Sir Alan Parker: A European Sensibility among American Studio Sharks
By Sven Mikulec From the surprisingly successful and long-lasting child-acted musical gangster film Bugsy Malone in 1976, through genre-bending…
Cinematography
New Model Arnie: How James Cameron’s ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ Held True to Its Exploitation Roots Whilst Remodelling the Action Blockbuster Template
By Tim Pelan I’m not playing it safe by doing ‘Terminator 2.’ My career could be in real trouble…
Approaching Menace: The American Pathology of Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’
By Tim Pelan Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There’s…
‘Stalker’: Andrei Tarkovsky’s Merger of Contemplative Style and Transcendental Substance Designed to Put Us in the Zone
By Koraljka Suton ‘Stalker’ is not a desperate film. I don’t think a work of art can be inspired…
Run Through the Jungian: Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’, a Phenomenological Treatise on War
By Tim Pelan “It’s not pro-war or anti-war. It’s just the way things are,” Stanley Kubrick said of Full…
‘Psycho’: The Proto-Slasher that Brought On a Revolution in Cinema
By Sven Mikulec The image of a shabby motel in the middle of nowhere, by-passed by any relevant roads…
‘Mad Max II’: How George Miller’s ‘Road Warrior’ Became One of the Greatest Action Movies of All Time
By Koraljka Suton That came from my experience and having improved as a writer, understanding dramatic conflict a little…
‘Heat’: Michael Mann’s Meticulous Masterpiece of Both Style and Substance That Transcends Genre
By Koraljka Suton A guy told me one time, “Don’t let yourself get attached to anything you are not…
Stanley Kubrick’s original treatment for ‘The Shining’
By Sven Mikulec One of Stephen King’s most popular and celebrated novels, The Shining was initially conceived as the…
Peter Weir’s ‘Fearless’ as a Soulful Slice of Life That Gently Examines the Human Condition
By Koraljka Suton Essentially, this is a detective story and the mystery at hand is this: What happened to…