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Meg Shields

Based in the Pacific North West, Meg enjoys long scrambles on cliff faces and cozying up with a good piece of 1960s eurotrash. As a senior contributor at FSR, Meg's objective is to spread the good word about the best of sleaze, genre, and practical effects.
The Queens Gambit Beltik

How ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Makes Chess Feel Thrilling

By Meg Shields 

Turns out you don’t need to know how chess works to care about chess.
Suspense Lois Weber

The Great (and Silent) History of Hollywood’s First Female Director

By Meg Shields 

Lois Weber was one of the most powerful filmmakers in Silent-era Hollywood and we should talk about it more.
Russian Ark long take

How They Shot ‘Russian Ark’ in One Take With No Hidden Cuts

By Meg Shields 

“In hindsight, it couldn’t have worked. But it did.” – producer Jens Meurer
Jurassic Park Cinematography and framing

‘Jurassic Park’ and the Narrative Power of Scale

By Meg Shields 

Sometimes size does matter.
Dead Ringers

To Split-Screens and Beyond: The Art of Creating Doubles

By Meg Shields 

A look at one of the most common visual effects in all of cinema: duplicating a human being and having the two interact.
Stagecoach what is a western

What is a Western, Anyway?

By Meg Shields 

The Western is dead, long live the Western.
Cleopatra Theda Bara William Fox Studios

From Talkies to Light Corruption: The Rise and Fall of Fox Studios

By Meg Shields 

Cue the fanfare.
Roy Scheider in Jaws

‘Jaws’ and Genre: The Horror of an Unseen Threat

By Meg Shields 

We’re not here to argue genre semantics. We’re here to talk about why ‘Jaws’ is so horrifying.
Roger Deakins film lighting Blade Runner

The Roger Deakins Guide to Film Lighting

By Meg Shields 

Lights, Camera, Deakins!