People ask what are my intentions with my films — my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct. I […]
Which of these ten unlikely (and yet strangely exciting) matches of director and remake is actually going forward? Michael Bay’s Down By Law Woody Allen’s The Seventh Seal Zhang Yimou’s Blood Simple Whit Stillman’s Fletch Agnes Varda’s Flight of the Navigator Gus Van Sant’s Tron 2.0 Charlie Kaufman’s The Sound of Music John Woo’s The Long […]
In the second part of the Filmwell conversation, Lee Isaac Chung talks about why he used film instead of video, the status of his next movie, his approach to teaching film students.
Filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung talks about how he made Munyurangabo, and what it was like making a Rwandan movie with Rwandan actors.
Filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung offers some insights on film history, filmmaking, and his own particular cinematic vision.
Here’s a lesson in looking beyond the star-ratings that critics give to a film. Check out just how much more you can learn from three reviews of The Orphanage.
Films by Haneke, Von Trier, Tarantino, and Mendoza win coveted Cannes awards.
You may not be able to attend the Cannes Film Festival, but you can attend the masterclass on filmmaking taught by the Dardennes brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc. Read excerpts and listen to the audio recordings here.
Terminator Salvation recycles the stuff of better sci-fi films so relentlessly, it gives new meaning to the term “post-consumer waste.”