Alex Heeney picks the six most exciting breakout actors at Sundance 2018.
Establishing Shots: Introducing Beast director Michael Pearce
Director Michael Pearce discusses directing actors and developing the eerie tone of his directorial debut Beast, a psychological thriller with formal ambition. Read the rest of our Sundance 2018 coverage here.
‘You’re missing it!’: Tricks with time in Call Me by Your Name
In Call Me by Your Name, Luca Guadagnino uses framing and editing to expand and contract time so that we experience a summer slipping away.
Review: Call Me by Your Name is a gorgeous, erotic tale of first love
In Call Me By Your Name, which premiered at Sundance, Guadagnino captures what first love feels like, in all its fumbling, awkward, confusing, terrifying, joyous glory. The film features breakout performances from Timothée Chalamat and Armie Hammer as the pair of young lovers.
With Thelma, Joachim Trier continues to develop his ‘dirty formalism’
Although it is his first foray into genre, Thelma is a continuation of director Joachim Trier’s signature ‘dirty formalism’, and further explores the themes of family dysfunction found in his previous work.
Cinematographer Jakob Ihre on Thelma: ‘Even in fantastical moments, the light is still naturalistic’
Cinematographer Jakob Ihre discusses adapting to shooting on itital, lighting different characters for a thematic purpose, and how production design affects his creative choices.