Tag: Cinematography
Nosferatu Honors What Came Before While Making Its Own Mark
Writer/director Robert Eggers has steadily built a name for himself in avant-garde film circles with films like The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman. Now, after years of development and some casting changes, he finally tackles one of…
Read More »Gladiator II Shines As An Action Packed Historical Epic with Political Intrigue
Following classic movies years later with a sequel rarely works out. In this age of cinema that runs mostly on nostalgia, it has been tried many times without reaching the same heights as what passed. Director Ridley Scott…
Read More »Saturday Night Utilizes Strong Visuals To Tell an OK Story
Saturday Night Live has become a television landmark and staple of American entertainment, something you expect to always be around like Madison Square Garden or the Hollywood sign. Things weren’t always so stable for the show as its…
Read More »Megalopolis Is…a Bizarre Swan Song for a Cinematic Legend
Francis Ford Coppola bet a lot on his newest release in theaters. The director of multiple legendary films that stand as the best ever produced sold part of his stake in his winery empire to self fund the…
Read More »Strange Darling Subverts Expectations in Entertaining, Enlightening Fashion
Every year, an indie darling emerges in the film scene to near universal acclaim and hype among cinephiles. For 2024, an indie horror thriller seems to have taken the title. Strange Darling is set in the Pacific Northwest…
Read More »Blink Twice Has Interesting Visuals, Less Interesting Story
Actress Zoe Kravitz makes her directorial debut with a new thriller in theaters. Blink Twice introduces us to cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) who has a massive crush on tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum). King holds a…
Read More »Trap’s Delicious Thrills and Josh Hartnett Help It Overcome a Bumpy Third Act
Director M. Night Shyamalan returns to multiplexes with his newest thriller. Trap introduces us to Cooper (Josh Hartnett), a dad from suburban Philadelphia taking his teen daughter Riley (Ariel Donoghue) to see her favorite pop star Lady Raven…
Read More »Sing Sing Takes A Probing Look at the Capacity for Change
Sing Sing is a film that takes place in the New York State Penitentiary of the same name. Divine G (Colman Domingo) is incarcerated and finds purpose for himself by helping to organize and write for a prison…
Read More »Furiosa Lacks The Inventive Wonder That Powered Its Predecessor
Mad Max: Fury Road hit theaters in 2015 and became an instant action classic, wowing audiences with spectacular action sequences and riding the momentum to ten nominations at the Academy Awards. Its highly anticipated prequel has finally arrived…
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The Substance Uses the Grotesque to Question Our Vanity
Human beings have long pondered their vitality and how to deal with aging. This goes doubly so for women due to the pressures they face to remain physically attractive for as long as possible, with their worth often…
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