Robert Bresson’s Notes on Cinematography
A small, powerful book of significant thoughts on filmmaking: Robert Bresson’s Notes on the Cinematograph (NOTE: Out-of-print; available November 8, 2016). “Bresson left us with a concise…
Documentary
‘Dreams’: A Selection of Film Episodes Designed to be Viewed in One Sitting By Akira Kurosawa
Here’s another document of exceptional historical value: Akira Kurosawa’s screenplay for Dreams [pdf]. (NOTE: As always; for educational purposes only). “Kurosawa’s late films were the…
David Lynch: The Unified Field
In 1967 as an advanced painting student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia (PAFA), David Lynch made a hybrid work of…
Rian Johnson Talks with Terry Gilliam
Rian Johnson, the writer-director of Brick and Looper, talks with Terry Gilliam on the occasion of the U.S. theatrical release of Gilliam’s new movie, The…
“I wanted to do a comedy about Hollywood. God forgive me, look what became of that idea!”
The team of Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett was one of the most successful pairings in Hollywood history: “Brackett and I used to share two…
“It was a genius director and it was a genius actress and a genius script… It was a blessing”
It all began as a thesis film for UCLA film student Colin Higgins who first developed the idea for Harold and Maude as a twenty-minute…
Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro (1992)
A marvelous documentary about legendary cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, one of history’s ten most influential cinematographers (Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor, Reds, Il Confimista, 1900). Vittorio…
Cinéma cinémas (1982-1991)
Cinéma cinémas is a brilliant cinema magazine broadcast on Antenne 2 from January 1982 to November 1991, produced by the director Claude Ventura, journalist Anne…
All the essential documentaries on Stanley Kubrick
All the essential documentaries on Stanley Kubrick, including Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001), Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes (2008), A la Recherche de Stanley Kubrick…
Talking Pictures: David Lean
An insight into the life of David Lean, whose drive and genius made him one of Britain’s greatest ever film directors. Featuring a compilation of…