Directors: Career–Output Prolific directors The auteurist critic aims to place a particular film within the context of earlier (and later) films. Prime example: Hitchcock H’s films can be divided into triad, with each triad linked by some theme, or character, or motif, or common principle. If we are to take directors and films seriously, we […]
I Carry You With Me: Making Of–draft
Ewing’s film is essentially a Mexican production with binational support system behind it. Most of the crew collaborators were Mexican, including producer Edher Campos, cinematographer Juan Pablo Ramírez and casting director Isabel Cortázar. The American team members included producer Mynette Louie and editor Enat Sidi. Foreign Director, Not Queer “I’m a foreign director, a white […]
McConaughey, Matthew: From Movie Star to Serious Actor
Matthew McConaughey: “Shirtless Romantic-Comedies” Phase and How Turning Down $14.5M Offer Led to Career Renaissance The Academy Award-winning actor, writer and philanthropist joined Tim McGraw for a special episode of his Apple Music radio show for a wide-ranging discussion on fame, family and fatherhood. COURTESY PHOTO Before he won the Best Actor Oscar (in 204 […]
Cinema of Cruelty and Humiliation
Cinema of Cruelty and Humiliation: Belle de Jour (1967) Boys in the Band, The (1970) Blue Angel, The (1930) Hard Candy (2004) Killing of Sister George, The (1967) Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) Share this:






