‘The Old Man’ Cinematographer Jules O’Loughlin & Director Ben Semanoff On Collaborating For Season Two
The relationship between a cinematographer and a director on television or film can be mercurial. On the great FX show...
David Phillips has been a Senior Writer for The Contending from its inception on 8/26/2024. He is a writer for film and TV and creator of the Reframe series, devoted to looking at films from the past through a modern lens. Before coming to The Contending, David wrote for Awards Daily in the same capacity from August 2018 to August 2024. He has covered the Oscars in person (2024), as well as the Virginia Film Festival, and served as a juror for both the short and the full-length narrative film categories for the Heartland Film Festival(2024) He is a proud member of GALECA and the IFJA.
The relationship between a cinematographer and a director on television or film can be mercurial. On the great FX show...
Teri Garr’s peak as an actor started in 1974 with the combo of her hysterical supporting performance in Mel Brooks’...
In the world we live in, between theaters and streaming, there is so much “content” (god, I hate that word...
The story of a young high school-aged person falling into the wrong crowd and down a rabbit hole of drug...
The 33rd annual Heartland Film Festival, held in Indianapolis, IN, closed this weekend by naming the winners of its Audience...
Beginning with his 1988 breakthrough in Ron Shelton’s Bull Durham, Tim Robbins enjoyed a nearly two-decade hot streak in front...
It happens every year. There’s that great film that gets exceptional reviews, and everyone who sees it loves it, but...
Directed by Renaldo Marcus Green, Bob Marley: One Love takes on the heavy task of telling the story of one...
Alfonso Cuaron is one of the best filmmakers working today, but I’ll be damned if I can make sense of...
The great Sigourney Weaver turns 75 this week. I feel a need to add the word “great” before her name...