As readers here already know too well, there’s been a death in the communal family since last time we posted. The circumstances around that death – the entirely preventable killing, really – of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins continue to emerge, but they paint an increasingly bleak picture of conditions on the set of Alec Baldwin’s Rust. As we embarked on this … Read more
The BFI has announced the return of BFI Japan 2021: 100 Years of Japanese Cinema, coming to cinemas UK-wide from October – December 2021. Highlights of the celebration will include a BFI re-release of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954); a two-part season at BFI Southbank focusing on the Golden Age of the studio system and the rise of the radical … Read more
The 2021 Venice International Film Festival will pay tribute to the late, great Ennio Morricone with a screening of Ennio, Giuseppe Tornatore’s new documentary on the life and music of the renowned Italian composer. Ennio will get a special, out-of-competition gala screening at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. The documentary takes the form of a long interview between Morricone … Read more
The 2019 EnergaCamerimage festival in Toruń, dedicated to the art of cinematography, concluded at a gala closing-night ceremony on Saturday night (16th November), with Joker taking away the prestigious ‘Golden Frog’. Cinematographer Lawrence Sher was awarded the top prize, the Golden Frog, in addition to the Audience Prize, while The Bronze Frog was awarded to … Read more
Fairytale tribute Robert Richardson ASC / Once Upon A Time in Hollywood Fairytale tribute Robert Richardson ASC / Once Upon A Time in Hollywood WANT TO READ IT ALL? Below is only a teaser, and the full interview can be found in the July 2019 issue (94) of British Cinematographer magazine. If you purchase a year’s digital … Read more
A Common Language Among Filmmakers Across The Pond / Mark London Williams A Common Language Among Filmmakers Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Sort of like the space between the end of the first Daniel Craig James Bond film, and the start of the next, consider that we’re picking up essentially where we left … Read more
Cabin Fever Robert Richardson ASC / The Hateful Eight Cabin Fever Robert Richardson ASC / The Hateful Eight BY: Ron Prince The Hateful Eight is the taut and talkative American Western mystery movie, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The $44m, Weinstein Company production, stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, … Read more
Through the past darkly Robert Richardson ASC / Django Unchained Through the past darkly Robert Richardson ASC / Django Unchained BY: Bob Fisher Django Unchained is a literal title of a new co-venture by Robert Richardson ASC and director Quentin Tarantino, who also wrote the script. The film was produced by The Weinstein Company for … Read more