In a way, film editors are given the permission to play the role of ancient Gods all the time, by stitching the mangled wombs of invented universes with a beatified cut. Their work takes place inside a dark, lacuna-like space. But for them, this bleak cosmos might as well be a glorious, crystal dome among white clouds and […]
Year: 2015
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The 10 Greatest South Korean Filmmakers Working Today
This list is meant to showcase some of today’s finest filmmakers from South Korea. While there are directors responsible for the classics in the history of South Korean cinema, this list is meant to showcase and highlight the filmmakers who are shaping the identity of South Korean cinema. With each filmmaker we’ve included a pair of […]
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11 Great French Films Recommended by Martin Scorsese
The influence of French cinema on Scorsese’s work is fairly obvious to anyone familiar with the key works of the French New Wave. Scorsese’s early works, such as Mean Streets, clearly tapped the often anarchic energy that directors like Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut and Claude Chabrol brought to the world of cinema in the early […]
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5 Reasons ‘Once Upon a Time in America’ is a Greater Film than ‘The Godfather’
Comparing works of art is an often self-defeating endeavour, and yet it is inherently compulsive when it comes to film. Most critics compile a list of the movies which they have most appreciated in ascending order on any given year, and the Academy Awards – arguably the most universally recognised seal of approval for any […]
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The 16 Best Movies About Female Mental Illness
Understanding the mind has never been easy. When an ailment is not psychically tangible, it is easy to dismiss. This is especially true when you try to understand the minds of a population of individuals, who, until the last 100 years or so, were supposed to be seen rather than heard. Ever since the genesis […]
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Filmmaker Retrospective: The Idiosyncratic Cinema of Wes Anderson
The penultimate scene in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, represents what audiences feel when they look on the screen, and see the beautiful visual perfection of fusion of a specifically chosen palette of colours, whilst hearing Jeff Goldblum saying “That’s him Klaus” but instead of referring to the shark, he is referring to Wes […]