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Art and Craft

Art and Craft: Atsushi Okui on The Boy and the Heron

By Daniel Schindel
December 11, 2023
Bird’s-eye view: the Studio Ghibli cinematographer discusses the melding of analog and digital technologies in Hayao Miyazaki’s lushly animated epic

Art and Craft: Neptune Frost

By Chrystel Oloukoï
June 27, 2022
Future shock: the designer of the new anti-capitalist sci-fi musical discusses his inventive world-building and the inspirations it draws from Rwandan culture

See What I Mean?

By Darcy Paquet
May 8, 2020
The subtitler for Bong Joon Ho and Hong Sangsoo talks about the nuances of on-screen translation and working with filmmakers

Your Forever Person: Digital Actors

By Daniel Witkin
November 25, 2019
The ability to fabricate performances after death opens up a brave new world with evolving rules

Digital Dust: Fatima Al Qadiri

By Sierra Pettengill
November 1, 2019
In her score for Atlantics, Fatima Al Qadiri conjures up mesmerizing, moving sounds from the deep

Art and Craft: Recovering a Film (and a Nation)

By Galut Alarcón
May 1, 2019
Editor Alarcón retraces the path of Raúl Ruiz’s unfinished The Wandering Soap Opera and its reconstruction

Art and Craft: All Is Permitted

By José Teodoro
December 4, 2018

Art and Craft: First-Person Shooter

By Amy Taubin
September 10, 2018
Doubling as director and cinematographer, Reed Morano gets to the heart of the matter

One in a Million

By Chris Shields
November 3, 2017
Filmmakers and casting directors on the search for non-actors (and the right fit) 

Who’s Asking?

By Errol Morris
May 3, 2017
The master documentarian interviews himself about interviewing