Damon Smith
Newer modes of viewing require us to make decisions about what kinds of films we are willing to watch in nontraditional formats. It would be senseless to watch a widescreen epic like Lawrence of Arabia on a tablet device, yet many may choose to do so.
David Mackenzie’s Perfect Sense, Jeff Nichols’s Take Shelter, Gregg Araki’s Kaboom
Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene, Cindy Meehl’s Buck, Dee Rees’s Pariah, Göran Hugo Olsson’s The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Susanne Rostock’s Sing Your Song, James Marsh’s Project Nim
Host Eric Hynes talks to photojournalist-turned-filmmaker Danfung Dennis (Hell and Back Again) about combat journalism, the power of received images, and how his latest innovations in immersive technology will change the face of filmmaking.
Host Eric Hynes talks to director Im Sang-soo (The Housemaid) about the nature of suspense, female desire, and why conservative Korean filmgoers hated his latest film, a remake of Kim Ki-young's sexed-up 1960 classic.
Bruno Dumont (Hadewijch, Twentynine Palms) talks to Reverse Shot's Damon Smith about faith, mysticism, and the mysteries of cinema. Translated from French by Robert Gray.
Host Eric Hynes talks to French filmmaker Claire Denis (White Material, Beau travail) about why she prefers working with familiar collaborators, the erotics of the actor-director relationship, and how she often feels mastered by her own creations.
French screen legend Isabelle Huppert talks to host Eric Hynes about being an object of scrutiny in Claire Denis's White Material, how filmmaking is a questioning, and why movie acting is about just doing it.
Host Eric Hynes talks to Kent Jones (A Letter to Elia, Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows) about film restoration, the art of criticism, and the need to discover life outside cinema.
Host Eric Hynes talks to French auteur Olivier Assayas (Carlos, Summer Hours) about visual style, the paradox of cinephilia, and the connections between cinema and real life.
No mere documentary, Portuguese director Pedro Costa’s enthralling Ne change rien is a cinematic offering laid at the feet of its bewitching singer-star, Jeanne Balibar.
Frederick Wiseman (Boxing Gym, La Danse) talks to Reverse Shot's Damon Smith about observing real life, associative editing, and why his documentaries aren't made with an audience in mind.
This exceedingly strange bundle of nested narratives dared to introduce scores of characters and storylines (some rich tributaries, others dead ends), perspectives and locales (Mozambique-for-India, the Salado River) with an almost ceaseless stream of omniscient voiceovers.
Eric Hynes and legendary documentary filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus tour Jacques Torres Chocolate, uncover the subject that links all their films, and discuss the perils of being married while editing.
Host Eric Hynes talks to French star Romain Duris (Heartbreaker, The Beat That My Heart Skipped) about painting, performance, and the rigors of being a leading man.
Actress Chiara Mastroianni and host Eric Hynes take a stroll through Central Park to talk about her breakthrough performances in A Christmas Tale and Making Plans for Lena, before touching on motherhood, divorce, and the difficulties of being a modern woman.
Inspired by Peter Kerekes's fascinating documentary Cooking History, acclaimed culinary writer and chef Betty Fussell shops the greenmarket and discusses the meaning of food while cooking up a massive ribeye.
Bresson characterized the nature of auditory perception as “profound and inventive,” elevating sound to a hieratic status it had not previously held in the empire of signs.