of Making Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton is the best possible person to explain each stage of the moviemaking process for his new drama Motherless Brooklyn—he’s the film’s writer, director and lead actor. For...