Category: Director
Loopiness Unleashed – Burn After Reading (2008)
The Coen’s may have produced more highly praised films in their brilliant run, but none have the breezy celebration of pure idiocy as this comedic confection that allows top drawer performers to explore their inner fools.
Vote: Ranking The Films of Joel and Ethan Coen
At Filmotomy the next directors we are eager to cross paths with are the Coen Brothers, Ethan and Joel. The 10 Days of the Coen…
Citizen Welles
On the 6th May, it will be Orson Welles’ 103 birthday. There’s a very high chance that you have heard the name Orson Welles, and…
Filmotomy Exclusive Interview: Jillian Clare the Director of ‘To The Beat.’
Here at Filmotomy we were given the exclusive opportunity to view To The Beat, a highly enjoyable, teen dance flick that will leave you with…
Edgar Wright's Guide To Opening a Movie
Edgar Wright is nothing if not entertaining. His kinetic style of filmmaking often reflects not only the action sequences, but also the almost wholesome depiction…
Charlie Chaplin Birthday Salute: Still Relevant After All These Years
More often than not, art can reach that part of the human psyche impervious to hard news or political posturing. We salute the “little tramp” for his prescience and determination, and post this as an amusingly serious reminder that the world has not evolved all that much in the past 78 years.
Cinema’s Mozart: Remembering Milos Forman
“Humour was not important just for me, humour was important for this nation for centuries, to survive.” Today the world woke to some tragic news,…
Boy in the Dark: A Conversation with Filmmaker Jason Ragosta
Jason Ragosta not only knows what he wants to do in the future, he’s become proficient in pulling it off at every level. Filmotomy will stalk his career with big expectations – watch Boy in the Dark here and see if you don’t agree. The Vimeo password for the short is: Diana
Martin Scorsese: Ranking His Feature Films
Let’s get on with the Scorsese business in hand. The votes are in, the poll is now closed. Here we will now run down the…
Casino: Same Old Song & Dance?
In the hands of almost any other filmmaker, Casino would be a considered a watermark in that person’s career. Critics and film nuts (such as the…
Saving Our Cinema Legacy – Martin Scorsese, Steward of Film Preservation
Every film-lover owes Martin Scorsese much gratitude for his magnificent personal filmography, but for his dedicated efforts to preserving the work of others, worldwide, for future audiences to experience? We owe him everything.
A Perception of Color in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator
The 2004’s The Aviator, Martin Scorsese wanted to imitate the color techniques from his memories watching the films of the era as a child. You…
The Angel of Death: Revisiting Martin Scorsese’s Bringing Out The Dead
There’s always been something about the loner that Martin Scorsese keeps returning to throughout his work; the individual who is on the fringes of the…
The Last Temptation of Christ: Marty Tests the Faithful
As Jesus hangs from the cross in agony, fulfilling his duty, a child appears to temporarily remove his spirit and guide him through “what could be”, should he decide to forsake his destiny. What he presents to Jesus is a logical and simple argument, a promise of a normal, long-lived life filled with love, children and, most appealing, normalcy. It’s a fantastic, life-affirming sequence and, unfortunately, one that drove the Christian purists absolutely nuts.
