Monthly Archives: July 2021

July 27, 2021

Offscreen Interview

By michaelgloversmith

I do not want to turn this website into the kind of joint where all I do is link to interviews that I’m giving to other publications. And one day soon, perhaps when I am done editing RELATIVE, I promise I will get back to writing about other people’s movies — something that I genuinely miss doing. In the meantime, I would be remiss if I didn’t link to this interview David Hanley conducted with me for the great Canadian film journal Offscreen. This is the longest and most in-depth interview I’ve ever done. It encompasses my entire career as a filmmaker to date:

https://offscreen.com/view/a-conversation-with-independent-filmmaker-michael-glover-smith

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July 22, 2021

Talking RELATIVE with Hollywood Chicago’s Pat McDonald

By michaelgloversmith

Pat “Uber Critic” McDonald interviewed me about my forthcoming feature, RELATIVE, at http://HollywoodChicago.com. He also gave me the chance to talk about some of my favorite artists including Agnes Varda and Bob Dylan. It’s always a pleasure talking to Pat! Listen to our two part podtalk interview below:

https://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/35888/podtalk-that-s-a-wrap-michael-glover-smith-on-relative?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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July 19, 2021

The Last Ten Movies I Saw

By michaelgloversmith

1. The Campus Corpse* (Curtis) – C-
2. The Annotated Field Guide of Ulysses S. Grant* (Finn)
3. Heat (Mann) – A
4. The Most Popular Things in the World to Do* (Higgins)
5. Kitâb al-Isfâr: The Book of the Journey* (Hillman)
6. Topology of Sirens* (Davies)
7. Her Name Was Europa* (Dornieden/Monroy)
8. Bloodshot Heart* (Malfitano)
9. Patching Topias* (Deltrieux)
10. Skagit* (Thompson)

* – First-time watch

Most of the titles on this list are submissions that I previewed for an upcoming film festival and I’m therefore not assigning them letter grades. I have made no secret of my fondness for Topology of Sirens, however, a film I consider to be one of the year’s best. You can read my review at Letterboxd here.

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July 18, 2021

RELATIVE in Screen Mag Again

By michaelgloversmith

We are deep into post-production on RELATIVE and every time I see the footage, I couldn’t feel more proud of the work put in by our tremendous cast and crew. I anticipate a World Premiere in early 2022. In the meantime, Screen Magazine published a second article to coincide with the wrap of our shoot that you might be interested in checking out. It features new quotes from me and producer/actress Clare Cooney about the making of the film:

That’s A Wrap on Chicago Feature Film RELATIVE; Twin Peaks, Steppenwolf Legends Lead Cast

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July 7, 2021

The Last Ten Movies I Saw

By michaelgloversmith

1. Seven (Fincher) – B+
2. Manhunter* (Mann) – A-
3. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (Walsh) – A-
4. Rachel Getting Married* (Demme) – B+
5. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It* (Chaves) – C-
6. Gates of Heaven (Morris) – A-
7. The Thin Blue Line (Morris) – A+
8. Her Man* (Garnett) – A
9. Spring Blossom* (Lindon) – B
10. Shiva Baby* (Seligman) – B+

* – first-time watch

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