Published by Film Society of Lincoln Center

Chris Shields

Readings: Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa

By Chris Shields
March 23, 2018
Man behind the monsters: a biography of the kaiju director shines light onto his aesthetics and principles

Happy New Gehr! An Interview with Ernie Gehr

By Chris Shields
December 31, 2017
Got a light: the foundational filmmaker talks about the origins of his experimental techniques in essential works such as Serene Velocity

One in a Million

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

Art/Form: Fulci’s Brush with Death

By Chris Shields
July 24, 2017
Written in blood: Italian avant-garde art and Lucio Fulci’s gutsy horror, together at last (with a dash of Bava)

TCM Diary: Halloween in July

By Chris Shields
July 13, 2017
The science of shriek: the rampage of Kyle MacLachlan in The Hidden and two other frightful delights

In Memoriam: Vito Acconci

By Chris Shields
May 8, 2017
Close talker: a few words on the performance artist and the cinematic immediacy of his art