Spring 2019
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Eye Piece: DP Yorick Le Saux Mixed Digital With 35MM and Heavy Prep With On-Set Improvisation To Shoot High Life
Filming High Life marked my first feature collaboration with writer-director Claire Denis. Part survival story and part erotic science-fiction, the film’s primary setting... -
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving... -
What’s In Your Kit? Flea Market Finds and Stolen Headwear in Wild Nights with Emily DP Anna Stypko’s Offbeat Inventory
I shot Wild Nights with Emily (writer-director Madeleine Olnek’s comedic biopic about the writings and romantic life of Emily Dickinson, played by... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Bret Easton Ellis
In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis’ debut novel, Less than Zero, was published, introducing the 21-year-old author as a cataloguer of the zeitgeist,...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8