Beyond the Three Acts: Three-Act Structure, Slow Cinema, and the Art of Breaking the Plot
There is a familiar way to describe a film. Something happens. A character wants something. An obstacle appears. The situation
United Artists: When the Stars Took Back the Movies
There are many ways to tell the history of Hollywood. You can tell it through studios, through stars, through directors,
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Funny Faces, Legendary Laughs: The Unforgettable Faces of World Cinema
19 distinctive comic faces cinema taught us to recognize There are comic faces that seem to arrive before the character
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UFA GmbH (Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft ): The Dream Factory That Outlived Its Own Century
There are film companies, and then there are film companies that become part of cinema’s vocabulary. UFA belongs to the
Could the 1970s Be the Best Decade for Cinema?
There is a dangerous question in film conversation: What was the best decade for cinema? Dangerous because it sounds as
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Maya Deren: The Forgotten Pioneer of Avant-Garde Cinema
If you come to Maya Deren through contemporary cinema, you may first recognize the sensation before you recognize the history.
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Abel Gance: The Silent Filmmaker Decades Ahead of His Time
If you have ever spent enough time wandering through the dusty, flickering corridors of early cinema, you eventually hit a
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