The History Of Title Design

There are aspects of the film production process that can be seen to be almost invisible to viewing public. Certain areas are taken for granted and not accorded the respect and admiration they are du...

Lewis Collins RIP

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of the British actor Lewis Collins. For a generation of British children Collins is regarded as something of an icon having played the part of ...

Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Firstly, can I just say how nice it is to see so many people online who are cine-literate enough to reference Kinji Fukasaku’s 2000 film Battle Royale when issuing online put downs of the Hunger Game...

Don Jon

Romantic comedies can become stale very quickly. For every Silver Linings Playbook that breathes new life into the genre we’re subjected to a million films of the standard of The Bounty Hunter....

Saving Mr Banks trailer

 It is a staple for Hollywood to look to the real life stories that informed some of our cultural highlights. Whether it be the biography of an artist or delving into the untold story of an event, we...

Castello Cavalcanti

It’s always welcome to get a little on-line surprise (no not that kind!) that restores your faith in movies. Wes Anderson, in association with Prada,  has released an eight minute short, Castel...

American Hustle trailer

For his follow up to the multi award winning Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell has gone back to the nineteen eighties for a tale of corruption and crime. American Hustle is based on a real eve...

Now You See Me

In recent years the movies have once again come around to the visual power of the magic trick. We have had a number of high-profile films covering the subject notably the historically based dramas Th...

The Wes Anderson Collection Part 4

With the fourth part of the video essays we come to my personal favourite, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou from 2004. I have very fond memories of watching the Jacques Cousteau documentaries which...