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    Gary Graver, cinematography's unsung hero

    September 23, 2014

    Here's a piece I wrote on the late, great Gary Graver and his posthumously published memoir of working with Orson Welles. Graver was a hero to many filmmakers, including my TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH cinematographer Roberto Correa, who worked with Gary on many projects. Re...

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    A great American critic on a great American director

    September 19, 2014

    And here's another one from the AC book review files, and another one on Orson Welles: this time out I bow at the feet of the critic I revere above any other, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and praise his essential tome on a director I think is STILL underrated, in spite of havin...

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    Hemphill on McBride on Welles

    September 19, 2014

    From the now defunct book review column I used to have over at American Cinematographer, here's my piece on Joseph McBride's extraordinary WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ORSON WELLES?, a passionately argued and thoroughly researched volume on one of the greatest directors who ev...

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    DVD and Blu-ray commentaries

    December 5, 2019

    My film on DVD & Amazon Prime

    December 5, 2019

    More ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD...

    December 4, 2019

    KNIVES OUT at the ASC

    December 2, 2019

    Variety on Saturday's ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD event

    November 4, 2019

    ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD event this Saturday!

    October 30, 2019

    ROCKETMAN at the Cinematheque

    October 15, 2019

    JOKER at the Academy

    October 9, 2019

    NBK at 25

    October 2, 2019

    John Woo at the Cinematheque

    October 1, 2019

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