The Batman (2022) Explained
(Spoilers) How exactly does one best approach Matt Reeves’ The Batman, is the question I found myself asking the most as …
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13 Biggest ‘Best Picture’ Snubs in Oscar History
The biggest Oscar snub last year came with Anthony Hopkins winning Best Actor over Chadwick Boseman. The Academy often makes …
How Riz Ahmed’s Sound Of Metal Woke Me Up With Its Blaring Silence
Darius Marder’s debut venture Sound of Metal is a momentous representation of the poignant journey of a metal drummer gone …
30 Best Hong Kong Movies Of All Time
From Boat People (1982) to Chungking Express (1994), we bring you some of the best Hong Kong films of all …
12 Types Of Camera Rigs In Film And How They Work
Film gear is wildly expensive — there, someone said it. It’s no secret that traditional equipment used for filming is …
What Is Cinematography? Everything You Need To Know
The art of storytelling in film goes beyond accomplished directors and compelling acting. A cinematographer breathes life into a film, …
How A Green Screen Works: Everything You Need To Know
A green screen is a large green background against which scenes of a film are shot. Later during the post …
iPhone 13’s Cinematic Mode: All You Need To Know
With continuous progress in both technological and narrative storytelling, phone filmmaking is becoming more and more likely to supplant conventional …
Drive My Car (2021) Review: Thought-Provoking Murakami Adaptation
Haruki Murakami’s stories have fascinated readers for decades now. His works have been translated from Japanese into more than 50 …
The Batman (2022) Review: Something In The Way
In an era of comic book movie exploitation, rare is the occasion where a film, based on comics, inextricably mirrors …
Framing Characters: How To Frame Heroes And Villains
One of the core strengths of a medium like cinema is that it can communicate an astounding amount of context …
Jhund (2022) Review: Subversive Storytelling
With Bollywood screenwriters giving a new lease of life to the ordinary man on screen, megastars from Amitabh Bachchan (Piku, Gulabo Sitabo) …
10 Great Films You Didn’t Know Were Shot On iPhones
With constant innovations in both technology and cinematic narratives, filmmaking on phones is the most obvious future for cinema. With …
The French Dispatch Cinematography Analysis
There is hardly any other filmmaker working today whose style is as instantly recognizable as Wes Anderson. Ruthlessly symmetric, and …
What Is B Roll: Everything You Need To Know
The art of storytelling as seen through films and television is largely contingent upon how well the visuals correspond with …