Cinematography

Neil Marshall’s ‘Dog Soldiers’: A Force to Be Reckoned With

  July 17, 2022   I think there’s two kinds of films, something that has a big splash when they…

2 years ago

Martin Scorsese’s Encounter with Kafka
During ‘After Hours’

  June 18, 2022   'After Hours' was like an independent film. It was shorter and cheaper. I just wanted…

2 years ago

‘I Am Insane, and You Are My Insanity’: The Captivating World of Terry Gilliam’s ’12 Monkeys’

  June 12, 2022   By the time they got to me, they had tried proper directors and nobody wanted…

2 years ago

The Artistic Triumph of Sir Alan Parker’s Still Beating ‘Angel Heart’

Original artwork by Renato Casaro   June 5, 2022   By Sven Mikulec   “I think it's obviously the fundamental…

2 years ago

Neil Marshall’s ‘The Descent’: Humans Are the Scariest Things

  May 24, 2022   By Sven Mikulec When Dog Soldiers made a bloody splash across the UK back in 2002, this…

2 years ago

‘Die Hard’ On a Pedestal: Why John McTiernan’s Action Classic Is Such an Ode to Joy

  May 20, 2022   By Tim Pelan   “Welcome to the party, pal!” On July 15, 1988, a new…

2 years ago

Gotham by Elektrisches Licht: Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’

January 12, 2022   By Tim Pelan   H. G. Wells declared upon seeing Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis…

2 years ago

Universal Soldier? The Emersonian Combat Experience of Terrence Malick’s ‘The Thin Red Line’

Cinematographer: John Toll. Production stills by Merie Weismiller Wallace © Fox 2000 Pictures   By Tim Pelan   Terrence Malick’s…

3 years ago