Gregory Crewdson is a photographer, yet once you’ve encountered his work, it’s hard not to think of him as a film director. That’s because each and every one of Crewdson’s photographs has the production value and emotional sweep of the highest quality cinema (directors Douglas Sirk and David Lynch most quickly spring to mind). While Ben Shapiro’s Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters might itself not necessarily qualify as great cinema, it nonetheless opens a revealing window into Crewdson’s fascinating process.Read More »