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Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name, Luca Guadagnino

Joanna Di Mattia / December 11, 2017

Words are futile devices: On Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name

In Call Me by Your Name, Timothée Chalamet conveys how words aren’t enough for Elio. His body reveals the feelings he leaves unspoken. This is an excerpt from the ebook Call Me by Your Name: A Special Issue, which is available to purchase here. To read the complete article, get your copy of the ebook […]

The Florida Project, Sean Baker, Brooklynn Prince

Jake Pitre / December 7, 2017

The Florida Project provocatively depicts poverty with respect

Sean Baker’s latest, The Florida Project, avoids being an exploitative portrayal of poverty by empathetically portraying its characters’ daily struggles, and giving time to a variety of perspectives. Read our interview with Sean Baker on Tangerine here.

Maison du Bonheur, Sofia Bohdanowicz

Justine Smith / November 30, 2017

‘I don’t go with a game plan’: Director Sofia Bohdanowicz on Maison du Bonheur

Director Sofia Bohdanowicz discusses her process, representing older women in film, and photographing lived in spaces in her new film Maison du Bonheur.

Thelma, Joachim Trier

Alex Heeney / November 25, 2017

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.

Alex Heeney / November 22, 2017

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.

Thelma, Joachim Trier, Eili Harboe

Alex Heeney / November 21, 2017

Director Joachim Trier on his ‘gaze from another place’ in Thelma

Director Joachim Trier on Thelma, the dynamic between the subjective and objective gaze and portraying a dysfunctional father-daughter relationship.

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