Indy cinemas at a crossroads
Go digital or go dark. This is a vaguely chilling piece from The New Yorker which shows the massive change digital film has brought to the film industry, focussing on the independently owned Fairview...
View ArticleBreaking the 4th Wall
This is wonderful – a supercut of movies that break the 4th wall. H/T Leigh Singer
View ArticleThe Story of a Restoration
Marvellous little documentary about the reissue and subsequent digitisation of Jacque Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. “We all had a tear in our eye.” Really lovely.
View ArticleStanley Kubrick Titles
Christian Annyas over at the marvelous Movie Title Stills Collection put together this single slide of all of Stanley Kubrick’s logos. Nice to see them all in one place. My fave title must be A...
View ArticleGraph TV
Really sleek and ergonomic infographic that shows the popularity (by imdb rating) of TV shows, and the trends over whole seasons. http://graphtv.kevinformatics.com Nice to see which episodes did well...
View ArticleHow to do Physical Comedy
If you love visual comedy, you gotta love Edgar Wright, one of the few filmmakers who is consistently finding humour through framing, camera movement, editing, goofy sound effects and music....
View ArticleEmmy Nominations for Title Design
And the nominations are in. This year’s Emmy for Outstanding Title Design offer some very good contenders. Personally I think the Black Sails title goes on a little long and is slightly derivative but...
View ArticleThe Art of Steadicam
Invented by Garrett Brown in the early 70s, the steadicam shot has become one of the most dynamic and exciting forms of cinematography. Here is a tremendous supercut put together by Refocused Media as...
View ArticleScenes You’ve Seen
This is super cute. 14 famous film breakdonws recreated using only stock footage from Dissolve.
View ArticleVisions In Black & White
Loverly supercut of B&W film shots put together by Plot Point Productions .
View ArticleForgotten Filmcast : The Hot Rock
I recently joined Todd from the Forgotten Filmcast to discuss the 1972 heist flick The Hot Rock. Not sure quite why this qualifies as forgotten because it’s pretty terrific. Robert Redford, George...
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