92 ‘American Beauty’ – The Art of Character In this video I cover how screenwriter Alan Ball designs and reveals character.
75 Lars Von Trier: Deconstructing Cinema There aren’t a lot of figures in filmmaking like Lars von Trier, a man whose persona is as large as his pictures and sometimes twice as controversial.
92 Peter Greenaway and the Language of Film If you know Greenaway or if you don’t, this is an exquisite way to familiarize yourself with a director who is anything but familiar.
97 The Rise (and Fall) of Hollywood Hollywood history is full of stealing, failure, and deceit. Let's take a look at the conditions filmmakers had to suffer through to get their movies made.
91 ‘Stranger Things:’ The Art of the Transition Nailing the perfect transition is an art in itself, and it's often something that filmmakers disregard.