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Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023
Review: Director Benjamin Caron's "Sharper"
Almost invariably, we root for the con artist. Seldom does the ingenuity and cleverness of a good hustler, card sharp or con man not win us over. They are, of course, walking metaphors for the movies. Through finesse and daring, they pull the wool over our eyes while emptying our pockets. They're...
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023
Review: Director M. Night Shyamalan's "Knock at the Cabin"
Knock. Knock. It being mid-winter (typically a doldrums in movie theaters), it's a cozy relief to be able to throw open the door and find M. Night Shyamalan standing there with his near-annual helping of high-concept thriller. His last one, "Old," about vacationers trapped on a private beach where...
Monday, Jan. 30, 2023
Review: Writer-Director Mia Hansen-Løve's "One Fine Morning"
Like most things, the title of Mia Hansen-Løve's "One Fine Morning" sounds better in French. "Un Beau Matin" doesn't have that same rom-commy ring. But it's kind of nice to imagine a moviegoer, expecting a Hallmark movie, strolling instead into Hansen-Løve's sublimely melancholic drama about the...
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023
Review: Director Lukas Dhont's "Close"
"Close" is a crushing story of grief told with grace by Belgian director Lukas Dhont. At its heart is a friendship, loving and deep, between two 13-year-old boys, Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi (Gustav De Waele), in the countryside. It is summertime when we meet them, playing and dreaming and out of...
Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023
Review: Director Alice Diop's "Saint Omer"
First, the real-life facts of the case, more shocking than you'll find in most fiction: In November 2013, a mother took a train from Paris to the northern French coast, along with her 15-month old daughter. She checked into a hotel, walked down to the water at night, fed the hungry child, and left...
Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023
Cinematographers & Cameras: Lensing "Elvis," "The Woman King" and "Devotion"
One cinematographer recently made history when her work was honored by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Another DP’s historic accomplishment still stands as she is currently the only woman to be a member of both the American Society of Cinematographers and the British Society...
Friday, Jan. 6, 2023
Production Outlook Survey: New Year’s Predictions, Hopes, Resolutions
It’s that time of year--for a new beginning, for New Year’s resolutions, which often aren’t kept, and predictions, which often aren’t accurate. Nonetheless SHOOT called upon a brave cross-section of advertising agency executives, executive creative directors, group creative directors, creative...
Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023
Guild Awards Preview: Delving Into "Mrs. Maisel," "Dahmer," "A League of Their Own"
It’s apropos that producers-directors-writers Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino be part of a Guild Awards Preview--for reasons that include but go beyond those guild nominations they’ve directly received thus far over the years. That tally by the way includes: five Directors Guild of...
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023
Review: Director Marc Forster's "A Man Called Otto"
Sentimental tales about grumpy old men and American decline have, until recently, typically been the domain of Clint Eastwood. But in "A Man Called Otto," Marc Forster's adaptation of Fredrik Backman's bestseller and a remake of the 2016 Swedish film "A Man Called Ove," it's Tom Hanks prowling the...
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022
Review: Director Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Broker"
The Korean drama "Broker" begins like a noir. A young woman walks slowly in the pouring rain in the middle of the night in Busan, her flimsy hood doing little to keep her dry. She looks haunted but determined and soon we see her destination: A church with a collection receptacle labeled "Baby Box...