Cinematography

“Bide Your Time and Everything Becomes Clear”: The Construction of Memory in Soderbergh’s ‘The Limey’

  By Sven Mikulec   From time to time, a film that is received less enthusiastically at the box office…

7 years ago

‘Annie Hall’: One of the Last Beautiful American Films of the Pre-Blockbuster Era

It was April 1978 and a whole gallery of Hollywood stars was seated at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los…

7 years ago

‘Ernst Lubitsch and the Comedy of the Thirties’: One More Hidden Chest in the Mise-en-Scène Magazine’s Treasure Trove

  By Sven Mikulec   Born in Berlin in 1892 to a Russian Jewish émigré running a dressmaking company, Ernst…

7 years ago

‘Fargo’: The Unforgettable Dark Comedy that Set the Coen Brothers Up as a Recognizable Voice in American Cinema

Even though the Coen brothers made a name out of themselves in the indie circles with a series of praised…

7 years ago

John Huston and Humphrey Bogart: The Mise-en-Scène Magazine’s Exploration of the Legendary Director-Actor Partnership

When someone mentions the most famous director-actor collaborations, there are usually several monumental pairs that come to an average film…

7 years ago

‘There Will Be Blood’: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Epic Take on American Identity with Day-Lewis’ Performance of a Lifetime

  By Sven Mikulec   In his fifth feature film, Paul Thomas Anderson, the boy genius who turned into one…

7 years ago

‘8½’: Federico Fellini’s Daring, Self-Reflexive Masterpiece as a Most Intimate Exploration of Cinema

  By Sven Mikulec   Working in the film business all the way since the forties, when he started out…

7 years ago

‘Persona’: Ingmar Bergman’s Psychological Masterpiece as the White Whale of Critical Analysis

Photographed by Bo Arne Vibenius © AB Svensk Filmindustri   By Sven Mikulec In 1963 Ingmar Bergman was appointed head…

7 years ago

‘Children of Men’: Alfonso Cuarón’s Bleak but Genius Vision of the Past, Present and the Future

  By Sven Mikulec When we say that Children of Men is, without a doubt, one of the best films…

7 years ago

‘The Long Goodbye’: Robert Altman and Leigh Brackett’s Unique and Fascinating Take on Chandler and Film Noir

  By Sven Mikulec   Convinced people would always connect Raymond Chandler's legendary detective Philip Marlowe with the iconic superstar…

7 years ago