The 2010’s decade has been a time of major reckoning for the film and television industries globally when it comes to representation. This was the decade of #BlackLivesMatter and #OscarsSoWhite, of #MeToo and #TimesUp. It was the decade when long-lasting systemic disparities were highlighted and started being grappled with. The turning of the tide has […]
The role of the director on a film has an almost infinite number of facets. And any director will have their strengths and weaknesses, elements of the job that they gravitate towards as well as elements they wish to avoid like the plagues. Nevertheless, every director has to go through the same process of bringing […]
The power of representation on film is a potent thing. The performative aspect of cinema is such that the art form responds to the cultural discourse while altering it, changing it, and improving it. This is why improving representation in film and television, both qualitatively and quantitatively, of groups that have been historically marginalised is […]
The relationship between the director and the cinematographer is an especially complex one. As the person responsible for what is captured by the camera and how it ends up on the screen, the director of photography is one of the most essential people working on a film project. They are one of the director’s closest […]
Well, 2020 is not shaping up to be better than 2019, as we had hoped. The first few days of the new decade made us fear that World War III was upon us, but it turns out we shouldn’t have worried about that, because we are now in the midst of one of the most […]
The director is the crucial crew member through whom all creative decisions of a film go. They’re responsible for the creative integrity of the project, and for all the ends up on the screen. What the audience sees or doesn’t see is their decision. As Martin Scorsese puts it, cinema is the art of what […]
Pilar Alessandra’s Coffee Break Screenwriter takes a practical strategic route to being a screenwriter. Being a screenwriter is a discipline unlike any other. It’s not just writing in the romantic way that you envision being a lone novel writer sitting at your desk, nor is it -necessarily- the soul-crushing mercenary activity that movies have led […]
Brexit was seemingly the top headline in the United Kingdom non-stop between 2016 and 2019. In late 2019, the General Election only confirmed the direction that the country was headed towards, and the exit of the UK out of the European Union happened on 31st January 2020, after four decades of a tumultuous marriage. At […]
A good film producer can earn a reputation of mythical proportions. Whether they helm a global franchise, like Kathleen Kennedy with Star Wars, or Barbara Broccoli and her father before her Albert Broccoli, with James Bond, or churn out classic films like no one else, such as Dino De Laurentiis or David O. Selznick, great producers can […]
The February edition of the Raindance Film Club was a joyous occasion. On 18th February, Century Club hosted the screening of the beautiful documentary Finding Bobbi, which was first screened at the 27th Raindance Film Festival in 2019. The event was done in collaboration with TransCreative, an organisation that works to counter negative coverage of trans […]
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