The Conversation

  • Movie News

The Invisible Art: Why Sound Design Is Finally Getting Its Due

Nathan Ruyle is a sound designer and founder of This Is Sound Design, where he has created sound for 150…

2 years ago
  • Directing

The Last Black Man in San Francisco: Joe Talbot Injects His Changing Home City’s History Into His Feature Debut

Thora Birch shows up for a second at the end of The Last Black Man in San Francisco, the feature…

4 years ago
  • Directing

Sleuthy Blinders: In Darkness Director Anthony Byrne On Hitchcockian Thrillers, Writing with Partner Natalie Dormer

In his new film In Darkness, Irish director Anthony Byrne takes the cat-and-mouse crime thriller perfected by Alfred Hitchcock and…

6 years ago
  • Criterion Crash Course

Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons from Criterion’s Blow-Up

Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is…

7 years ago
  • Editing

Cutting from the Heart: An Interview with Walter Murch

One part painter, two parts prestidigitator, Walter Murch is, quite simply, one of our greatest living motion picture editors. He…

25 years ago