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John's Bailiwick
The March: James Blue
The March, a 33-minute documentary directed by James Blue in 1963, dramatizes a granular and celebratory moment in American history.
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John's Bailiwick
Inside Covid-19 in Cremona with Sasha Joelle Achilli
Produced, directed and shot by Sasha Joelle Achilli, the PBS Frontline documentary Inside Italy’s Covid War achieves a dramatic, emotional intensity of which few fictional theatrical movies are capable.
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John's Bailiwick
Samuel Beckett: Still Waiting for Godot
Like many of you, I have used this “stay at home” time to revisit beloved movies, many of them last seen long ago. While watching Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s film adaptation of Waiting for Godot, a play that has long loomed over my life with compelling mystery, I was struck by how well this once-controversial theater piece speaks to the current moment.
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Shot Craft
How Do I Find a Mentor?
This is a question I’ve been asked at least a hundred times by aspiring cinematographers eager to learn more, advance their careers, and receive guidance from someone who is already established.
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Shot Craft
Staying Creative in Quarantine with Lawrence Sher, ASC
Reverse engineering and re-staging iconic images from cinema history? Awesome. Doing it with your wife and kids at home with what’s around you? Exceptional.
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Filmmaker's Forum
Overcoming Limited Resources on My First Feature: Before the Dawn
It’s easy to feel intimidated when you’re facing your first feature, and it’s especially daunting when you know you’ll have limited crew and resources.
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President's Desk
President’s Desk: Why Our Solidarity Is Now Essential
We must hold this trust in our work. Although we cannot practice it today because our world has shut down, it will open up again soon, and our conviction that we do what we love will make us rise again.
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John's Bailiwick
Nomenklatura of Signs: Alexey Titarenko
Nailya Alexander had planned to open an exhibition of Alexey Titarenko's Nomenklatura of Signs in her Manhattan gallery on March 25, but the COVID-19 virus intervened. As I write this, all museums, galleries, cinemas, theaters and so much more have closed as New York, the world capital of the arts, has become ground zero in the battle against the virus.
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