Category: directing

  • MATERFAMILIAS

    MATERFAMILIAS

    I came to Margaret Tait by way of Charlotte Wells and by way of her Aftersun… Both women are Scottish. Both women are filmmakers. Both women are writers. I’d argue that those last two points make both women poets. Anyway. Out of pure curiosity, I got my hands on a copy of her Poems, Stories,…

  • PLAYING PRETEND

    PLAYING PRETEND

    “Which do you like to animate more: action scenes or acting scene?” It’s a go-to question for me whenever I meet an animator. There’s no wrong answer. They often have a preference. As do I. * And yet… I’ve never been one to have a mirror at my desk when I’m animating. Or to film…

  • BEAUTIFUL WORK

    BEAUTIFUL WORK

    I consider my Letterboxd Top 4 to be something of a living organism, always free to change and evolve, but I suspect that Beau Travail will always have a home there (along with an entry by Abbas Kiarostami. Right now? It’s Where is the Friend’s House?) Much has already been said of Claire Denis’s 1999…

  • LENSING AND 2D ANIMATION

    LENSING AND 2D ANIMATION

    (Specifically, anamorphic lenses.) Full disclosure: I am not a cinematographer. But I can get nerdy about stuff! I first read about the anamorphic process in an outdated copy of the ASC’s American Cinematographer Manual I stumbled on at the library. (Outdated’s not exactly the right word here… even though technology progresses, there’s no such thing…