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.
Corruption

The Grindhouse Trailer That Inspired Edgar Wright’s ‘Don’t’

By Meg Shields 

The elegant art of grindhouse trailer narration needs to come back. Who’s with us?

Pink Slip

The Art of the Twist: How to Do Causation-Based Comedy

By Meg Shields 

What we’re watching: an expectation-subverting comedy short that’s a fantastic lesson in how to advance a scene.

How Stanley Kubrick Pivoted To Low Budget Filmmaking After ‘2001’

By Meg Shields 

Never underestimate Stanley Kubrick.

Marcy Learns Something New

The Unexpected Tenderness of ‘Marcy Learns Something New’

By Meg Shields 

Get schooled with this short film about a widow who attends a dominatrix workshop.

Wes Anderson Prada Short

The Cinematic Grammar of Wes Anderson’s ‘Castello Cavalcanti’

By Meg Shields 

Sometimes, actions speak louder than words. And of course by actions we mean camera pans.

From The Drain

From the Drain to the Screen: How David Cronenberg Made Underground Film Accessible

By Meg Shields 

What do two men sitting in a bathtub and the politics of Canadian film distribution have in common?

Hot Dog

Why Long Takes Excel at Capturing Confrontation

By Meg Shields 

Because nothing captures spiraling decision-making quite like a oner.

The Stuff

Addictive, Destructive, Delicious: How To Sell a Movie Like ‘The Stuff’

By Meg Shields 

How do you sell an anti-capitalist eco-horror about evil yogurt? With a totally straight face of course.

The Abyss

How James Cameron Recorded Dialogue Underwater for ‘The Abyss’

By Meg Shields 

Well, it wasn’t easy. But it’s James Cameron so what’d you expect?