Forsaken director Jon Cassar
The reformed gunfighter unable to escape his past. The greedy land baron. The gentleman hired gun with his own code of ethics. In the 1950s, these were among the most […]
Five Frames: Bone Tomahawk cinematographer Benji Bakshi
The Film: Bone Tomahawk The Cinematographer: Benji Bakshi The Tools: Shot on Red Epic Dragon The Plot: In this western, four disparate men (sheriff Kurt Russell and deputy Richard Jenkins, […]
Five Frames with The Final Girls cinematographer Elie Smolkin
The Film: The Final Girls The Cinematographer: Elie Smolkin The Tools: Shot on the Red Epic with short Angenieux zooms and Cooke S4 lenses The Plot: On the one-year anniversary of […]
Ashby director Tony McNamara
An excerpt from an interview I did with Ashby writer/director Tony McNamara for Filmmaker Magazine. The film stars Nat Wolff as a suburban Virginia high schooler taken under the wing […]
The Gift cinematographer Edu Grau
Beginning with this chat with A Single Man and The Gift cinematographer Edu Grau, I’ll be doing a weekly interview column for Filmmaker Magazine entitled Shutter Angles. In The Gift, Jason […]
Five Frames with Body Parts writer/director Eric Red
I turned 13 in the winter of 1990. It’s not a touchstone of youth with many official perks. There’s no driver’s license. No right to vote. No bars. Just skin […]
VHS Video Cover Art author Tom Hodge
When my dad plunked down a few bucks at a rent-to-own store to take home his first VCR, he and I christened it with a double-bill of AIP’s Frogs and […]
12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer cinematographer Jonathan Furmanski
“Women don’t need orgasms. It’s science.” – Juror #10 (Paul Giamatti) Back in February a trolling movie critic questioned whether comedian Amy Schumer could possibly stir the loins of male […]
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