“My job is to care about and be responsible for every frame of every movie I make. I know that all over the world there are young people borrowing from relatives and saving their allowances to buy their first cameras … Continue reading.
"I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself."Frederick Wiseman Links: Apple Podcasts | Castbox | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Spotify | … Continue reading.
"I don’t underestimate audiences’ intelligence. Audiences are much brighter than media gives them credit for. When people went to a movie once a week in the 1930s and that was their only exposure to media, you were required to do … Continue reading.
"I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always 'let it keep rolling."Terrence Malick Links: Apple Podcasts | Castbox | Google Podcasts | LibSyn … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 50/100 Shortly after moving to Los Angeles in hopes of a fresh start with only her cute cat Giles for companionship (don't get too attached, Giles doesn't last long), Sarah (Nicole Brydon Bloom), a soft-spoken twenty-something, … Continue reading.
“When the last dime is gone, I'll sit on the curb outside with a pencil and a ten cent notebook and start the whole thing over again.”Preston Sturges Links: Apple Podcasts | Castbox | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Spotify … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 90/100 A comedy of coincidence causing chaos and one great big misunderstanding, with an enjoyably balanced combination of slapstick and screwball. Fed up with his wife’s extravagant spending, J.B. Ball, a oafish banker with a fortune … Continue reading.
"I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves … Continue reading.
"Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented it – I do actually like it because it says certain things. It's about expanding how you see … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 50/100 In this unremittingly grim horror movie from Bryan Bertino (The Strangers), brother and sister Michael and Louise (Michael Abbot and Marin Ireland), estranged from each other in adulthood, return to their parent’s farm in rural … Continue reading.
