A priceless examination of the filmmaker's craft, from the renowned director of Sweet Smell of Success
After more than twenty years in the film industry as a screenwriter, storyboard editor, and director of memorable films such as The Ladykillers, Alexander Mackendrick turned his back on Hollywood and began a new career as the Dean of one of the country's most demanding and influential film schools. His absolute devotion to the craft of filmmaking served as a powerful impetus to students at the California Institute for the Arts for almost twenty five years, with...
A priceless examination of the filmmaker's craft, from the renowned director of Sweet Smell of Success
Roman Polanski (b. 1933) arrived on the international scene in 1962 with his first feature film, Knife in the Water, and his face would be on the cover of Time magazine by the end of that year. His vibrant, disturbing, and often violent films--including the psychological thriller Rosemary's Baby, the film noir classic Chinatown, and the somber Holocaust drama The Pianist--have entertained and sometimes infuriated audiences. Stylistically unsettling and thematically varied, Polanski's films have established him as one of the most talented and controversial...
Roman Polanski (b. 1933) arrived on the international scene in 1962 with his first feature film, Knife in the Water, and his face would be o...
Amos Vogel was one of America's most innovative film historians and curators. An emigre from Austria who arrived in New York just before the Second World War, in 1947 he created Cinema 16, a pioneering film club aimed at audiences thirsty for work "that cannot be seen elsewhere," and in 1963 was instrumental in establishing the New York Film Festival. He later embarked on an ambitious teaching career, synthesizing decades of experience and directing his ideas towards students and, eventually, the wider public. In 1974 he published the culmination of his thoughts - along with an extraordinary...
Amos Vogel was one of America's most innovative film historians and curators. An emigre from Austria who arrived in New York just before the Second Wo...
Original poetry by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin. From the injustice of our time, take refuge in poetry. From the harshness of the beloved, take refuge in poetry. From glaring cruelty, take refuge in poetry.
Original poetry by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin. From the injustice of our time, take refuge in...
Original poetry by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin. From the injustice of our time, take refuge in poetry. From the harshness of the beloved, take refuge in poetry. From glaring cruelty, take refuge in poetry.
Original poetry by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin. From the injustice of our time, take refuge...
Original poetry by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin. From the injustice of our time, take refuge in poetry. From the harshness of the beloved, take refuge in poetry. From glaring cruelty, take refuge in poetry.
Original poetry by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin. From the injustice of our time, take refuge in...
Original poetry by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin. From the injustice of our time, take refuge in poetry. From the harshness of the beloved, take refuge in poetry. From glaring cruelty, take refuge in poetry.
Original poetry by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin. From the injustice of our time, take refuge in...
Original poetry by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin. From the injustice of our time, take refuge in poetry. From the harshness of the beloved, take refuge in poetry. From glaring cruelty, take refuge in poetry.
Original poetry by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin. From the injustice of our time, take refuge in...
Original poetry by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin. From the injustice of our time, take refuge in poetry. From the harshness of the beloved, take refuge in poetry. From glaring cruelty, take refuge in poetry.
Original poetry by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin. From the injustice of our time, take refuge in...
Over the past two decades, Abbas Kiarostami - the Iranian film director of Where is the Friend's House?, Life and Nothing More, Through the Olive Trees, Close Up, A Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us, Ten, Shirin, Certified Copy and Like Someone in Love - has appeared regularly at festivals and on campuses, where he has worked closely for several days with young filmmakers, shepherding them and their projects, sending them out with cameras, then screening and discussing the results.
Pieced together from notes made over a period of nearly ten years at several of these...
Over the past two decades, Abbas Kiarostami - the Iranian film director of Where is the Friend's House?, Life and Nothing More, Through the Olive T...
