3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (346+ words) These 10 titles provide a perfect cross-section of the cinema of 1995. The 1990s were an exciting time for cinephiles, with rising filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, John Singleton, The Wachowskis, Sofia Coppola, Robert Rodriguez, and Kevin Smith churning out their first masterpieces, independent…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (878+ words) Five villain turns that prove the antagonist isn't there just to lose the final showdown. Is there anything better than a Western villain? In the lawless frontier, they are usually a man who takes what he wants, regardless of who…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (929+ words) Adam Argot on how the three-act structure descends from ritual anthropology. How do you attack and structure a story? Do you see the situation first? Do you have an image or set piece in mind? Or do you begin with…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (534+ words) He wrote a Halloween rip-off for a paycheck. It became one of the most influential horror scripts ever made. "Halloween is making a lot of money. Let's rip it off." Imagine the start of an iconic writing journey beginning this…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (314+ words) Anthony Hopkins is great, but so is everything around him. After this moment, Lecter steps forward to read her credentials, which is the first time that he is shown in close-up, in full light. As it turns out, the camera…...

2+ week, 58+ min ago   (10+ words) No Film School...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (850+ words) Eyelines are the invisible thread that holds every watchable scene together. Eyelines are one of those invisible elements of filmmaking. When they work, you don't notice them at all. When they don't… whew, it's bad, and it's obvious. If you…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (553+ words) The final year of the millennium gave us some of the most important films of all time. When you think of the greatest movie years of all time, one of the most recent entries people often turn to is 1999. A…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (349+ words) The Parasite director has an eclectic list of influences. Let’s break down those picks, one by one. Despite, and perhaps because of, its controversial material, the movie was an enormous hit, grossing $46.1 million against its $2 million budget and going on…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (868+ words) Ron Mita on the pacing rule every screenwriter should use. But it’s true, to some degree, that attention spans are shrinking, and people commonly multitask while watching TV or films at home. Or sometimes even, God forbid, in the theaters....