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Dear incoming film students, take a moment to learn from those who came before you, and please heed Derek Cianfrance’s advice: “Be where you are. If you’re at school, if you’re in a film class, pay attention. Pay attention, be … Continue reading Illuminating Content: A Conversation with Derek Cianfrance
If a revolution could ever be distilled into a single image, then let it be Delacroix’s commemoration of the French Revolution’s July 1830 victory, “Liberty Leading the People.” The now-iconic painting focuses on Marianne, a woman waving the familiar tricolor … Continue reading BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (哀しみのベラドンナ)
Born July 8, 1885, Dr. John Romulus Brinkley Jr. had trouble with the truth. But then again, Dr. Brinkley was an American, and Americans have a particular allergy to the truth—especially when it stands in the way of a good … Continue reading NUTS!
What makes you get up every morning? It’s a straightforward question, but rarely does it elicit a straightforward response. Ask that question of 20 different people, and you’re likely to get 20 different answers that all sound good and righteous … Continue reading Amy Fox on EQUITY
When it comes to movie genres, none are as distinctly American as the western and film noir. The western, populated by cowboys, Native Americans, and disappearing frontiers, went from dime story novels to popular kiddie fare to wrought psychology and … Continue reading HELL OR HIGH WATER
In Life, Animated—the new documentary from Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams—one image in particular stands out: a toddler standing in front of a TV, hand outstretched to the image before him. The image is Mickey Mouse donning the sorcerer’s hat … Continue reading LIFE, ANIMATED
French critic cum filmmaker Jacques Rivette asserted that “Every film is a documentary of its own making.” While this is true of all movies, it is especially true of early cinema. The films documented people, places, and cultures now gone, … Continue reading DAUGHTER OF DAWN
A fitting fable: Scorpion asked Frog if he would carry him across the river. Frog, afraid of being stung by Scorpion, hesitated. “Never fear,” Scorpion said. “For if I stung you, we would both drown.” This placated Frog, and Scorpion climbed … Continue reading WEINER
Like it or not, artists change. Though we wish to preserve them in amber, those we hold near and dear grow into individuals that we may not necessarily want, but certainly may need. That was the case with Charlie Chaplin, … Continue reading THE KID
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