A NEW YORK MINUTE Premiering at Sundance Film Festival, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York sees DP Sam Levy team up with Noah Segan and John Turturro for a race against time through the Big Apple. At what point in the process did the film truly “find itself” in the edit and how different … Read more
Films, frogs and festivities The cinematography community enjoys a deserved week in the spotlight at Poland’s Camerimage Film Festival. Two days before the 31st edition of EnergaCAMERIMAGE Film Festival began on 11 November, the industry breathed a collective sigh of relief: SAG-AFTRA had reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP, so their 118-day strike … Read more
Miller’s crossing Sam Levy, the cinematographer on She Came to Me, explains the challenges of shooting and lighting in a theatre. Rebecca Miller’s life has been steeped in the realm of creative expression. Initially influenced by her father, the revered playwright Arthur Miller, she honed her own diverse talents as an actor, writer, director, painter, … Read more
“When you’re preparing a film you can indulge in dreamy conversations – it’s an essential part of the process that gets infused into the work. But once you’re on set, and the clock is ticking, you find yourself a passenger on a moving train. Sometimes it’s a slow-moving train, but that train is moving. This … Read more
The Burning of Los Angeles Across the Pond / Mark London Williams The Burning of Los Angeles Across the Pond / Mark London Williams In what is still the greatest of Hollywood novels, Nathanael West’s Day of the Locust, the story ends with conflagration – quite literally “the burning of Los Angeles,” as both metaphor … Read more