Cinematography
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The Many Positive Uses of Negative Space
Sometimes it’s what’s outside your focus that you should pay attention to. “Negative Space” is not the title of a Luc-Besson-produced Paul W.S. Anderson film…
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Paint It Black: The Silhouettes of Cinematographer Roger Deakins
A montage of the premier cinematographer’s aesthetic signature. There are many facets of the cinematography of Roger Deakins that make him one of the foremost…
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The House is Not a Home: Comparing the Openings and Endings of Rebecca and Citizen Kane
The striking similarities between Hitchcock and Welles’ Noir-tinged masterpieces. (Spoilers for both films lurk below. Advance with care.) When it was released in 1941, Orson Welles’…
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Cinematographers of the Round Table
An extensive conversation with the most-talked about DPs of 2016. One of my favorite things about awards season has to be The Hollywood Reporter’s annual roundtable…
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Rise: The Cinematography of Bradford Young
If you don’t know the name, you need to learn it.
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Women Cinematographers Are Primed For a Big Year in 2017
#2017Preview Because they deserve way more recognition.First Look: MudboundMovie awards ceremonies are a trivia gold mine. And since I prefer to stuff my brain with an…
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The OTHER Long Take in Touch of Evil: A Scene Dissection
How Welles snuck another cinematic masterstroke into his picture.
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Shifting Perspectives: The Year in Cinematography
A compilation of 2016’s most enduring filmic images. More than direction, than writing, than acting, scoring, lighting, editing, or perhaps any other individual element of filmmaking,…
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Ready, Steady, Go: The Five Best Steadicam Shots in Movie History
From The Shining, Goodfellas, Rocky, Bound for Glory, and – of course – Russian Ark. It’s been exactly four decades since the Steadicam made its Hollywood…
