Category Archives: Film

Lean On Pete: In conversation with production designer Ryan Warren Smith

Chloë Sevigny and Charlie Plummer in “Lean on Pete”. Photo by Scott Patrick Green – © Lean on Pete LLC   I wish I watched Lean On Pete on the big screen. Andrew Haigh’s characters feel real, people you want … Read More

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The many stories and lives of the fisherman’s classic knitwear and Catherine Deneuve in “À nous deux”

Catherine Deneuve in “À nous deux”, 1979. Les Films 13, Cinévidéo   Cast Out with Love is a wonderful, poetic short visual story written by Lauren Williams, and directed by Greg Dennis, revealing the beauty, history and craft hidden in … Read More

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February Newsletter: A Complete Unknown, Lean on Pete, and Headoniste

Left: “Lean on Pete” film poster | Right: © Classiq Journal       “The road out would be treacherous, and I didn’t know where it would lead but I followed it anyway. It was a strange world ahead that … Read More

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“For Bird, it was essential that he didn’t have that dress coding at all”: In conversation with costume designer Alex Bovaird

Frank Rogowski as Bird in “Bird”, 2024. BBC Films, BFI, MUBI   It’s been years since I saw Fish Tank and I still think of it as special and raw, this disarming, intimate family chronicle and unsparing yet humorous and … Read More

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“I want my work to feel human”: In conversation with designer Juan Miguel Marin

Image courtesy of Juan Miguel Marin   Juan Miguel Marin’s extended remit of graphic design, better known as La Moutique, includes film posters, film titles and opening sequences, album art, book covers and cultural organization branding. Simplicity is what usually … Read More

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