After breaking out with her comedic role in Blockers, Geraldine Viswanathan showed her stunning dramatic range in Hala. We spoke to her about the film and …
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Career Studies
Explore patterns in a filmmaker's or performer's body of work to date.
Spatial relationships in the films of Joanna Hogg
In all of her films, Joanna Hogg uses spaces to structure her characters' relationships, often finding them trapped by their own privilege and complacency in …
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Familiar Faces: Ben Foster’s subtle depictions of trauma
Ben Foster has made a career out of portraying complicated men with some relationship to trauma, in as quiet and subtle way as possible. We delve deep into the …
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Looking for home in the films of Andrew Haigh
In Lean on Pete, Charley’s search for home moves the plot, but the emotional journey to find home is at the heart of all Andrew Haigh’s work. This is the fifth …
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Rachel Morrison’s deeply empathetic cinematography
In Fruitvale Station, Cake, Dope, and Mudbound, Rachel Morrison's cinematography immerses viewers in marginalized characters' points of view. …
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Ramsay’s characters escape trauma through sensations
Lynne Ramsay’s features centre on characters dealing with trauma by losing themselves in sensations, not language. This is an excerpt from our …
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