Martha Marcy May Marlene
November 13, 2011
The fragility of the human psyche seems especially pertinent at this particular moment, as evidenced by recent zeitgeist films such as Jeff Nichols’s Take Shelter and Miranda July’s The Future. Sean Durkin suggests in an interview: “I guess I’m most afraid of conforming. Groups that conform in a blind way without understanding what’s happening to […]
Words & Images: Screenwriting Conference
November 7, 2011
For the past several years, I've presented papers at the annual conference of the International Screenwriting Network. It's an exciting event, and one I look forward to each year. Noted film scholar David Bordwell gave a keynote address at the recent conference in Brussels this past September, which also featured Jean-Claude Carrière. On his popular […]