April 16, 2014 • 7m
A brief analysis of one aspect of Bong Joon-ho's great film Mother (2009). WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS. For educational purposes only.
April 25, 2014 • 7m
A brief analysis of Bart Layton's The Imposter (2012). WARNING: SPOILS EVERY GODDAMN THING.
May 6, 2014 • 7m
One overlooked aspect of Spielberg is that he's actually a stealth master of the long take. From Duel to Tintin, for forty years, ...Read more
May 16, 2014 • 7m
Looking for a unique lateral tracking shot? Consider this example from Mamoru Hosoda's excellent film Wolf Children (2012). NO SPOILERS.
May 26, 2014 • 7m
If you love visual comedy, you gotta love Edgar Wright, one of the few filmmakers who is consistently finding humor through framin...Read more
June 14, 2014 • 7m
Even though Martin Scorsese is famous for his use of music, one of his best traits is his deliberate and powerful use of silence. ...Read more
July 3, 2014 • 7m
There are filmmakers we love and then there's Michael Bay. Even if you dislike him (as I do), Bay has something valuable to teach ...Read more
July 24, 2014 • 7m
Four years after his passing, we still haven't quite caught up to Satoshi Kon, one of the great visionaries of modern film. In jus...Read more
August 15, 2014 • 7m
Is there a better way of showing a text message in a film? How about the internet? Even though we’re well into the digital age, fi...Read more
September 9, 2014 • 7m
Robin Williams was a genius, but he was also a dedicated craftsman who explored how an actor could express character through movem...Read more
October 1, 2014 • 7m
For sheer directorial craft, there are few people working today who can match David Fincher. And yet he describes his own process ...Read more
October 14, 2014 • 7m
In drama, two characters walk into a room. Each wants something from the other. The question of the scene is: who gets what they want?
October 28, 2014 • 7m
Characters make choices which they cannot take back. The question is: how do you show it visually? Here’s one solution from Snowpi...Read more
December 2, 2014 • 7m
Some filmmakers can do action. Others can do comedy. But for 40 years, the master of combining them has been Jackie Chan. Let’s se...Read more