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Interviews
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Peterloo (2018)
A film of voices, of speech, of reform and of freedom.
Preview: Julien Alary on Colour Grading for Louder Than Bombs
We sat down with colorist Julian Alary to talk all about Louder Than Bombs, and his work with director Joachim Trier …
The Difficulties with Dune
There are few films in history that have a stranger track history than Dune. With several failed attempts at creation, …
Auteur: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Known by cult cinema fans as the master of the surreal, Chilean-French filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky presents avant-garde images that challenge …
Cinema’s Most Unreliable Narrators
**CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS** Getting a complex layered and non-linear storyline right is difficult. Many writers and filmmakers experiment with variant structures …
Eddie Hamilton on Editing for Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Eddie Hamilton A.C.E is no stranger to impossible tasks. From seamlessly piecing together fight sequences in the Kick-Ass and Kingsman franchises, to completing one …
Telling Stories with Style: The Tropes of Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino is a powerhouse of cinema. He has proved consistently since his debut film Reservoir Dogs (1992) right up …
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