The cinema of certain filmmakers has been more closely compared to poetry than narrative storytelling – often leaving gaps in time and space to give us, as viewers, the job of bringing our own interpretation, emotion, and personal history to complete the experience. This is certainly the case with experimental filmmakers like Jonas Mekas and… Read more »
I think every artist can learn something from David Lynch. He is a touchstone for many surrealists, but even more conventional writers and painters can learn something from his combination of visuals and sound. I’ve spent the last year making an odyssey into the majority of his filmography, and I’d highly recommend that you do… Read more »
Animation has a rich history of ingenuity. Since almost the beginning of cinema, filmmakers have experimented with how and what to animate, from slices of wax to drawing directly on strips of film to the more traditional forms that we see in commercial animation. Below are four of my favorite experimental animation techniques: paint on… Read more »
Guest post by Joan Hawkins, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies in the Media School at Indiana University. Wounded Galaxies 1968: Beneath the Paving Stones, the Beach Symposium and Series of events Feb 5, 2018-Feb 11, 2018 Bloomington, Indiana The Sixties were a turbulent period, characterized by major revolutions in scholarship, politics, culture and the… Read more »
Guest post by Michelle Spencer. With the release of The Beguiled this summer marking Sofia Coppola’s sixth feature film, it seemed an opportune time to revisit her directorial debut. Recently, she won Best Director at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, making her the second female director to win in the festival’s seventy year history. Before… Read more »
Welcome to Score Keeping. A feature where I l dive into overlooked and highly praised songs, scores and soundtracks that accompany great films. Please press play. The film score as a tool can serve many purposes. Among these many utilities the most common would be to elevate and support the action on screen. Meaning the… Read more »