“The thing is, nobody outside the Kubrick house got to see the boxes”
Stanley Kubrick’s films were landmark events—majestic, memorable and richly researched. But, as the years went by, the time between films…
Documentary
“I’ve always said that my best dialogue and screenwriter is Ennio Morricone”
Legendary Maestro Ennio Morricone is an international treasure, and today we celebrate his 86th birthday with a great BBC short documentary exploring the…
Michael Mann’s ‘The Insider’ unflinchingly stands as significant as ever
Rarely have we seen such an important film as Michael Mann’s The Insider. The story of Jeffrey Wigand, a whistle-blower…
In 1941 the young Robert Wise met the equally young Orson Welles
In 1941 the young Robert Wise met the equally young Orson Welles. And the rest, as they say, is film-history….
The Art of Storyboarding
The importance of storyboarding is mostly known to everybody who ever tried to make a movie. Whether it helps you…
The ‘angry young man’ of Hollywood, Rod Serling became something of a personal hero to us
The ‘angry young man’ of Hollywood, Rod Serling became something of a personal hero to us. An acclaimed television writer,…
‘Full Metal Jacket’ is an indisputable classic that simply has to be part of any filmmaker’s education
At the same time devastating and inspiring, war has always been a popular theme for filmmakers to exploit. Through the…
“The best education in film is to make one. I would advise any neophyte director to try to make a film by himself. A three-minute short will teach him a lot”
Stanley Kubrick actually made the transition from photography to film after reading Vsevolod Pudovkin’s Film Technique. Pudovkin was a Russian film director, screenwriter…
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
A fantastic documentary on one of the key people in the history of cinema. A portrait of the pioneer photographer,…
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995) is a documentary series produced by David Gill and silent film historian Kevin Brownlow….