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Music is an essential component of cinema; an auditory counterpoint that can enhance, contradict, or elevate any scene or image. But of course you already know that, it’s why you clicked on the link. Or perhaps you clicked it because it’s something of a challenge. ‘Twenty soundtracks I haven’t heard’, I hear you grumble, ‘not […]
A crime film is often defined by its slow-burn pace – a powerful opening is an easy way to keep an audience engaged through the sleuthing to come. 1. Spione Fritz Lang’s silent films often end well and start well (usually with something of a dip in the middle), and Spione might be the finest […]
Paul Schrader’s writing is as varied as it is prolific. His work often bridges an otherwise untenable gap – that between the ‘transcendental cinema’ of his grad school thesis and the sticky pulp entertainment of the midnight movie circuit. His films are often defined by their schlock and violence, and yet bear a deeper, perhaps […]
Robert Bresson is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of all time. His cinema is poetic, seeking the profound in the minimal, affecting with the unaffected. While his influence is undoubted, with Paul Schrader particularly keen to reference Bresson’s work (including and especially in Taxi Driver), Robert Bresson remains idiosyncratic. His style is unique and […]
Fundamentally, to define what a shot can or can’t do is limiting and limited. Certain kinds of shot are, ultimately, simple designations made for innovations of form. We’d never have a Dutch angle if everyone had followed the remit of keeping the camera straight. But nonetheless, knowing the capability of a certain kind of shot […]
Silent films might seem antiquated against a cinematic context that so prioritises dialogue, plotting, and aural acuity. But the fundamental tenet of cinema – to communicate an idea with images alone – is nowhere better evidenced than in these early days of the silver screen. For those unfamiliar with the wonders and secrets of the […]
Since its inception, cinema has always operated on a set of rules.These have changed as the years have gone by, but more often than not work in service to creating good films on solid ground. There are some things you just don’t do, and some things you really shouldn’t. Even for those who are set […]
In mid-2016, a new term swept the journalistic world: ‘Fake News’. Encouraged by Trump’s corrosive campaigning, the word has become synonymous with divisive politics and a distrust immanent in the modern world. But truth has long been a malleable concept; post-truth is the default. Here are five post-truth films that encompass this not-so-new geopolitical phenomenon: […]
If there were any justice in the world, every great filmmaker would receive the recognition and plaudits they deserve. But this cruel universe we call home has room only for maltreatment and suffering, the bottomless pit of despair drawing ever closer as we dive dauntless to our own inevitable doom. Maybe I’m exaggerating. The point […]
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