In 1722, Daniel Defoe published “A Journal of the Plague Year,” a novel based on his uncle’s first-hand accounts of the Great Plague of London (1665). To capture the reality of the calamity, Defoe focused on specific places. Carrying on that tradition, for the past few weeks, Cassius Rayner has been filming the impact of…

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Film Riot is sponsoring a short video contest. The assignment: Make a terrific movie—60 seconds or shorter—shot in your home or on your property. The contest was inspired by the fact that because of the pandemic, many of us are living under stay-at-home rules. Film Riot believes that being restricted this way should not inhibit…

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