‘Miller’s Crossing’ is touching and studiously crafted love letter to American film noirs and the seventh art in general
The Coen brothers’ critically acclaimed Miller’s Crossing can be easily studied in two distinct ways. Firstly, it’s one hell of…
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Billy Wilder About Film Noir
Billy Wilder’s career stretches back to the late 1920s, when he collaborated on the scripts for several films made in…
Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love with Erland Josephson
Legendary director Ingmar Bergman rarely gives interviews, but in 1999 he made an exception for journalist Malou von Sivers of…
The Art of Cinematography: 8 Essential Documentaries
The world’s top cinematographers discuss the art of how and why films look the way they do. Cinematographer Style is…
Kodak MasterClass Series: Shooting For Drama with Robby Müller and Peter James
The esteemed Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller (Paris Texas, Repo Man, To Live and Die in L.A.) and his British colleague…
Photographing Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Barry Lyndon’
March 1976 edition of American Cinematographer Magazine with two Kubrick-related articles, each covering the photographing of the film Barry Lyndon [pdf]….
‘Cinema! Cinema! The French New Wave’
An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art…
‘Annie Hall’: Practical Therapy
With Annie Hall, Woody Allen made several decisive moves that would change the direction of his career and the craft…
Top 50 YouTube and Vimeo Channels for Filmmakers and Cinephiles
There are numerous film-related YouTube and Vimeo channels that hold thousands of high quality material about filmmaking. Whether you’re interested…
‘The Shining’: The Upside of Madness
One of the world’s greatest cinematic artists was Stanley Kubrick. A filmmaker both in control of the craft, Kubrick began…