Tag: Director
BAFTA Announce Their Film Nominations
The British Film Academy (BAFTA) announced their nominations in film for 2017 early this morning. Denis Villeneuve’s Director nod for Blade Runner 2049 was an…
For Your Consideration: Christopher Nolan, Best Original Screenplay, Dunkirk
With the weight of Dunkirk‘s award season run seemingly on the shoulders of Christopher Nolan as Best Director, I wanted to bring his chances for…
Q and A With Writer/Director Scott Fivelson On His Hollywood Satire, Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
Back in college, studying Media Studies, I delved into a huge project designing a production package for a film, real or not. I would very…
Steven Spielberg's Oscar Run Heats Up With The Post Trailer
The trailer for The Post directed by Steven Spielberg was released on Wednesday. The film is based on the true story of the battle between…
Writer-Director Dan Jenski Talks About His First Feature Film ADDicted
It occurred to me while watching ADDIcted, written and directed by Dan Jenski, that there are not many films these days that deal with the…
Genre Blast: Things That Go Bump, Part 2 – The Paranormal
Everybody loves the tingle when we know that a protagonist is about to turn the corner and come face to face with his or her demise, when we realize that the sicko’s phone call is “coming from inside the house,” or that maybe some unsettling event is not a dream or an aberration, but reality.
Independent Filmmaker Arthur Egeli Reconstructs A 'Murder On The Cape'
I knew a little about the true story of Christa Worthington, a fashion writer who was involved in a coastal affair, before being brutally murdered….
Film Director Oliver Park Talks About On-Screen Scares
The great thing about directors is that they inspire the next generation to create their own films. Horror writer/director Oliver Park is one such example,…
Rat Film Is Perhaps The Most Arresting Documentary Of The Century
At last, it’s what we’ve been asking for: a documentary about Baltimore’s storied rat infestation. What if a documentary compared the lives of rats to…
Film Honors: 1963
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #33
Agnès Varda. A name synonymous with a film revolution still, astonishingly, under-recognized. A name that reminds us of rich, fluent, and oh-so varied cinema. Stayed…
Masterpiece Memo: The Social Network
To begin with I think The Social Network is a masterpiece. It’s a film that I really love, and ever since I first saw it…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #32
This edition we get the kind folk at Variety to explain MoviePass to us, a bit of motivation from the Head Sprite, a loving piece…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #31
The long overdue, and overly neglected, links series on the site returns to pay respect to just some of the fine, informative, intriguing writing on…
