The Wedding Ringer cinematographer Bradford Lipson
When The Wedding Ringer hits wide release today, it will conclude a long, detour-laden journey to the altar. Miramax’s Dimension label bought the film under the title The Golden Tux back […]
Gone Girl cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth
“Why would you even want this? Yes, I loved you, and then all we did was resent each other and try to control each other and cause each other […]
Starry Eyes cinematographer Adam Bricker
(Top) A frame from Starry Eyes. (Bottom) The behind the scenes set-up needed to create that frame. Crew members pictured are, from left to right: Best Boy Electric Christopher Faulkner, […]
Bad Turn Worse cinematographer Jeff Bierman
The quote above slips out of the mouth of teenage bookworm Sue (Mackenzie Davis) in the first post-credits scene of the new Texas-set neo noir Bad Turn Worse. It’s followed by a 1990s-era […]
Obvious Child cinematographer Chris Teague
Before lensing Obvious Child, director Gillian Robespierre and cinematographer Chris Teague looked at only a handful of films for reference. They peeked at Woody Allen’s 1970s and 1980s work and glanced at Lena […]
On Set with John Carpenter author Kim Gottlieb-Walker
During her careers as a photojournalist and unit stills photographer, Kim Gottlieb-Walker showed a Forrest Gump-esque knack (or Zelig-esque if you’re one of those contrarian Gump bashers) for finding cultural icons on the […]
God Help the Girl and Young Ones cinematographer Giles Nuttgens
It’s hard to imagine two more disparate films than God Help the Girl and Young Ones. The former – shot in Glasgow on 16mm – is anarchic, whimsical and vibrantly colored, […]
The Fragility of Optimism: An interview with Rich Hill director Andrew Droz Palermo
There are hundreds of towns like Rich Hill, Missouri crumbling throughout the American midwest – the strip malls that signaled comfortable suburbia now shuttered; the factories that paved the path to […]
