Monthly Archives: June 2012

Pros at Con

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

In director Craig Zobel’s first feature, “Great World of Sound,” Pat Healy plays an unwitting con artist, feeding the dreams of would-be pop idols, picking their mostly shallow pockets to produce useless demos. In Zobel’s follow-up, “Compliance,” Healy, barely seen … Continue reading →

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A Radiant Baby

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

  Six-year-old Hushpuppy (luminous, irreplaceable Quvenzhané Wallis), filled with a young child’s sense of wonder (and a survivor’s steel) makes her own sense of the irrational, inexplicable, tragic.  The center of director Benh Zeitlin’s beautiful hyper-real folk tale,”Beasts of the … Continue reading →

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Reasons to Sit Indoors on a Sunny Saturday

Posted on June 23, 2012 by

Brothers and filmmaking partners, 20-something New Yorkers Josh Safdie and Ben Safdie have curated a program of shorts, “Take Me to the Balloony Bin!” for BamcinemaFest, screening today at 2 pm.  The Safdies latest, “The Black Balloon,” follows the eponymous … Continue reading →

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Mise-en-scene, now and then

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

In the last week I’ve been photographing members of a new generation of American filmmakers participating in BAMcinemaFest (June 20-July 1).  The energy reminds me of my first shoots with directors (and actors) in the early 80s, with members of the … Continue reading →

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Flag Day

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

“And Forever In Peace May You Wave”

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Confederates in the Subway

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

As Patrick and I waited for Jennifer and Sarah inside the entrance to the Times Square subway station, I thought I heard “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” being played below us.  Sure that it was an acoustical distortion–when I … Continue reading →

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