David Charpentier

David Charpentier has a Master's Degree in Architecture from the University of North Carolina Charlotte. His thesis work involved a discourse on the relationship between cinema and architecture. He is currently earning a MFA in Film Production at Boston University. He has worked for several architecture firms and independent production companies over the years, but his passion for writing and interests in spatial dynamism has led him to write for PopMatters and pursue cinematography. He also likes to travel, ski, go to concerts and try new foods--if only he could afford to do those things. No kids, one lovely wife, two cats and a whole lot student loans.

A View Out: The Search for Identity in ‘Cléo from 5 to 7’

Film Reinterpretation Is the Key to Relevancy

In Film (and All Art) Bold is Beautiful; Boring Isn’t

Classical, Lyrical, Circular, Interweaving: Breaking Form In Short Films

Identity and Desire: The Search for Emotional Realism in Cinema

Truth is Fiction: The Work of Haskell Wexler, Part 2, ‘Medium Cool’

Truth is Fiction: The Work of Haskell Wexler, Part 1

‘The Sopranos’, Dissatisfaction and The American Dream

Life, Murder and Companionship: Dexter’s Quest for Friendship

‘Ghost Story’: Harry Dresden Is a Detective, a Magician, a Ghost

Quentin Tarantino’s Cinematic Reality

Art and the American Evolution: The Arts of the Americas Wing at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts