By Bradley Lane South Korean writer-director Kogonada made a career for himself by producing video essays about international cinema’s greatest auteurs. His website is packed with videos discussing specific aspects of directors’ signature styles. Some […]
By Bradley Lane Kirsten Johnson has been a cinematographer for documentary films for nearly 30 years and just recently began to direct films herself in 2016 with her debut feature film, Cameraperson. This was a […]
By Bradley Lane Modern horror has seen a resurgence in both popularity and quality over the last decade or so, and no studio is more responsible in spearheading this effort than A24. Whenever the company […]
By Bradley Lane The story of Little Women is over 150 years old at this point, so it might stand to reason the story could be thought of as outdated or inapplicable to today’s more […]
MovieMaker Magazine announced its 2023 list of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World: the Indy Shorts International Film Festival and the Heartland International Film Festival, the two film festivals presented by Indianapolis-based nonprofit […]
By Bradley Lane Discerning filmgoers will notice that in recent years the volume of large-scale studio comedy films has dramatically decreased. What was once a goldmine for the studio system in the early to mid-2000s […]
By Bradley Lane Wes Anderson is one of the most identifiable film directors of all time. His films adhere tightly to a very idiosyncratic set of aesthetic and tonal markers. Symmetrical framing, insert shots, pastel […]
By Bradley Lane Robert Eggers cut his teeth on ultra-historically accurate low-budget genre art films. A ridiculously specific niche if ever there was one, now Eggers is at the helm of a $90 million historical […]
Heartland Film has announced the lineup for the sixth annual Academy Award®-Qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts), running from July 18-23. Less than 4% of the films submitted to the festival are selected. […]