Tag: Director
Genre Blast: The Play’s the Thing – From Stage to Screen
When a powerful play is adapted to incorporate some of the technical features possible with film, the end result can be transporting. A savvy director and crew will mine the dramatic work for opportunities to maneuver the camera in such a way as to take the audience out of their seats and place them in the middle of the action (just as one would with any other film genre). The playwright’s words should not be treated as a wall that defines the boundaries of the film, but as a door that opens into another medium of expression.
10 Female Directors Who Could Have Won At Cannes
Sofia Coppola’s Best Director win at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival not only put a huge pin in the map of film history, it also…
Festival de Cannes 2017 – Winners
Cinema#Cannes2017 Are Joaquin Phoenix and Lynne Ramsay both winning this evening for You Were Never Really Here? — Robin Write (@WriteoutofLA) May 28, 2017 TOLD…
Interview: Filmmaker Richard T. Wilson
I spoke to filmmaker Richard T. Wilson about his filmic influences, both as an audience member and behind the camera, before breaking bread over his…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #30
Long time no see Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, my once regular links recommendations of the movie world (and those that crash the party). This time around…
Interview: Deborah Kampmeier
I recently got the opportunity to Skype with renowned filmmaker Deborah Kampmeier so I could grill her about her filmmaking inspirations and her views on female directors…
Oscars: If I Picked The Winners
Today is the last day for the Oscar voters to fill out their ballots, and I think it’s time to decide what I would vote…
