Film Features

In the animation process, one of the most important stages is storyboarding. This step acts as a blueprint for the entire production to come. Often overlooked by those who see the finished product, the storyboard artist is responsible for…

Realistic science fiction films, as a general rule, don’t age as well as fantastical space operas. When you set your film “fifteen minutes into the future” it’s hard for that to stay relevant when that becomes the past. Those that manage it…

It’s something of a cliché to say that Brazil, like its inspiration Nineteen Eighty-Four, has lost none of its power or resonance in the thirty-five years since its release. But watching it now, in the twelve-month bonfire that is 2020, I…

It’s hard not to feel jealous of my parents when they were my age. Maybe they were more bored without the internet. Maybe they were happier though. Maybe they don’t feel the same unease, fear, and rage as I do when I roll out of bed in the…

Nothing makes a series or film stand out like a memorable theme song or title sequence. Often, including in live action, a memorable credit reel can come in the form of an animation. It would be hard to find someone who, when thinking about…

13 figures step forward, dark shapes emerging against the early morning mist. They have spent days turning an abandoned village into a death trap, crafting spiked barriers, piling dry straw on bulls and creating a small forest of spare…

Before David Fincher's cinematic debut in 1992, he had become a notoriously prolific figure among the music video business, having directed over 50 music videos since 1984, working with the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Sting, Michael Jackson…

There is no denying that director Martin Scorsese helped to change cinema. His movies going back to the early 70s stand out as milestones, ushering a new wave of filmmaking. Scorsese took risks when few others did, presenting the horrors of…

"I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze." - Roger "Verbal" Kint The Usual Suspects is an illusion. A trick played out over 106 minutes that mirrors that of a magician. The prestige at the end leaves the audience…

The Rashomon effect is a term used to highlight the condemning unreliability of eyewitness accounts. With the Rashomon effect, the eyewitness account is subject to truth, lies and everything that lingers in between. It is a filmmaking…