Authors
- Abbie Garcia
- Amy Smith
- Cristina Conde
- Daisy Howarth
- Elliot Bloom
- Emma Becque
- Emmanuel Omodeinde
- Fidan Gasimova
- Freddie O'Connell
- Freddie Van Der Velde
- Harry J. Ford
- Joe Temple
- Jon Roberts
- Jons Klaessens
- Kerry Baptiste
- Laiba Saqlain
- Lee Brown
- Meg Howard
- Nick Toth
- Paul Laight
- Ricardo Neves
- Ryan Stott
- Samantha Burke
- Shaquilla Alexander
- Staff
- Thomas Duke
- Vanessa Rocha
Pages
Posts
Film Theory
- The Rise and Rise of A24
- Psychological Film Theory
- The Silent Era
- The Influence of German Expressionism on Art + Culture
- The Influence of Editing
- What is Vulgar Auteurism?
- French New Wave: Film Movement Explained
- Italian Neorealism: Film Movement Explained
- History of the Film Viewing Experience
- What are The Talkies?
- Semiotics: Signs and Motifs in Film
- Surrealist Cinema: History, Themes and Famous Films
- What is Apparatus Theory in Film?
- Poetic Realism: Film Movement Explained
- Technicolor and the Use of Colour in Film
- The Bechdel Test: Analysing the Representation of Female Characters in Film
- Documentary: What is the Reflexive Mode?
- Documentary: What is the Performative Mode?
- Greek Weird Wave: New Movement Explained
- Documentary: What is the Observational Mode?
- Censorship: History and Implications for the Film Industry
- Beur Cinema: Rewriting Film History
- Soviet Montage Theory
- Uniting Through Storytelling: The Power of Diasporic Cinema
- Feminist Film Theory 101
- The 6 Documentary Modes: Essential Film Theory Explained
- Documentary: What is the Participatory Mode?
- The Evolution of Cinema
- What is the Universal Structure? The Hero Journey Explained
- What is Meta-Textual Storytelling?
- What is the Hays Code? Hollywood Production Code Explained
- Sound Production for Film
- What is German Expressionism?
- Blaxploitation Cinema
- Stop Motion Animation
- MGM Studios
- Warner Bros.
- Paramount Pictures
- 20th Century Fox
- Documentary: What is the Expository Mode?
- Universal Studios
- Documentary: What is the Poetic Mode?
- How To… Start That Essay
- Early Film Pioneers
- Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Sound: Theory Explained
- Video Editing: 7 Rules of Cutting
Film Reviews
- Top 10 Films to Get You in the Cozy Autumn Mood
- Top 10 Spy Films
- Mother-Daughter Films to See this Mother’s Day 2023
- Top Blockbusters Coming this Summer
- Top 7 Non-Romantic Films about Love
- What to Watch After…The Menu
- Top 50 Must-See Movies for Newbies
- BONNIE AND CLYDE: Outlaws that will never die
- THE BREAKFAST CLUB: Emotionally Erratic
- SUNSET BOULEVARD: A Hollywood Horror Show
- ANNIHILATION: Intense Sci-Fi and Self-Destruction
- ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND: Balancing Sci-Fi and Romance
- SHUTTER ISLAND: Insanity is Catching
- YULI: Inspiring Carlos Acosta biopic
- LIFE GUIDANCE: Genre-bending in a dystopian future
- NOSFERATU: A Visionary Silent Film
- THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: The Horror of Perspective
- THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL: Anderson’s Greatest Slapstick Comedy
- Top 10 Neo-Noir Movies to See
- THE LIGHTHOUSE: A Twisted Cinematic Descent Into Madness
- SORRY TO BOTHER YOU: Telemarketing meets Magical Realism
- CITY OF GOD: A Visceral Chronicle of Violence
- THE THIRD MAN: Classic Film History
- MALCOLM & MARIE: The Great Snowball Effect of 1 Argument
- SOUND OF METAL: A Raw Cinematic Experience
- EASY RIDER: America Revisited
- DA 5 BLOODS: An Unapologetic Saga
- CINEMA PARADISO: A Slice of Nostalgia
- Hitchcock’s Psycho: In Defence of Exposition
- THE MOON OVER THE ALLEY: A Working Class Fantasy
- THE RED SHOES: Beauty of Artistic Expression
- THE FORTY YEAR OLD VERSION: Sharp Satire from Director Radha Blank
- The Representation of Gender and Inequality in Memoirs of A Geisha [Essay]
- Gender Roles in A Fistful of Dollars [Essay]
- THE HUNTING GROUND: Essential Viewing
- ATLANTICS: Outstanding Debut Feature from Director Mati Diop
- Gender representation in Double Indemnity: Women Who? [Essay]
- Class Stratification in The Hunger Games [Essay]
- Paranormal Activity: Dare you experience the U.S. phenomenon? [Essay]
- Reclaiming the Frame with Birds’ Eye View
- Simulating Empathy: Are First Person Experiences in VR Documentary Capable of Eliciting True Empathy?
- BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID: Hidden in Plain Sight
- PARASITE: A Masterpiece of Meaning
- Top 5 Long Take Sequences
- ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA: A Fairy-Tale?
- 11 Tips for Storyboarding Like a Pro
- DUNKIRK: The Triptych of Survival
- CHINATOWN: A Neo-Noir Essential
- THERE WILL BE BLOOD: Oil Runs Deep
- SPIRITED AWAY: Visionary Animation for all Ages
- The Difficulties with Dune
- SEVEN SAMURAI: The Original Guide to Cinematic Storytelling
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN: A Mother’s Conditional Love
- 12 ANGRY MEN: The Power of Talking
- THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI: The Magic of a Knockout Script
- YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE: Visceral, Violent and Very Good
- 3 Ways to Fit Film into your Lockdown Routine
- How Afro Surrealist aesthetics tackle neoliberalism [Essay]
- Sunglasses are more than a ‘Fashion Accessory’ [Essay]
- The *Unofficial* Remake in Hollywood
- Top 5 Cult Classic Films
- Monster to Hero: Evolving Perceptions of Black Characterization within the Horror Genre [Essay]
- THE TRUMAN SHOW: A Simulated Reality
- WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE?: The Life and Times of Nina Simone
- EIGHTH GRADE: Divided Attention
- Vital Elements of Film
- Stepping Through Film: That Forest Scene from Sherlock Holmes
- The Film Viewing Experience: Evolved
- Iconic Stephen King Adaptations
- Five Advances In Technology For Film
- 5 Most Unreliable Film Narrators
- THE KING OF COMEDY: Scorsese’s Underdog
- RAW: Food for Thought
- MIDNIGHT COWBOY: A Radical Representation of Internalised Homophobia and Ableism
- BEAST: A Bold and Striking Debut
- Blumhouse Productions: A Hollywood Game-Changer
- BLUE VELVET: Lynch’s Finest Hour
- Reviewing the Work of Philip K. Dick
- IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A Capra Classic
- AMERICAN BEAUTY: A Suburban Satire
- A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: A Dark Side to Suburbia
- I AM NOT A WITCH: A New Spell on Satire
- CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND: Classic Spielberg Sci-Fi
- Anime Classics Whitewashed and Washed Away
- TAXI DRIVER: A Character Study on Alienation
- Top 5 Strangely Wonderful Romantic Movies
- THE LOOK OF SILENCE: Masterpiece of Filmmaking
- THE THING: Chilling Take on Extra-Terrestrials
- PETERLOO: Four Years in the Making
- THE FLORIDA PROJECT: Journey through the Eyes of a Child
- THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER: Yorgos Lanthimos’ satirical follow-up to The Lobster
- PICKUPS: A Voyeuristic Look into the Life of an Actor
- JOURNEYMAN: A Shallow Look at Identity
- BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99: Twisting conventions in the prison genre
- CALL ME BY YOUR NAME: An Ode to Self-Discovery and Desire
- REDOUBTABLE: Up close and personal with Jean-Luc Godard
- FILMWORKER: Going behind the scenes with one of Kubrick’s greatest collaborators
- My Bloody Valentine: Alternative Visions of Love in the Horror Genre
- MAGNOLIA: A Mosaic of Secrets
- Building Tension in Inglourious Basterds
- Hiding in Plain Sight: Changing Identity in Thrillers
- An Incomplete Look at MK Ultra in Action Flicks
- HAROLD AND MAUDE: Unconventional Romantic Comedy
- Ruby Grierson: Britain’s empathetic WW2 Documentarian
- COOL WORLD: Roger Rabbit’s Creepy Cousin
- Most Referenced Movie Moments
- Chaplin’s mentor Mabel Normand
- BATMAN: Tim Burton’s Dark Vision
- Mickey Mouse’s Lost Rival: The story of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
- THE KING OF COMEDY: Scorsese Dark Humour
- Warhol’s A Clockwork Orange Adaptation
- BLADE RUNNER: Futuristic Neo Noir
- CALVARY: A Career-Best Performance
- Breaking the Fourth Wall
- SUPER 8: A J.J. Abrams Thriller
- THE WORLD’S END: Audacious Sci-Fi
- INTO THE WILD: A Story of Growth
- BOYHOOD: Unconventional Filmmaking
- 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE: Marvel of Modern Marketing
- The Importance of Taking Breaks
- THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION: Essential Viewing
- What Exactly is British Cinema?
- Stanley Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut
Auteurs
The Industry
Directors
- Director Profile: Yorgos Lanthimos
- Director Profile: Christopher Nolan
- Director Profile: Park Chan-Wook
- Director Profile: Guillermo Del Toro
- Director Profile: Nicolas Winding Refn
- Director Profile: Stanley Kubrick
- Director Profile: Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Director Profile: Quentin Tarantino
- Director Profile: Michelangelo Antonioni
- Director Profile: Wes Anderson
- The Work of Mike Leigh
- Director Profile: John Carpenter
- Director Profile: Wes Craven
- Director Profile: Edgar Wright
- Director Profile: Hayao Miyazaki
- Director Profile: David Fincher
- Director Profile: David Cronenberg
- Director Profile: Michel Gondry
- Director Profile: Terry Gilliam
- Director Profile: Alfred Hitchcock
- Director Profile: Tim Burton
Film Genres
- The Spy Film: History and Tropes Explained
- Barbenheimer: Creative Examples of Film Counterprogramming
- The Action Genre: Codes and Conventions Explained
- How Streaming Services Redefined Film Subgenres
- Eat The Rich: Capitalism and Consequences on Film
- The Romance Genre: Tropes Explained
- Top Hollywood Films about Hollywood
- Top 5 Most Anticipated Film + TV Adaptations in 2023
- The Whodunit: Our #1 New Favourite Genre
- What Makes a Biopic Great?
- The Horror Genre: History and Themes Defined
- The Crime/Thriller Genre: Film Codes and Conventions Explained
- Reinventing Genre: 4 Films That Break With Tradition
- The Comedy Genre: Themes and History Explained
- The Ultimate Guide to Film Genres and Subgenres
- What is Neo-Noir? Themes and History Explained
- What is Film Noir? History and Themes Explained
- Defining Satire in Film
- The Science Fiction Genre: Film Codes and Conventions Explained
- Constructing Reality in Documentary
- Satire: A Look at Opinion-Based Filmmaking
- The Fantasy Genre: Themes Explained
- The Evolution of the Hollywood Thriller
- Body Horror: Explaining the Controversial Subgenre
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