CAPTIVE CURIOSITY Robbie Ryan BSC ISC reveals how he created tension—largely within the confines of a basement setting—and the VistaVision adventure he enjoyed, working with rare cameras to craft one of Yorgos Lanthimos’ most technically ambitious films. Spanning The Favourite, Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness and now Bugonia, Robbie Ryan BSC ISC and Yorgos Lanthimos’ … Read more
Sean Baker, the acclaimed director behind the Palme d’Or winner Anora, will be awarded the prestigious Stockholm Visionary Award at the upcoming Stockholm International Film Festival. The ceremony will take place on November 6 at Bio Skandia, coinciding with a special screening of Anora. The Stockholm Visionary Award celebrates American independent filmmakers who possess an … Read more
THREE OF A KIND Shooting a multi-story narrative consecutively and maintaining a consistent visual style was at the centre of Robbie Ryan BSC ISC’s process when crafting triptych tale Kinds of Kindness alongside Yorgos Lanthimos. Like many successful production pairings, a merging of complementary creative and technical strengths helps Robbie Ryan BSC ISC and writer-director … Read more
Stockholm International Film Festival’s opening film Poor Things, by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, wins the Peroni 0.0% Audience Award. The film is a magnificent and colourful odyssey that follows Bella Baxter, brilliant played by Emma Stone, a woman brought back from the dead by an unorthodox doctor, played by Willem Dafoe. This is Lanthimos’ most … Read more
The 80th Venice Film Festival handed out its awards and Yorgos Lanthimos has clinched the top prize with his latest feature Poor Things, shot by Robbie Ryan BSC ISC. The Greek filmmaker’s latest feature is based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel of the same name and follows Emma Stone as Bella Baxter, a creation of the brilliant and … Read more
This year’s prestigious Festival de Cannes competition from 14-25 May will be appraised by the next Jury – four women and four men, from four continents and from seven different nationalities – invited this year under the first ever presidency of a Latino-American filmmaker, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu. Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux said: “The Cannes’ … Read more
Courtly capers Robbie Ryan BSC ISC / The Favourite Courtly capers Robbie Ryan BSC ISC / The Favourite WANT TO READ IT ALL? Below is only a teaser, and the full interview can be found in the January 2019 issue (91) of British Cinematographer magazine. If you purchase a year’s digital subscription from just £30, … Read more
Feast your eyes on the new edition of British Cinematographer magazine – digitally* via our website, or in print**, from 25th January 2019. On the Cover Dion Beebe ACS ASC on Mary Poppins Returns After previously teaming up on ‘Best Cinematography Oscar’ nominee Chicago and winner Memoirs Of A Geisha, Dion Beebe ACS ASC joins … Read more
Out of Darkness, Cometh Light Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Out of Darkness, Cometh Light Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Lead image: energaCAMERIMAGE winner The Favourite The calendar change from December to January is always redolent with contradiction – the wistfulness and yearnings of fall, giving way to finality, the endings, … Read more
Animal Magic Thimios Bakatakis / The Lobster Animal Magic Thimios Bakatakis / The Lobster How the world will be – and look – in the future has been a recurring subject since the earliest days of cinema. Over the years many filmmakers have taken on the tricky task of how to portray life in a … Read more