https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-griffith/
Observations on film art : Directors: Griffith
Nocturama (2016). DB here: Despite my recent jab at D. W. Griffith, I gladly give him credit for making crosscutting a central technique of narrative cinema....
film art directorsobservationsgriffith
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-curtiz/
Observations on film art : Directors: Curtiz
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). Production still from lost scene. DB here: This is the third blog entry amplifying on the paperback edition of Reinventing...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-murnau/
Observations on film art : Directors: Murnau
M (1931) Kristin here: Our regular readers know that this annual series began as a simple salute to 1917, the year in which the basic norms of the classical...
film art directorsobservationsmurnau
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-almodovar/
Observations on film art : Directors: Almodovar
The Death of Louis XIV (Albert Serra, 2016). The Vancouver International Film Festival ended yesterday, but the films and the pleasures they yielded linger on....
film art directorsobservationsalmodovar
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-cameron/
Observations on film art : Directors: Cameron
Kristin here: From August of 2009 to April of 2012, David and I (mostly I) posted a series of entries on the spread of 3D film production and exhibition. The...
film art directorsobservationscameron
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-scorsese/
Observations on film art : Directors: Scorsese
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). DB here: “Every film trains its spectator,” I wrote a long time ago. In other words: A movie teaches us how to watch it....
film art directorsobservationsscorsese
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-godard/
Observations on film art : Directors: Godard
Opening credits of Bande à part (1963). DB here: He was a sketchy fellow, to put it mildly. Childhood episodes of theft were followed by larceny as an adult,...
film art directorsobservationsgodard
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-altman/
Observations on film art : Directors: Altman
DB: For decades, the world’s top filmmakers have made pilgrimages to the splendid Walker Art Center of Minneapolis. A series of astute curators of film...
film art directorsobservationsaltman
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-huston/
Observations on film art : Directors: Huston
DB here: The Venice Biennale film festival unveiled to a panting cinephile public the long-rumored Welles film The Other Side of the Wind, now reconstructed...
film art directorsobservationshuston
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-antonioni/
Observations on film art : Directors: Antonioni
DB here: This month, our entry on FilmStruck’s Criterion Channel is a discussion of L’Avventura. This isn’t my favorite Antonioni movie, but it’s one I enjoy...
film art directorsobservationsantonioni
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-lloyd/
Observations on film art : Directors: Lloyd, Harold
David’s health situation has made it difficult for our household to maintain this blog. We don’t want it to fade away, though, so we’ve decided to select...
film art directorsobservationslloydharold
https://www.biographies.net/category/Film+Art+Director
Famous Film+Art+Directors - Letter A
Famous Film+Art+Directors biographies and memoirs starting with the letter: A
film art directorsfamousletter
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-demy/
Observations on film art : Directors: Demy
Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse. Kristin here– [Note, July 11, 2011. The release of a considerable number of Capellani films on DVD since the 2010 festival has...
film art directorsobservationsdemy
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-king-hu/
Observations on film art : Directors: King Hu
Lau Kar Leung (aka Liu Chia-liang, 1936-2013); Gordon Liu Chia-hui (aka Lau Kar-fei, 1955-). DB here: Back in 2020, I was asked to prepare a video lecture on...
film art directorsobservationskinghu
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-byrne/
Observations on film art : Directors: Byrne
True Stories. Jeff Smith is no stranger to this blogsite. He has written several entries, some based upon his Criterion Collection commentaries for FilmStruck,...
film art directorsobservationsbyrne
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-kazan/
Observations on film art : Directors: Kazan
Panic in the Streets (1950). “It’s where you put the camera and what’s in front of you [that’s important],” Deakins said. “There’s too much obsession these...
film art directorsobservationskazan
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-mctiernan/
Observations on film art : Directors: McTiernan
Die Hard (1988). David’s health situation has made it difficult for our household to maintain this blog. We don’t want it to fade away, though, so we’ve...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-coppola/
Observations on film art : Directors: Coppola
The Godfather (1972). DB here: This year I caught up with three powerful books. The first was Noël Carroll’s Classics in Western Philosophy of Art: Themes and...
film art directorsobservationscoppola
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-andersson/
Observations on film art : Directors: Andersson
About Endlessness (Roy Andersson, 2019). DB here: In the midst of the frenzy of fast cutting in films of the 1990s, a few directors reminded us of the virtues...
film art directorsobservationsandersson
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-suleiman/
Observations on film art : Directors: Suleiman
It Must Be Heaven (2019). We wrap up our coverage of this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival with a joint entry on movies from around the world....
film art directorsobservationssuleiman
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-woo/
Observations on film art : Directors: Woo
Outrage Coda (2017). DB here: The period from 1985-1995 was a sterling era for world cinema. Whatever you think of Hollywood of that time (it wasn’t as bad as...
film art directorsobservationswoo
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-mann/
Observations on film art : Directors: Mann
Side Street (1949). DB here: …just knocks you out. “It can only be fully recommended to those who have a deep and morbid interest in crime.” Snooty judgments...
film art directorsobservationsmann
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-tsai-ming-liang/
Observations on film art : Directors: Tsai Ming-liang
La Camera Insabbiata (2017) by Laurie Anderson and Hsin-chien Huang. DB here (still at the Mostra): Kristin and I are Virtual Reality novices, so when we got a...
film art directorsobservationstsaimingliang
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-guerin/
Observations on film art : Directors: Guerin
DB here: The close-up blogathon launched by Matt Zoller Seitz is over, but it contains enough specimens and analyses for a hefty book. It also inspired Jim...
film art directorsobservationsguerin
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-capra/
Observations on film art : Directors: Capra
24 Frames (2017) Kristin here: David and I started this blog way back in 2006 largely as a way to offer teachers who use Film Art: An Introduction...
film art directorsobservationscapra
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-shimizu-hiroshi/
Observations on film art : Directors: Shimizu Hiroshi
DB here: If I had a time machine, I’d zip over to Japan between 1924 and 1940. I’d trade a year of my life here and now for a year there and then. Why? First,...
film art directorsobservationsshimizuhiroshi
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-rossellini/
Observations on film art : Directors: Rossellini
film art directorsobservationsrossellini
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-wong-kar-wai/
Observations on film art : Directors: Wong Kar-wai
The Hong Kong Film Critics Society has just published a Chinese long-form translation of the second edition of my Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art...
film art directorsobservationswongkarwai
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-soderbergh/
Observations on film art : Directors: Soderbergh
Kimi (2022). DB here: Just when I worried that the solitary-woman-in-peril cycle had ended, along comes Steven Soderbergh’s Kimi on HBO Plus. Following on the...
film art directorsobservationssoderbergh
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-payne/
Observations on film art : Directors: Payne
DB here: After the triumph of Rosita (more on that to come), the first full day of the Biennale launched with several press screenings and press conferences....
film art directorsobservationspayne
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-hitchcock/
Observations on film art : Directors: Hitchcock
Equinox Flower (Ozu, 1958). DB here: Academic critics and fans share a passion for looking closely at the movies we admire. A lot of film critics enjoy...
film art directorsobservationshitchcock
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-miike-takashi/
Observations on film art : Directors: Miike Takashi
The Skin I Live In. DB here: Contemporary Hollywood films can play prettily with time, parallels, and point-of-view, at least within certain boundaries. (We’ve...
film art directorsobservationsmiiketakashi
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-fincher/
Observations on film art : Directors: Fincher
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972). Privacy is the seat of Contemplation, though sometimes made the recluse of Tentation… Be you in your Chambers or...
film art directorsobservationsfincher
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-angelopoulos/
Observations on film art : Directors: Angelopoulos
Man on Fire (Tony Scott, 2004); The Suspended Step of the Stork (Theo Angelopoulos, 1991). DB here: In January of 2012, while shooting The Other Sea, Theo...
film art directorsobservationsangelopoulos
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-schrader/
Observations on film art : Directors: Schrader
Confidence (2003). DB here: “So I’m dead.” At the start of Confidence we hear Jake Vig’s voice as we see him lying bloodied on a pavement. As the protagonist...
film art directorsobservationsschrader
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-capellani/
Observations on film art : Directors: Capellani
Blancanieves Kristin here: February and March have been good to silent cinema. Time for a round-up of some highlights as we impatiently anticipate Il Cinema...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-kieslowski/
Observations on film art : Directors: Kieslowski
24 Frames (2017) Kristin here: David and I started this blog way back in 2006 largely as a way to offer teachers who use Film Art: An Introduction...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-welles/
Observations on film art : Directors: Welles
The Mortal Storm (1940). DB here: We don’t usually think of classic studio cinema as particularly contemplative. But many films open up spaces for quiet...
film art directorsobservationswelles
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-lubitsch/
Observations on film art : Directors: Lubitsch
Shanghai Express. Kristin here– The year draws to a close, and the internet abounds with lists by professional critics, educated fans, and clueless people...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-loznitsa/
Observations on film art : Directors: Loznitsa
Donbass (2018). DB here: Of the many gifted post-Soviet-era filmmakers, one has emerged prominently in response to Russia’s invasion of the country. Sergei...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-baumbach/
Observations on film art : Directors: Baumbach
Little Women (2019). DB here: For a while The Blog conducted an annual ritual of analyzing storytelling techniques in year-end releases. I wrote entries from...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-mizoguchi-kenji/
Observations on film art : Directors: Mizoguchi Kenji
Street of Shame (1956). Filmmakers must study the film image and its potential for expression. This is our primary responsibility. Kenji Mizoguchi DB here: So...
film art directorsobservationsmizoguchikenji
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-kitano/
Observations on film art : Directors: Kitano
Outrage Coda (2017). DB here: The period from 1985-1995 was a sterling era for world cinema. Whatever you think of Hollywood of that time (it wasn’t as bad as...
film art directorsobservationskitano
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-gerwig/
Observations on film art : Directors: Gerwig
Little Women (2019). DB here: For a while The Blog conducted an annual ritual of analyzing storytelling techniques in year-end releases. I wrote entries from...
film art directorsobservationsgerwig
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/diretors-tati/
Observations on film art : Directors: Tati
DB here: The fears that electronic publishing would kill off the physical book have abated. Just as home video and theatrical moviegoing managed to coexist,...
film art directorsobservationstati
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-ozon/
Observations on film art : Directors: Ozon
Parasite (2019). DB here: As a student of storytelling, I recognize that we can enjoy loose, episodic plots. But I also admire the shrewd craft of constructing...
film art directorsobservationsozon
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-mendoza/
Observations on film art : Directors: Mendoza
Our final post from this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival. Plenty to talk about, so today you get your money’s worth. Oh, wait….it’s free. So you...
film art directorsobservationsmendoza
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-pudovkin/
Observations on film art : Directors: Pudovkin
The End of St. Petersburg (1927) Kristin here: Flicker Alley continues its editions of classic silent films previously unavailable on disc or available only in...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-suo-masayuki/
Observations on film art : Directors: Suo Masayuki
DB here: Our newest installment of Observations is now up on The Criterion Channel. In it I consider how Ozu’s Passing Fancy (1933) exhibits his distinctive...
film art directorsobservationssuomasayuki
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-davies/
Observations on film art : Directors: Davies
A Quiet Passion (2016). DB here: . . . . sums up what has happened and hints at what’s to come. Seeing Terence Davies’ splendid A Quiet Passion again at our...
film art directorsobservationsdavies
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-iosseliani/
Observations on film art : Directors: Iosseliani
DB here: Every summer Brussels hosts one of the world’s most unusual film festivals. By global standards it’s a small event: it showcases only twenty or so...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-melies/
Observations on film art : Directors: Méliès
Real-time performance-capture images for The Adventures of Tintin. Kristin here: The Extraordinary Voyage (2011, Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange) I had expected...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-ozu-yasujiro/
Observations on film art : Directors: Ozu Yasujiro
Shanghai Express. Kristin here– The year draws to a close, and the internet abounds with lists by professional critics, educated fans, and clueless people...
film art directorsobservationsozu
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-sjostrom/
Observations on film art : Directors: Sjöström
DB here: Today our comrades at the Criterion Channel on FilmStruck have posted Kristin’s new installment of our series, “Observations on Film Art.” It’s...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-begman/
Observations on film art : Directors: Bergman
Lucky to Be a Woman (1955). DB here: How to sum up nine days of Cinema Ritrovato? I logged thirty-two features and half as many shorts and fragments, along...
film art directorsobservationsbergman
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-tarr/
Observations on film art : Directors: Tarr
Mon Oncle (1958) Kristin here: Or binging, if you prefer. Either is an acceptable spelling. Streaming entertainment is one of the things that are saving our...
film art directorsobservationstarr
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-wyler/
Observations on film art : Directors: Wyler
The Little Foxes (1941). DB here: For me, shooting is a struggle where you only get to be happy for five minutes before you start thinking about the next...
film art directorsobservationswyler
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-kuleshov/
Observations on film art : Directors: Kuleshov
The Adventures of Prince Achmed. Kristin (with some help from David) here: David and I have been offering this greatest-of-90-years-ago series almost as long...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-epstein/
Observations on film art : Directors: Epstein
La passion de Jeanne d’Arc Kristin here: Time for our twelfth annual alternative to the usual list of the ten best films of the current year. Instead, I offer...
film art directorsobservationsepstein
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-cohen/
Observations on film art : Directors: Cohen
film art directorsobservationscohen
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-hong-sangsoo/
Observations on film art : Directors: Hong Sangsoo
Hill of Freedom (2014). DB here: Crises make people resourceful, and the Covid-19 virus has spurred workers in film culture to try new ways to feed movie...
film art directorsobservationshong
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-herzog/
Observations on film art : Directors: Herzog
Making Montgomery Clift (2018). DB here: Our days and nights at our annual film festival would have been hopelessly frustrating if we hadn’t already seen...
film art directorsobservationsherzog
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-anderson-paul-thomas/
Observations on film art : Directors: Anderson, Paul Thomas
DB here: The fears that electronic publishing would kill off the physical book have abated. Just as home video and theatrical moviegoing managed to coexist,...
film art directorsobservationsandersonpaulthomas
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-keaton/
Observations on film art : Directors: Keaton
La passion de Jeanne d’Arc Kristin here: Time for our twelfth annual alternative to the usual list of the ten best films of the current year. Instead, I offer...
film art directorsobservationskeaton
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-oliveira/
Observations on film art : Directors: Oliveira
Il Cinema Ritrovato Book Fair (photograph Margherita Caprilli). Kristin here: I mentioned in my entry on the African thread at this year’s Il Cinema Ritrovato...
film art directorsobservationsoliveira
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-yang/
Observations on film art : Directors: Yang
A Brighter Summer Day (1991). If you care at all about the art of cinema, your task is simple. 1. Purchase, from whatever vendor you prefer, the new Criterion...
film art directorsobservationsyang
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-von-sternberg/
Observations on film art : Directors: von Sternberg
Shanghai Express. Kristin here– The year draws to a close, and the internet abounds with lists by professional critics, educated fans, and clueless people...
film art directorsobservationsvonsternberg
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-clair/
Observations on film art : Directors: Clair
M (1931) Kristin here: Our regular readers know that this annual series began as a simple salute to 1917, the year in which the basic norms of the classical...
film art directorsobservationsclair
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-sirk/
Observations on film art : Directors: Sirk
Imitation of Life. DB here: I do not like finding phallic symbols in movies. I grant you that there are some films that deliberately evoke the love wand: Tex...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-ford/
Observations on film art : Directors: Ford
Kristin here Last year at the Le Giornate del Cinema Muto film festival in Pordenone, Italy, attendees had the first opportunity to purchase Lea Jacobs’...
film art directorsobservationsford
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-miyazaki-hayao/
Observations on film art : Directors: Miyazaki Hayao
Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea. DB here: Travel took me out of Madison for half of June and nearly all of July. While overseas, I saw only one recent US release....
film art directorsobservationsmiyazakihayao
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-ray-nicholas/
Observations on film art : Directors: Ray, Nicholas
Jerusalema. Kristin here– The Palm Springs International Film Festival has a logo calculated to appeal to those of us who travel from snowy northern climes to...
film art directorsobservationsraynicholas
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-kore-eda/
Observations on film art : Directors: Kore-eda Hirokazu
Outrage Coda (2017). DB here: The period from 1985-1995 was a sterling era for world cinema. Whatever you think of Hollywood of that time (it wasn’t as bad as...
film art directorsobservationskoreedahirokazu
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-varda/
Observations on film art : Directors: Varda
Contempt (Le Mépris, 1963). DB here: After fifteen years of fairly steady blogging, we suspended putting up new entries in early October. We were reluctant to...
film art directorsobservationsvarda
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-schamus/
Observations on film art : Directors: Schamus
Laura (1944). DB here (in DC): Over the next two weeks I’m involved with several events during my stay at the John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress....
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-fassbinder/
Observations on film art : Directors: Fassbinder
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972). Privacy is the seat of Contemplation, though sometimes made the recluse of Tentation… Be you in your Chambers or...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-chaplin/
Observations on film art : Directors: Chaplin
M (1931) Kristin here: Our regular readers know that this annual series began as a simple salute to 1917, the year in which the basic norms of the classical...
film art directorsobservationschaplin
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-zhang-yimou/
Observations on film art : Directors: Zhang Yimou
Ying (Shadow). DB here: You don’t have to be an addict of crime fiction to notice that bad behavior–from lying and cheating to assault and murder–is a prime...
film art directorsobservationszhang
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-vertov/
Observations on film art : Directors: Vertov
Lucky Star Kristin here: As 2019 fades away, it’s time once more to look back ninety years at some great classics. This series started somewhat by accident,...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-kurosawa-akira/
Observations on film art : Directors: Kurosawa Akira
24 Frames (2017) Kristin here: David and I started this blog way back in 2006 largely as a way to offer teachers who use Film Art: An Introduction...
film art directorsobservationskurosawaakira
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-morris/
Observations on film art : Directors: Morris
Ying (Shadow). DB here: You don’t have to be an addict of crime fiction to notice that bad behavior–from lying and cheating to assault and murder–is a prime...
film art directorsobservationsmorris
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-panahi/
Observations on film art : Directors: Panahi
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972). Privacy is the seat of Contemplation, though sometimes made the recluse of Tentation… Be you in your Chambers or...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-bong-joon-ho/
Observations on film art : Directors: Bong Joon-ho
Kristin here: It seems like anyone writing for an online or print periodical, whether media-oriented or not, is searching for some sort of hook on which to...
film art directorsobservationsbongjoonho
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-feuillade/
Observations on film art : Directors: Feuillade
Filibus: The Mysterious Air Pirate (1915). DB here: Two new DVD releases remind us how 1910s filmmakers, unconstrained by realism, used the newish medium of...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-stahl/
Observations on film art : Directors: Stahl
24 Frames (2017) Kristin here: David and I started this blog way back in 2006 largely as a way to offer teachers who use Film Art: An Introduction...
film art directorsobservationsstahl
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-menzies/
Observations on film art : Directors: Menzies
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) DB here: I’ve been waiting for thirty years for Alice in Wonderland. No, not the theatrical release...
film art directorsobservationsmenzies
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-mangold/
Observations on film art : Directors: Mangold
Bong Joon-ho and team accept Oscar. Photo: New York Times. DB here: The big news is that Bong Joon-ho has pulled off a coup. Parasite won four major Academy...
film art directorsobservationsmangold
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-chazelle/
Observations on film art : Directors: Chazelle
Babylon (2023). DB here: The circus parade has just passed, and behind it comes a little man mopping up all the droppings left by the lions, tigers, camels,...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-bahrani/
Observations on film art : Directors: Bahrani
Kristin here: In the early days of Ebertfest, Roger personally introduced every film at this five-day event, which took place this year from April 23 to 27. He...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-hou-hsiao-hsien/
Observations on film art : Directors: Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982). David’s health situation has made it difficult for our household to maintain this blog. We don’t want it to fade away,...
film art directorsobservationshouhsiao
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-eisenstein/
Observations on film art : Directors: Eisenstein
Dear Comrades! (2020) DB here: Thanks to Gerwin Tamsma, Monika Hyatt, Frédérique Nijman, and their colleagues at the International Film Festival Rotterdam,...
film art directorsobservationseisenstein
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-liu-jiayin/
Observations on film art : Directors: Liu Jiayin
Late Autumn (Ozu Yasujiro, 1960). DB here: Manohla Dargis of the New York Times has just written a piece that refers to some ideas that have appeared on this...
film art directorsobservationsliu
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-johnson-rian/
Observations on film art : Directors: Johnson, Rian
Poker Face, Ep. 10 (“The Hook”). DB here: Charlie Cale, an easygoing but tough young woman from New Jersey, has a unique gift. She can detect when someone is...
film art directorsobservationsjohnsonrian
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-sturges/
Observations on film art : Directors: Sturges
DB here: Matthew H. Bernstein is a long-time friend and a superb scholar. His biography of Walter Wanger has become a classic of Hollywood business history,...
film art directorsobservationssturges
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-disney/
Observations on film art : Directors: Disney
Music Land (Disney, 1935). DB here: “The great directors, I’ve learned, have a great sense of rhythm.” So says Alexandre Desplat, who’s again earned two Oscar...
film art directorsobservationsdisney
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-scott-tony/
Observations on film art : Directors: Scott (Tony)
Man on Fire (Tony Scott, 2004); The Suspended Step of the Stork (Theo Angelopoulos, 1991). DB here: In January of 2012, while shooting The Other Sea, Theo...
film art directorsobservationsscotttony
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-petzold/
Observations on film art : Directors: Petzold
Big Tech as Pac-Man: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel (2020). DB here: Every festival has had to adjust to COVID-19. This year the...
film art directorsobservationspetzold
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-preminger/
Observations on film art : Directors: Preminger
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). DB here: Over the years we’ve brought you several guest posts from friends whose research we admire. The list includes Matthew...
film art directorsobservations
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-martel/
Observations on film art : Directors: Martel
24 Frames (2017) Kristin here: David and I started this blog way back in 2006 largely as a way to offer teachers who use Film Art: An Introduction...
film art directorsobservationsmartel
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/directors-fei-mu/
Observations on film art : Directors: Fei Mu
Otouto. DB here: Any major film festival is really many festivals. You meet someone who tells you about all the films they’ve been seeing, and the overlap with...
film art directorsobservationsfeimu