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Author: Meg Shields
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Mediation, Artifice, and the Anxious Digital Format of ‘Bo Burnham: Inside’
Well, well. Look who’s inside again.
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TIFF 2021: What’s Premiering and What’s Missing So Far
A festival that will henceforth be known as “TIFFord.”
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‘Marie Antoinette’ and the Argument for Mise-en-Scène as Film Form
Sometimes a prop is more than just a prop.
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The Cinematic Life (and Death) of Robin Hood: How Realism Kills Legends
“Rob? That’s a naughty word. We never rob. We just sort of borrow a bit from those who can afford it.”
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An (Illuminating) Beginner’s Guide to What a Gaffer Does on a Film Set
Ever wondered what, or who, a “gaffer” is? Well, let’s … shed some light on the subject.
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Warmth, Wonder, and the Wild Cinematic Shelf Life of ‘The Rocketeer’
Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s one of the most earnest and bizarre superhero movies ever made!
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That’s Some ‘Pig’: A Big-Hearted Debut of Trauma and Truffles
Finally. ‘Ratatouille’ for depressed people.
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A Tale of Two Auteurs: the Myth of Bad Behavior as Artistic Process
Hear us out: treating actors poorly = bad.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Pablo Ferro: A Titan of Movie Title Design
There are giants of movie title design…and then there’s Pablo Ferro.
