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Light and Shadow or The Magic of Cinematography
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Mike Nichols, 1966Cinematography | Haskell Wexler Cinema is many things, but it is a visual medium. The Cinematographer weaves magic of light, composition, perspective...
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A Woman Who Would Dominate A Male Chauvinist or Maîtresse
Barbet Schroeder has always been interested in human obsessions and the dynamic of relationships, but when he got the idea to make Maîtresse he added something rather strange: Comedy. If you have never...
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Editing To Mimic The Mind’s Eye Vision
At this moment, it was still very much style over substance. But this would soon change.PerformanceDonald Cammell / Nicolas Roeg, 1970Cinematography | Nicolas Roeg Having the opportunity to interview...
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Remove Your Shift or Robert Eggers’ The Witch as a Horror Film
Are you scared or bored?The WitchRobert Eggers, 2016 Ever since Robert Eggers’s The Witch screened at the 2015 Sundance word of mouth praises for the film have pushed expectations through the roof....
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Criminals, Whores and Outsiders Or The Magic of Christopher Doyle
He might not be the first name that pops into the minds of cinephiles, but Christopher Doyle is one of the most important cinematographers working. When he is behind the camera, the film’s world...
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Brilliance on a Budget or Knife in the Water
How? Why?REPULSIONRoman Polanski, 1965 It didn’t quite make him a household name, but Roman Polanski’s low-budget psychological thriller, Repulsion, would spark a fracture in cinema that inspired...
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A Beautiful Cinematic Error or Fellini’s Casanova
When the infamous Vincent Canby reviewed Fellini’s Casanova he spent some time praising what he saw. It almost feels as though he wanted to like flawed movie, but as he reached his closing summation he...
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Problematic Empowerment or Belladonna of Sadness
When 19th Century writer, Jules Michelet, wrote La Sorcière (Satanism and Witchcraft) his goal was not limited to providing a history of Medieval European Witchcraft. In truth he was seeking to do...
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Neon-Noir Or Reflecting Cultural Commentary or Neon Space in Film
Master cinematographer, Christopher Doyle, was asked to comment on the way neon lights and lighting have impacted his work. As as part of the online exhibition from Mobile M+ and NEONSIGNS.HK, he...
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Absurdity, Love and The Void or Zulawski’s Final Film
“I shall tell of another adventure that is all the more strange...” — Witold Gombrowicz, 1965 A film by Andrzej ZulawskiVictoria GuerraCosmosAndrzej Zulawski, 2015Cinematography | Andre Szankowski This...
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