I wrote this piece in 2015, to explain the culture I wanted to create around my then upcoming feature film, Distracted. However, it's now 2021, as I put together my next production, Composure, the same cinema culture holds true. This idea of 'creating cinema culture'...
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Read MoreOnce, however, the goal has been accomplished, the structure we created becomes a prison, locking us into a certain loop of thought, clamping us to the new status quo, so much so that we cannot move on to the next thing. Our progress stalls, we...
Read More"A video essay on how Fritz Lang's M is viewed as the prototype for the film noir genre"...
Read More[caption id="attachment_175664582" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Marcello Mastroianni in Divorce Italian Style.[/caption] Marcello Mastroianni plays Baron Ferdinando Cefalu, a nobleman living an idle life "filled with longing and nostalgia". In public, he is respectable and reserved, a model of self-control. Privately however, he is desperate to escape his...
Read Morehttp://youtu.be/uN4Di8DEPf8 See Frederic March's miraculous transformation from Dr Jekyll to Mr Hyde, in Rouben Mamoulian's 1931 film...
Read MoreCatherine Deneuve plays Miriam Blaylock, a centuries old vampire in the classical tradition. She lives elegantly in an elaborate townhouse with John (played by David Bowie), her partner of the last couple of hundred years or so. They spend their afternoons performing Shubert in the...
Read MoreRobert De Niro is a great artist. He's spent his career delivering performances of power and truth, creating one of the most extraordinary bodies of work of all time. And like all great artists, he helps us to make sense of our own experiences. His...
Read Morehttps://vimeo.com/126493045 "Hollywood failure or successful independent filmmaker?" Terrific videoessay on the great actor-auteur, Orson Welles, a true inspiration....
Read Morehttps://vimeo.com/74585515 Delighted that the details for Noirish Project's second London screening have now been confirmed. They can be found on the blog here I hope to see you there. PS - Do not despair if you can't make it to the screening. Noirish Project is now available online,...
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