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American New Wave 25: Laura Fox
Whether it's the depleted Americana represented in the chesterfield brown bungalow that the title character from Hesher decides to make his temporary shelter, or the knowledge of what makes for a cubicle layout of an office space easily filmable in (500) Days of Summer, it takes an architecturally sound understanding, a strong know how for the aesthetic described on the pages of a script to make Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character's dwellings into life size representations of the world he inhibits.
Breillat’s Sleeping Beauty and Hong Sang-soo’s ‘Oki’s Movie’ Heading to Venice
I wasn't sure what the status was with Breillat's take on Sleeping Beauty, but I guess I was in the right frame of thinking - as she'll be premiering her second adaptation of a Charles Perrault fable (Bluebeard) on day two of the film festival.
American New Wave 25: Jaffe Zinn
Of all the filmmakers profiled in our American New Wave 25, my guess is that Jaffe Zinn could be the next in line to launch the "film" portion of his career. Like several other folks featured on our list, you could describe Jaffe as a hybrid artist: he is one half of the group Folded Light, an illustrator and the portion that we'll concentrate on is his status as director/writer of Magic Valley - a film that could easily end up in Park City might actually be slotted for the Venice Film Festival sidebar premiere.
American New Wave 25: Inbal Weinberg
Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine affecting and memorable relationship study is brought to life via layers of descriptive info – you have Production Designer to thank for that boost of realism. From dressing suburbia settings to adding subtle traits to folks living in one of the five boroughs, if I were to poll the numerous filmmakers with who've worked with Inbal Weinberg, I'd bet they'd say she's gets the look down to a tee.
American New Wave 25: Athina Rachel Tsangari
You might be surprised to learn that, one of the producers on Yorgos Lanthimos' sophomore, Un Certain Regard-winning feature, was a NYU grad and part of the emerging indie scene in Austin. While obtaining her MFA in film production at the University of Texas, Greek born Athina Rachel Tsangari was a full fledged Austinite who co-founded and was the artistic director of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival...
