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October Newsletter: On True Originators and Tarnished Angels

The French film that cleared the way for classical Hollywood films, inspiration from the wilderness and a beautiful collaboration that fits a tomboy, a cowgirl and an adventurer. Read More →

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Short Films Dare to Be Creative where Feature Films Fail

From “Kiki la plume” to “Un Lynx dans la ville”, here are four short films our family has recently watched at the cinema and loved. I might even say that I was happy to find in them the creativity and freedom of artistic expression that feature films today so rampantly lack. Read More →

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Making a Fictional World Feel Real: Interview with Graphic Designer Erica Dorn

The French Dispatch film poster. Illustration by Javi Aznarez. Photograph courtesy of Searchlight Pictures     Wes Anderson’s films dispose of a rich scale of forms of expression and an astounding artistic freedom. He is the kind of director who … Read More →

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Forgotten Herbs, New Roots

    Photos: Classiq Journal     Earlier this month, in my September newsletter, I was writing that autumn feels like the beginning of a new year. It inspires all sorts of things. Finding new roots in all aspects of … Read More →

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“My Posters Are Basically My Emotions”: Interview with Film Poster Designer Maks Bereski

”Le mépris” (1963) film poster design by Maks Bereski © Plakiat     The audience involvement with the film should really begin with the first frame, said Saul Bass, referring to the title sequences. I would say that the audience … Read More →

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