Meg Shields

Based in the Pacific North West, Meg enjoys long scrambles on cliff faces and cozying up with a good piece of 1960s eurotrash. As a senior contributor at FSR, Meg's objective is to spread the good word about the best of sleaze, genre, and practical effects.
To Live And Die In La Money

Show Me the (Fake) Money: The Art and Artifice of Prop Currency

By Meg Shields 

(Fake) money makes the cinema world go round.

Tropic Thunder film within a film

Farce and Fiction: What Makes a Great Movie Within a Movie

By Meg Shields 

Why aren’t we calling movies within movies “cinemaception” though?

Death Becomes Her Moving Master Shot

What Robert Zemeckis Can Teach Us About the Moving Master Shot

By Meg Shields 

Want to get a lot of coverage with fewer set-ups? Consider opting for a moving master.

The Shining Pov Shot

Watching and Being Watched: The Narrative Power of the POV Shot

By Meg Shields 

A little perspective never hurt anybody.

Creepshow Pipe Screams

‘Creepshow’ Plumbs the Icky Side of Apartment Life with “Pipe Screams”

By Meg Shields 

The renters’ market really is a horrorshow.

Shrekiversary Double Take

Double Take: ‘Shrek’ at 20 and the Iconic Legacy of DreamWorks’ “All Star”

By Meg Shields, and Anna Swanson 

It’s the 20th Shrekiversary. Time to peel back the layers.

American Honey Sasha Lane

How the Female Gaze of ‘American Honey’ Unsettles the Road Movie

By Meg Shields 

Anyone else feel like going for a little drive?

Edge Of Tomorrow Emily Blunt

How They Built the Battle Exosuits for ‘Edge of Tomorrow’

By Meg Shields 

Live, die…repeatedly strap yourself into a metal articulated exoskeleton that weighs 85 lbs.

Moon Duncan Jones Sam Rockwell

Getting to Know You/rself: The Confrontational Humanism of ‘Moon’

By Meg Shields 

Time to add ‘Moon’ to the “Quarantine Vibes” pile.