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Commercially- and critically-acclaimed ‘auteurs’ who destroy the ‘difficult genius’ myth.
A shot-by-shot breakdown of a sequence from a film the director… didn’t direct?
The image powering films from Spaghetti Westerns to intimate character studies.
… using better staging and composition.
The dramatic peak of a dialogue scene is often a close-up… of an object.
How the pop star and the director changed music, film, and popular culture together.
Breakdowns, interviews and workshops with the director & DOP behind The Handmaid’s Tale and I Think We’re Alone Now.
Themes, imagery, and obsessions in the director’s filmography.
A roundup of videos about ways, good and bad, that directors of major features work with their performers.
A roundup of videos on the process and significance of Chloé Zhao’s lauded film.
The award-winning director of Atlanta talks about his best-known video clips.