Given the country’s impressive list of actors (Sean Connery, James McAvoy, Ewen McGregor), directors (Bill Forsyth, Kevin McDonald), writers, composers, it should come as no surprise that the country has been the subject of many wonderful pieces of cinema. With cities as aesthetically pleasing as Edinburgh, highlands and lochs plentiful and beautiful and a charm […]
There are many reasons why movie directors may not have final cut over their own films. These days, there is so much money involved in making movies, studios are probably more involved than ever in making sure the final product of a film is parallel with the studio’s “vision”. Other reasons could include unknown audience […]
You’re not going to become a cinephile by knowing a little about a lot of movies. Neurologists don’t need to know about astronomy to be scientists. Most of the men and women who earn doctorates and make their livings writing textbooks on Southeast Asian movies would be out of their depth talking about French Poetic […]
Jidaigeki is the incomparable genre of world film history that Japan has given the world. Samurai, geisha, Shogun, sword fights, zen culture, craftsmen and more are common themes in Jidaigeki films. Samurai film is the subgenre of Jidaigeki, which is why the two genres can’t be separated. However, there are so many great samurai films […]
From the introduction of the sound age, in 1927, to the birth of New Hollywood, in 1967, Hollywood saw its prime, regularly producing films of high technical and entertainment quality. The creative powers behind such masterpieces as Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane and Double Indemnity were a distinct group of men. A good part […]
Managing to direct just one brilliant film is an impressive feat. It is obvious, then, why certain directors are held in such high regard, accumulating a multitude of films to their name that have reached audiences and critics alike. Some directors produce nothing but quality, as was the case for Kubrick and Tarkovsky. Others, however, […]