Kate Hawley On the Hunger of Red and Victor’s Dandy Taste for the Costumes of ‘Frankenstein’
Every time I gaze at Kate Hawley's costume design for Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein, I feel like I discover something...
Malgosia Turzanska On Costuming ‘Hamnet’ from the Inside Out
The camera gently swoops through the woods in the opening moments of Chloé Zhao before it discovers Jessie Buckley's Agnes...
‘The Devil Is Busy’: How Directors Geeta Gandbhir and Christalyn Hampton Place Us in the Clinic for One Stressful Shift
We follow behind Tracii, a security guard, as she makes her morning rounds in a women's healthcare clinic in the...
Global Audiences Invited to Virtual Screening of Oscar®-Nominated Short A Friend of Dorothy
Audiences worldwide are invited to a special virtual screening of the Oscar®-nominated live action short A Friend of Dorothy, followed...
Florence Miailhe On Painting Memories Directly Under the Camera for ‘Butterfly’
Nothing on this year's Animated Short Film shortlist looks like Florence Miailhe's Butterfly, and it is a prime example of how...
Meyer Levinson-Blount On Capturing Collective Trauma with One Accusation for ‘Butcher’s Stain’
There is a restrictive feeling that comes over you as you watch Meyer Levinson-Blount's Oscar-nominated Live Action Short Film, Butcher's...
Natalie Musteata & Alexandre Singh On World Building and the Romantic Dance Between Absurdity and Danger for ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’
Two People Exchanging Saliva draws you into a world where the most dangerous thing you can do is kiss another...
Julia Aks & Steve Pinder On Injecting the Remarkable Balance of Humor and Education for ‘Jane Austen’s Period Drama’
Ahhhh, romance in the Regency Era. The foggy fields, the bonnets, anticipated proposals, a general misunderstanding of how a woman's...
Lee Knight On Kindness, Pure Love, & Some of the Real-Life Coincidences While Making ‘A Friend of Dorothy’
All throughout this season, Lee Knight's A Friend of Dorothy has stuck with me. The first time that I watched...
John Kelly On Assembling the Ultimate List of Life’s Aspirations for ‘Retirement Plan’
We all have those moments of inspiration where we declare that we are going finally do all the things we...
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