Brad Stevens

All articles by Brad Stevens

From the Sight and Sound archive

Faces in the crowd: the ending of Journey to Italy

An apparently random shot at the end of Rossellini’s 1953 film encapsulates the director’s egalitarian vision

By Brad Stevens

Faces in the crowd: the ending of Journey to Italy
Obituaries

RIP Monte Hellman, patron saint of obsessional cinephiles

By Brad Stevens

RIP Monte Hellman, patron saint of obsessional cinephiles
Features

How John Berger gave us new ways of seeing Hollywood cinema

By Brad Stevens

How John Berger gave us new ways of seeing Hollywood cinema
From the Sight and Sound archive

Remake/remodel: 45 weird and wonderful alternative film cuts

By James Bell, Tom Charity and others

Remake/remodel: 45 weird and wonderful alternative film cuts
Reviews

Wasp Network review: a Cuban confusion

By Brad Stevens

Wasp Network review: a Cuban confusion
Lists

Forgotten treasures of the multiplex

By Ryan Gilbey, Nick James and others

Forgotten treasures of the multiplex
Reviews

Wasp Network review: a Cuban confusion

By Brad Stevens

Wasp Network review: a Cuban confusion
Features

Home of the weak: Out of the Past and four ways of framing film noir

By Brad Stevens

Home of the weak: Out of the Past and four ways of framing film noir
Features

Brian De Palma’s Domino is a puzzle

By Brad Stevens

Brian De Palma’s Domino is a puzzle
Features

Straight to DVD: De Palma’s Passion and Coppola’s Twixt

By Brad Stevens

Straight to DVD: De Palma’s Passion and Coppola’s Twixt
Features

The Wizard of Lies: three faces of Robert De Niro

By Brad Stevens

The Wizard of Lies: three faces of Robert De Niro
Features

Stephen Frears: master or auteur?

By Brad Stevens

Stephen Frears: master or auteur?
10 great

10 great Graham Greene adaptations

By Brad Stevens

10 great Graham Greene adaptations
Features

A wider view: CinemaScope today

By Brad Stevens

A wider view: CinemaScope today
Features

The masks of Agnès: Varda’s self-portraits and performances on screen

By Brad Stevens

The masks of Agnès: Varda’s self-portraits and performances on screen
Features

“So nobody can lie”: Sam Fuller’s Falkenau and the morality of tracking shots

By Brad Stevens

“So nobody can lie”: Sam Fuller’s Falkenau and the morality of tracking shots
Features

Reflections on style: what became of classical Hollywood mise en scène?

By Brad Stevens

Reflections on style: what became of classical Hollywood mise en scène?
Features

Faking the long take

By Brad Stevens

Faking the long take
Features

Nell Shipman: an auteur in the wild

By Brad Stevens

Nell Shipman: an auteur in the wild
Features

Disrupting the director: when an auteur meets the Method

By Brad Stevens

Disrupting the director: when an auteur meets the Method
Features

As tears go by: why do film characters cry at the cinema?

By Brad Stevens

As tears go by: why do film characters cry at the cinema?
Features

The Other Side of the Wind: understanding Orson Welles’s ‘impossible’ film

By Brad Stevens

The Other Side of the Wind: understanding Orson Welles’s ‘impossible’ film
Features

Auteurists under cover: when acclaimed filmmakers take on TV assignments

By Brad Stevens

Auteurists under cover: when acclaimed filmmakers take on TV assignments
Features

It Should Happen to You: a vacuous, or voluptuous, vision?

By Brad Stevens

It Should Happen to You: a vacuous, or voluptuous, vision?
Features

Flaming the fans: in praise of DIY subtitles

By Brad Stevens

Flaming the fans: in praise of DIY subtitles
Features

Grace Elliott: a woman filming a woman interviewing a man

By Brad Stevens

Grace Elliott: a woman filming a woman interviewing a man
Features

Ulu Grosbard’s Georgia: a melodrama as mysterious as real life

By Brad Stevens

Ulu Grosbard’s Georgia: a melodrama as mysterious as real life
Features

The Freudian revenge of David Lean’s Madeleine

By Brad Stevens

The Freudian revenge of David Lean’s Madeleine
Features

Masters of space: mise en scène in Ophuls and Hitchcock

By Brad Stevens

Masters of space: mise en scène in Ophuls and Hitchcock
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