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THE DIRECTORS SERIES

An ongoing film journal by filmmaker Cameron Beyl

June 10, 2019

SHORT CUTS Episode 1: “Milkshakes, Monopoly & Murder

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June 6, 2019

Kelly Reichardt’s “Travis” (2004)

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June 3, 2019

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON [3.6] — “ALTERED STATES”

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May 6, 2019

Kelly Reichardt’s “Old Joy” (2006)

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April 23, 2019

Kelly Reichardt’s “Ode” (1999)

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April 18, 2019April 18, 2019

Kelly Reichardt’s “River of Grass” (1994)

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April 16, 2019

Ridley Scott’s Commercials (2019)

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March 18, 2019March 18, 2019

Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled” (2017)

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February 21, 2019

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Haim: Night So Long (Live At The Greek”) Music Video (2018)

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  • Episodes
    • 01. Stanley Kubrick
      • [1.1]- The Early Independent Features
      • [1.2]- The Kirk Douglas Years
      • [1.3]- The Peter Sellers Comedies
      • [1.4]- The Master Works
      • [1.5]- The Final Features
    • 02. David Fincher
      • [2.1]- Baptism By Fire
      • [2.2] – Redemption & Triumph
      • [2.3]- Capturing The Zeitgeist
      • [2.4]- Into The Digital Realm
      • [2.5] – The Bleeding Edge
    • 03. Paul Thomas Anderson
      • [3.1]- The Sundance Kid
      • [3.2] – The California Chronicles
      • [3.3] – The Concept Comedies
      • [3.4] – Portraits Of Power
      • [3.5] – Surf Noir
      • [3.6] – Altered States
      • [3.7] – Passion & Poison
    • 04. The Coen Brothers
      • [4.1]- Murder & Mania
      • [4.2]- The Postmodern Pictures
      • [4.3] – The Breakout Classics
      • [4.4] – An Odyssey Into Style
      • [4.5] – Screwball Scoundrels
      • [4.6] – A Prestigious Pinnacle
      • [4.7] – The Art Of Commerce
    • 05. Christopher Nolan
      • [5.1] – The Non-Linear Neo-Noirs
      • [5.2] — The Blockbusters Begin
      • [5.3] — The Colossal Cornerstones
      • [5.4] — The Apocalyptic Epics
      • [5.5] — Present Tension
    • 06. Terrence Malick
      • [Part I] — “Crimes Of Passion”
      • [Part II] – “Paradise Conquered”
      • [Part III] – “A SpaceTime Odyssey”
      • [Part IV] – “The FreeFall Triptych”
    • 07. Sofia Coppola
      • [Part I] – “Teen Spirit”
  • Articles
    • Paul Thomas Anderson
      • The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)
      • Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)
      • Hard Eight (1996)
      • Boogie Nights (1997)
      • Music Videos & Short Works (1997-1999)
      • Magnolia (1999)
      • Music Videos & TV Work (1999-2000)
      • Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
      • Short Works (2002-2006)
      • There Will Be Blood (2007)
      • The Master (2012)
      • Fiona Apple: “Hot Knife” Music Video (2013)
      • Inherent Vice (2014)
      • Joanna Newsom: “Sapokanikan” Music Video (2015)
      • Junun (2015)
      • Joanna Newsom: “Divers” Music Video (2015)
      • Radiohead: “Daydreaming” Music Video (2016)
      • Radiohead: “Present Tense” Music Video (2016)
      • Radiohead: “The Numbers” Music Video (2016)
      • Valentine (2017)
      • Haim Music Video: “Little Of Your Love” (2017)
      • Phantom Thread (2017)
      • Haim: “Night So Long (Live At The Greek”) Music Video (2018)
      • Anima (2019)
    • Wes Anderson
      • Bottle Rocket (1994)
      • Bottle Rocket (1996)
      • Rushmore (1998)
      • The Max Fischer Players Presents The MTV Movie Awards (1999)
      • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
      • Ikea Commercials (2002)
      • The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)
      • Commercials (2004-2007)
      • Hotel Chevalier (2007)
      • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
      • Softbank Commercial (2008)
      • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
      • Stella Artois “Le Apartomatic” Commercial (2010)
      • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
      • Cousin Ben Troop Screening (2012)
      • Commercials (2012)
      • Prada Shorts (2013)
      • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
      • How To Make Courtesan Au Chocolat (2014)
      • Stella Artois “Give Beautifully” Commercial (2014)
      • Isle Of Dogs (2018)
    • Darren Aronofsky
      • Student Films (1991-1994)
      • Pi (1998)
      • Clint Mansell: “Pi R Squared” Music Video (1998)
      • Requiem For A Dream (2000)
      • The Fountain (2006)
      • The Wrestler (2008)
      • Black Swan (2010)
      • Music Videos & Commercials (2011-2012)
      • Noah (2014)
      • Darren Aronofsky’s Commercials (2016-2018)
    • Michael Cimino
      • Early Commercials (1963-1965)
      • Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1974)
      • The Deer Hunter (1978)
      • Heaven’s Gate (1980)
      • Year Of The Dragon (1985)
      • The Sicilian (1987)
      • Desperate Hours (1990)
      • Sunchaser (1996)
      • A Debriefing
    • The Coen Brothers
      • Blood Simple (1984)
      • Raising Arizona (1987)
      • Miller’s Crossing (1990)
      • Barton Fink (1991)
      • The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
      • Fargo (1996)
      • The Big Lebowski (1998)
      • O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
      • The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
      • Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
      • The Ladykillers (2004)
      • Paris, Je T’aime: “Tuileries” (2006)
      • No Country For Old Men (2007)
      • To Each His Own Cinema: “World Cinema” (2007)
      • Burn After Reading (2008)
      • A Serious Man (2009)
      • Commercial Work (1995-2009)
      • True Grit (2010)
      • Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
      • Hail, Caesar! (2016)
      • Mercedes: “Easy Driver” Commercial (2017)
    • Francis Ford Coppola
      • Early Works (1962)
      • Dementia 13 (1963)
      • You’re A Big Boy Now (1966)
      • Finian’s Rainbow (1968)
      • The Rain People (1969)
      • The Godfather (1972)
      • The Conversation (1974)
      • The Godfather Part II (1974)
      • Apocalypse Now (1979)
      • One From The Heart (1982)
      • The Outsiders (1983)
      • Rumble Fish (1983)
      • The Cotton Club (1984)
      • Captain Eo (1986)
      • Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
      • Faerie Tale Theatre: “Rip Van Winkle” Episode (1987)
      • Gardens Of Stone (1987)
      • Tucker: The Man & His Dream (1988)
      • New York Stories” Segment: “Life Without Zoe” (1989)
      • The Godfather: Part III (1990)
      • Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
      • Jack (1996)
      • The Rainmaker (1997)
      • Youth Without Youth (2007)
      • Tetro (2009)
      • Twixt (2011)
    • Sofia Coppola
      • First Works (1993-1998)
      • The Virgin Suicides (1999)
      • Air: “Playground Love” Music Video (2000)
      • Lost In Translation (2003)
      • Music Videos (2003)
      • Marie Antoinette (2006)
      • Christian Dior Commercial: “Miss Dior Cherie” (2008)
      • Somewhere (2010)
      • Commercials and Music Videos (2010-2013)
      • The Bling Ring (2013)
      • Gap: “Dess Normal” Campaign (2014)
      • A Very Murray Christmas (2015)
      • The Beguiled (2017)
    • David Fincher
      • First Works & The Beat Of The Live Drum (1984)
      • Music Videos (1985-1988)
      • Commercials & Music Videos (1988-1990)
      • Alien 3 (1992)
      • Commercials & Music Videos (1992-1995)
      • Se7en (1995)
      • Music Videos & Commercials (1996)
      • The Game (1997)
      • Fight Club (1999)
      • A Perfect Circle: “Judith” (2000)
      • Panic Room (2002)
      • Commercials & Music Videos (2002-2007)
      • Zodiac (2007)
      • The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008)
      • Commercials (2008-2010)
      • The Social Network (2010)
      • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
      • Halo 4 “Scanned” Trailer (2012)
      • House Of Cards “Chapter 1” & “Chapter 2” (2013)
      • Music Videos & Commercials (2013-2014)
      • Gone Girl (2014)
    • James Gray
      • Little Odessa (1994)
      • The Yards (1999)
      • We Own The Night (2007)
      • The Immigrant (2013)
      • Two Lovers (2008)
      • Commercials (2013-2017)
      • The Lost City Of Z (2016)
    • Stanley Kubrick
      • First Works (1951)
      • Fear & Desire (1953)
      • The Seafarers (1953)
      • Killer’s Kiss (1955)
      • The Killing (1956)
      • Paths Of Glory (1957)
      • Spartacus (1960)
      • Lolita (1962)
      • Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
      • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
      • A Clockwork Orange (1971)
      • Barry Lyndon (1975)
      • The Shining (1980)
      • Full Metal Jacket (1987)
      • Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
      • Stanley Kubrick: A Debriefing
    • Terrence Malick
      • Badlands (1973)
      • Days Of Heaven (1978)
      • The Thin Red Line (1998)
      • The New World (2005)
      • The Tree Of Life (2011)
      • To The Wonder (2012)
      • Knight Of Cups (2015)
      • Voyage Of Time (2016)
      • Guerlain: “Mon Guerlain” Commercial (2017)
      • Song To Song (2017)
      • “Together” VR Experience (2018)
      • Google: “Pixel 3” Commercial (2018)
    • Sam Mendes
      • American Beauty (1999)
      • Road To Perdition (2002)
      • Jarhead (2005)
      • Revolutionary Road (2008)
      • Away We Go (2009)
      • Skyfall (2012)
      • Spectre (2015)
    • Christopher Nolan
      • Doodlebug (1997)
      • Following (1998)
      • Memento (2000)
      • Insomnia (2002)
      • Batman Begins (2005)
      • The Prestige (2006)
      • The Dark Knight (2008)
      • Inception (2010)
      • The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
      • Interstellar (2014)
      • Quay (2015)
      • Dunkirk (2017)
    • Kelly Reichardt
      • River of Grass (1994)
      • Ode (1999)
      • Travis (2004)
      • Old Joy (2006)
      • Wendy And Lucy (2008)
      • Meek’s Cutoff (2010)
      • Night Moves (2013)
      • Certain Women (2016)
    • David O. Russell
      • Spanking The Monkey (1994)
      • Flirting With Disaster (1996)
      • Three Kings (1999)
      • I Heart Huckabees (2004)
      • Soldiers Pay (2004)
      • Accidental Love (2008/2015)
      • The Fighter (2010)
      • Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
      • American Hustle (2013)
      • Joy (2015)
      • Prada: “Past Forward” Short (2016)
    • Martin Scorsese
      • First Short Works (1959-1966)
      • Who’s That Knocking At My Door (1967)
      • Early Professional Work (1967-1970)
      • Boxcar Bertha (1972)
      • Mean Streets (1973)
      • Italianamerican (1974)
      • Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
      • Taxi Driver (1976)
      • New York, New York (1977)
      • The Last Waltz (1978)
      • American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
      • Raging Bull (1980)
      • The King Of Comedy (1983)
      • After Hours (1985)
      • Amazing Stories: “Mirror, Mirror” (1986)
      • The Color Of Money (1986)
      • Music Videos (1986-1988)
      • The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
      • New York Stories: “Life Lessons” (1989)
      • Goodfellas (1990)
      • Made In Milan (1990)
      • Cape Fear (1991)
      • The Age Of Innocence (1993)
      • A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
      • Casino (1995)
      • Kundun (1997)
      • Bringing Out The Dead (1999)
      • My Voyage To Italy (2001)
      • Gangs Of New York (2002)
      • Johnnie Walker “Scorsese” Commercial (2002)
      • The Blues: “Feel Like Going Home” (2003)
      • American Express Commercials (2004)
      • The Aviator (2004)
      • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
      • The Departed (2006)
      • The Key To Reserva (2007)
      • American Express “Members Project” Commercial (2007)
      • Shine A Light (2008)
      • Shutter Island (2010)
      • Bleu De Chanel “The Film” Commercial (2010)
      • A Letter To Elia (2010)
      • Boardwalk Empire: “Pilot” (2010)
      • Public Speaking (2010)
      • George Harrison: Living In The Material World (2011)
      • Hugo (2011)
      • Commercial Works (2011-2013)
      • The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)
      • The Audition (2015)
      • “Vinyl” Pilot (2016)
      • Silence (2016)
    • Ridley Scott
      • Boy & Bicycle (1965)
      • Television Work (1965-1969)
      • Hovis Commercial: “Bike Round” (1973)
      • The Duellists (1977)
      • Alien (1979)
      • Chanel No. 5 Commercial: “Share The Fantasy” (1979)
      • Blade Runner (1982)
      • Commercial & Music Video Work (1982-1984)
      • Legend (1985)
      • Commercials (1985-1986)
      • Someone To Watch Over Me (1987)
      • Black Rain (1989)
      • Nissan: “Turbo Dream” Commercial (1990)
      • Thelma & Louise (1991)
      • 1492: Conquest Of Paradise (1992)
      • Midland Bank: “The Power Of Listening” Commercial (1993)
      • White Squall (1996)
      • G.I. Jane (1997)
      • Gladiator (2000)
      • Hannibal (2001)
      • Black Hawk Down (2001)
      • Matchstick Men (2003)
      • Kingdom Of Heaven (2005)
      • Prada: Thunder Perfect Mind (2005)
      • A Good Year (2006)
      • American Gangster” (2007)
      • Body Of Lies (2008)
      • Robin Hood (2010)
      • Prometheus (2012)
      • The Counselor (2013)
      • Exodus: Gods And Kings (2014)
      • The Martian (2015)
      • Alien: Covenant – “Prologue: The Crossing” (2017)
      • Alien: Covenant (2017)
      • All The Money In The World (2017)
      • Commercials (2019)
    • Tony Scott
      • One Of The Missing (1969)
      • Loving Memory (1971)
      • Nouvelle De Henry James: “The Author Of Beltraffio” (1976)
      • The Hunger (1983)
      • SAAB Commercial: “Nothing On Earth Comes Close” (1984)
      • Top Gun (1986)
      • Kenny Loggins Music Video: “Highway To The Danger Zone” (1986)
      • George Michael Music Video: “One More Try” (1987)
      • Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987)
      • Days Of Thunder (1990)
      • Revenge (1990)
      • The Last Boy Scout (1991)
      • True Romance (1993)
      • Crimson Tide (1995)
      • The Fan (1996)
      • The Hunger: “The Swords” Episode (1997)
      • Enemy Of The State (1998)
      • The Hunger: “Sanctuary” Episode (1999)
      • Commercial Work (2000)
      • Spy Game (2001)
      • The Hire: “Beat The Devil” (2002)
      • Commercial Work (2002-2003)
      • Man On Fire (2004)
      • Agent Orange (2004)
      • Domino (2005)
      • Deja Vu (2006)
      • Numb3rs: “Trust Metric” Episode (2007)
      • Dodge: “Launch” Commercial (2008)
      • The Taking Of Pelham 123 (2009)
      • Unstoppable (2010)
      • Mountain Dew: “Livin’ The Life” Commercial (2012)
      • A Debriefing
    • Steven Spielberg
      • Early Amateur Works (1959-1967)
      • Amblin’ (1968)
      • Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: “Eyes” Episode (1969)
      • Marcus Welby, MD: “The Daredevil Gesture” Episode (1970)
      • Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: “Make Me Laugh” Episode (1971)
      • Columbo: “Murder By The Book” Episode, and Other Television Works (1971)
      • Duel (1971)
      • Something Evil (1972)
      • Savage (1973)
      • The Sugarland Express (1974)
      • Jaws (1975)
      • Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
      • 1941 (1979)
      • Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
      • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
      • “The Twilight Zone: The Movie” Segment: “Kick The Can” (1983)
      • Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984)
      • “Amazing Stories” Episodes: “Ghost Train” & “The Mission” (1985)
      • The Color Purple (1985)
      • Empire Of The Sun (1987)
      • Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989)
      • Always (1989)
      • Hook (1991)
      • Jurassic Park (1993)
      • Schindler’s List (1993)
      • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
      • Amistad (1997)
      • Saving Private Ryan (1998)
      • An Unfinished Journey (1999)
      • A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
      • Minority Report (2002)
      • Catch Me If You Can (2002)
      • The Terminal (2004)
      • War Of The Worlds (2005)
      • Munich (2005)
      • Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2008)
      • A Timeless Call (2008)
      • The Adventures Of Tintin (2011)
      • War Horse (2011)
      • Lincoln (2012)
      • Bridge of Spies (2015)
      • The BFG (2016)
    • Whit Stillman
      • Metropolitan (1990)
      • Barcelona (1994)
      • Homicide: Life On The Street: “The Heart Of A Saturday Night” (1996)
      • The Last Days Of Disco (1998)
      • Damsels In Distress (2011)
      • “The Cosmopolitans” Pilot (2014)
      • Love & Friendship (2016)
    • Quentin Tarantino
      • My Best Friend’s Birthday (1987)
      • Reservoir Dogs (1992)
      • Pulp Fiction (1994)
      • E.R. : “Motherhood” (1995)
      • Four Rooms: “The Man From Hollywood” (1995)
      • Jackie Brown (1997)
      • Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
      • Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
      • “Sin City” Sequence: “Designated Driver” (2005)
      • CSI: “Grave Danger” Episodes (2005)
      • Death Proof (2007)
      • Inglourious Basterds (2009)
      • Django Unchained (2012)
      • The Hateful Eight (2015)
    • Ti West
      • Student Works (2001)
      • The Roost (2005)
      • Triggerman (2007)
      • Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)
      • The House Of The Devil (2009)
      • The Innkeepers (2011)
      • Anthology Shorts (2012)
      • The Sacrament (2013)
      • Television Work (2015)
      • In A Valley Of Violence (2016)
      • “Wayward Pines” Episodes (2016)
    • Billy Wilder
      • Mauvaise Graine (1934)
      • The Major And The Minor (1942)
      • Five Graves To Cairo (1943)
      • Double Indemnity (1944)
      • The Lost Weekend (1945)
      • The Death Mills (1945)
      • The Emperor Waltz (1948)
      • A Foreign Affair (1948)
      • Sunset Boulevard (1950)
      • Ace In The Hole (1951)
      • Stalag 17 (1953)
      • Sabrina (1954)
      • The Seven Year Itch (1955)
      • The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
      • Love In The Afternoon (1957)
      • Witness For The Prosecution (1957)
      • Some Like It Hot (1959)
      • The Apartment (1960)
      • One, Two, Three (1961)
      • Irma La Douce (1963)
      • Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
      • The Fortune Cookie (1966)
      • The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
      • Avanti! (1972)
      • The Front Page (1974)
      • Fedora (1978)
      • Buddy Buddy (1981)
      • A Debriefing
    • Rob Zombie
      • Early Music Videos (1995-2001)
      • House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
      • The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
      • “Foxy, Foxy” Music Video (2006)
      • “Werewolf Women of The SS” Grindhouse Trailer (2007)
      • Halloween (2007)
      • Halloween II (2009)
      • The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto (2009)
      • CSI: Miami: “LA” (2010)
      • Tom Papa: Live In New York City (2011)
      • Commercials (2011-2012)
      • The Lords Of Salem (2012)
      • “Dead City Radio And The New Gods of Supertown” Music Video (2013)
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