Camera Q&A: Basia Lewandowska Cummings on African films

Who: Basia Lewandowska Cummings is a writer and film critic who writes for Sight & Sound, Africa is a Country blog The Wire, and Little White Lies. She is also an associate programmer…..

7 minutes read

March 23, 2012

The Thing, or The (Un)photogenic Creature from Beyond

It starts off simply enough: an establishing shot over Juneau, Alaska gives way to a panoramic view of Stewart, British Columbia (the director’s stand-in for the South Pole circa-1982). Amidst…..

33 minutes read

March 9, 2012

Camera Q&A: Kimberly Reed on Montana films & more

Who: Kimberly Reed is a New York-based, Montana-born filmmaker. Her documentary, Prodigal Sons charts her return to Montana on the occasion of her 20th high school reunion, and reconnecting with…..

12 minutes read

February 8, 2012

Camera Q&A: Agnieszka Holland on In Darkness

Who: Agnieszka Holland is a Polish-born filmmaker whose feature directing career began in 1978, and has been highlighted with three Oscar nominations. The first was a Best Foreign Language nomination…..

7 minutes read

January 26, 2012

Fantasy Location Primer: Pulp Mythology

From 1905’s Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus (L’Île de Calypso: Ulysse et le géant Polyphème), and up to 2011’s Immortals and 2012’s Wrath of the Titans, Greek mythology has long proven…..

12 minutes read

January 2, 2012

Cinematic Japan: Sakuran

Sakuran is a stunningly colorful film by director Ninagawa Mika based on a serialized manga, a Japanese comic, of the same name. The movie depicts the life of a young…..

108 minutes read

December 22, 2011

Camera Q&A: L.Q. Jones on A Boy and his Dog, Westerns & more

Who: L.Q. Jones is a veteran actor and filmmaker who has, by his own estimate, appeared in 114 films and 400-500 TV episodes. Born Justus Ellis McQueen, his big screen…..

24 minutes read

November 19, 2011

Camera Q&A: Alrick Brown on Kinyarwanda

Who: Alrick Brown is an American filmmaker who wrote and directed 2011’s Kinyarwanda, which takes place during the 1994 Rwandan genocide — a 100-day period that claimed the lives of…..

20 minutes read

October 30, 2011

Camera Q&A: Larry Cohen on his films with Fred Williamson

Who: Larry Cohen is a veteran filmmaker who grew up in Bronx, New York before embarking on a long career that included several New York City-shot films. Two of those…..

17 minutes read

October 16, 2011

Camera Q&A: Mateo Gil on Butch Cassidy and filming in Bolivia

Who: Mateo Gil is a Spain-based filmmaker whose latest feature imagines the later years of American outlaw Butch Cassidy — that is, if he had survived his alleged death in…..

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