Tag: History
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…
Filmotomy Oscars Quiz Results
I do believe the gold dust has just about settled on this year’s riveting awards season. That might be my cue then to announce the…
Oscar Rant – Building a Better Mousetrap
Oscar is a snapshot in time, a prom queen, the MVP of a game. It’s borderline idol worship by those in pursuit of “winning”, a validation that our tastes are in sync for some, a betting competition for many, and a glammed-up sideshow of camp for the rest of us.
The BAFTAs: More than just the British Oscars
This Sunday sees the the 71st British Academy Film Awards known as the BAFTAs. And personally as a Brit I prefer the BAFTAs over the…
The Filmotomy Oscars Quiz 2018
It’s that time of year again. That no man’s land between the Academy Awards nominations and the announcement of the winners. So I thought why…
25 Years Of DGA And This Year's Oscar Race
Since 1993, do you know off the top of your head which director has been nominated with the Directors Guild of America the most times?…
Rachel Morrison Makes History With The American Society Of Cinematographers Awards Nominations
After the amazing work he’s done over the years, it looks like Hoyte Von Hoytema is finally on track to get his first Oscar nomination…
Oscars: All 89 Best Picture Winners Ranked
89 Best Picture Academy Award winners. Votes came in thick and fast over the two month window. Bloggers, journalists, film critics, movie buffs, Oscarologists, et…
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…
GENRE BLAST: When Push Comes to Shove – the Genre of Disparity
One of the miraculous benefits from storytelling – especially in cinema – is its ability to teach and inform, enabling empathy by making news and history come alive. We share experiences not necessarily from historical perspective, but also as a plea to correct or change direction into the future. By recounting and reenacting acts of bravery and resistance, film can serve as both acknowledgement and inspiration.
Vote Oscars: What Are The Greatest Of The 89 Best Picture Winners?
This needs little explaining. We’re heading towards the 90th Academy Awards, so a mass vote to establish a ranked list of the 89 Best Picture…
Frankenstein and The Cinematic Legacy of Man as Creator
It was a “wet ungenial summer” in Geneva when the 18-year-old daughter of a political philosopher and a feminist author suggested to her lover and…
The State Of LGBTQ+ Horror
As a gay male who loves watching horror movies, there is one thing that keeps occurring to me. I’ve noticed that there aren’t many horror…
Genre Blast: Period Films – It’s All in the Detail
To qualify, the creation must be of another time and place, always in the past (otherwise we’re heading into invalidated sci-fi territory), and do what films are supposed to do; that is, pluck us from our known reality and drop us into a detailed foreign era to experience life as it once was lived.
