Filmic Imagination: An Interview with Shahram Mokri and Nasim Ahmadpour
By Ali Moosavi. Instead of storyboards we make a 3-D model where we can have an aerial view of the
By Ali Moosavi. Instead of storyboards we make a 3-D model where we can have an aerial view of the
By James Slaymaker. It’s a film designed to make you feel something, even if you don’t understand it. Again, it’s
A Book Review by William Blick. The last word on this niche genre, with a dense amount of information...." No genre of film is more subdivided and diverse than the
By Jeremy Carr. If there is a lesson to be learned from noir stories, be they in print or filmed, it is that the past never stays in the past
A Book Review by Willliam Blick. Author Danny Stewart provides a comprehensive and thoughtful analysis of the finer points of this above-average action/drama." The films that make up Dolph Lundgren's
A Book Review Essay by André Seewood. Unique and vital contribution to children’s screen studies...." Children’s Screen Studies is a discipline that is growing exponentially every day. As scholars all over
A Book Review by Jonathan Monovich. Consider Every Movie is a Miracle a heartfelt thank you to movies, the lives they shape, and the friendships they help form." Nat Segaloff
By Jackson Diianni. A landmark of Dumont’s career, and one of modern history’s most incredible films." Bruno Dumont’s Hadewijch, released 16 years ago, was, until recently, unavailable to stream in
A Book Review by Thomas M. Puhr. Much more than an overview of a filmography; it’s a thoughtful, at-times poetic consideration of how one of today’s most formally daring auteurs
A Book Review by Ali Moosavi. An illuminating and loving portrait, packed with fascinating behind-the-scenes details...." I first came across Jonathan Demme’s name at college, when I watched Citizens Band
A Book Review by William Blick. The last word on this niche genre, with a dense amount of information….” No genre of film is more subdivided and diverse than the horror genre. Over the years, this form of cinema has radically morphed into myriad subgenres that reflect the most primal […]
By Ali Moosavi. Instead of storyboards we make a 3-D model where we can have an aerial view of the action. We can then envisage the placement and movement of actors.” –Shahram Mokri Shahram Mokri and Nasim Ahmadpour are partners in work and partners in life. They write the screenplay […]
By Jeremy Carr. If there is a lesson to be learned from noir stories, be they in print or filmed, it is that the past never stays in the past for long, and the inevitably ill-fated future closes in faster than expected. This formula has been the underlying core of […]
A Book Review by Willliam Blick. Author Danny Stewart provides a comprehensive and thoughtful analysis of the finer points of this above-average action/drama.” The films that make up Dolph Lundgren’s oeuvre are not usually the study of film critics or theorists. This is not so in Danny Stewart’s new book, […]
By Gary D. Rhodes. Multi-theatre construction is the latest thing.” – Mel Lebewitz, Northwest Cinema Corporation, 1972 Build them and they will come.” – Jeff Forman, Buena Vista Pictures, 1996 In 1970, a film magazine pointedly asked readers, “Whatever happened to the singles?” The question wasn’t about dollar bills or […]
By James Slaymaker. It’s a film designed to make you feel something, even if you don’t understand it. Again, it’s like looking at nature…. You may not understand why it makes you want to cry. There’s just a universal experience.” —Julia Weisberg Cortés One of the standout short films at […]
By Kristin Rhodes. It’s feeling very, very big picture at the moment with it all. When I really think about this weird cyclical nature, it feels like I landed on a body of work (in writing and directing Episode 9 of The Beatles Anthology) that I’m very proud of. And […]
A Book Review Essay by André Seewood. Unique and vital contribution to children’s screen studies….” Children’s Screen Studies is a discipline that is growing exponentially every day. As scholars all over the globe turn their attention to the child on screen and the media created for children it becomes increasingly clear […]
By Robert Guffey. When one is most concerned with telling an entertaining story rather than fashioning a persuasive speech or an opaque legal document that will resist the scrutiny of a battery of attorneys, one tends to relax and let one’s guard down. And the truth, often by accident, will […]
A Book Review by Jonathan Monovich. Consider Every Movie is a Miracle a heartfelt thank you to movies, the lives they shape, and the friendships they help form.” Nat Segaloff has had an eclectic life as an author, studio publicist, critic, teacher, broadcaster, and documentary writer/producer, meriting stories of his […]