https://mashable.com/article/skinamarink-explainer Horror is a genre that seems to have lost its touch in the 21st century. Besides a unique few, such as A Quiet Place (John Krasinski, 2018) and Ge...Read More
In his article titled “The Art Cinema as a Mode of Film Practice,” David Bordwell describes art films as having a “certain drifting episodic quality.” Art films merely share this “drifting...Read More
Paris is Burning (Livingston, 1990) is a documentary that showcases the livelihood, ambitions, and conflicts in the drag queen community in New York City in the late 80’s. The late 1980s w...Read More
Last Friday, I traveled fifteen minutes to see Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese, 2023) on the big screen. The film is classic Scorsese. It clocks in at 3 hours and 26 minutes with elaborate stor...Read More
Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles) is a pioneering film in numerous aspects. Welles utilized precise deep focus, elaborate miniatures, and innovative lighting to give audiences ...Read More
In the second paragraph of “The Myth of Total Cinema,” Andre Bazin outlines his thesis with one simple quote: “The cinema owes virtually nothing to the scientific spirit.” It is important to n...Read More
What separates All that Heaven Allows from other romance films of its time? One can say the remarkable age gap between the two lovers or, perhaps, the colorful set design and serene winter feeling in ...Read More
Before diving into my blog post, attached is a visual analysis of The Grand Budapest Hotel from the Medium. https://medium.com/@davidleeds/beauty-at-a-distance-cinematic-techniques-of-the-grand-budape...Read More