The Spielberg Face
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Here is an interesting essay dedicated to one of the most imitated Cinema artifices, populated by of the master of melodrama Steven Spielberg. Most cult cinephiles disregard his movies as excessive hollywood commercialism, even myself, but you have to admit the obvious, the guy is a master on heart and audience manipulation and his stories are deeply rooted in the Hollywood history. It would be much more interesting to focus on these close ups in the history of Cinema as a medium of portraying emotions. There’s a brief mention of Carl T. Dreyer’s classic “The Passion of Joan of Arc”, one of the most beautiful examples of portraying deep emotion trough the actor, but there should be more depth to it. Nevertheless it’s a good watch. This also gives me a great idea for a special about the close-up and its uses in the history of Cinema, let me cook that for a while. |
The Big Sleep (1946)
Adapting Raymond Chandler’s confusing and hardboiled book is not for the faint of heart. Does Howard Hanks and Company deliver it? After we read the book, we watch the film.
The Big Sleep (1946)
Adapting Raymond Chandler’s confusing and hardboiled book is not for the faint of heart. Does Howard Hanks and Company deliver it? After we read the book, we watch the film.
The Big Sleep (1939)
The first novel by veteran crime writer Raymond Chandler pretty much invents the hardboiled genre of crime fiction. A tough but always clever plot that unfolds with dark twists that will test your street skills. First we read the book, then we watch the movie.
The Big Sleep (1939)
The first novel by veteran crime writer Raymond Chandler pretty much invents the hardboiled genre of crime fiction. A tough but always clever plot that unfolds with dark twists that will test your street skills. First we read the book, then we watch the movie.
P3rsp3ctive (2011)
A tribute to the Cyberpunk genre, Perspective is a beautiful short film made by amateur director Mehmet Can Koçak
P3rsp3ctive (2011)
A tribute to the Cyberpunk genre, Perspective is a beautiful short film made by amateur director Mehmet Can Koçak
Bummer Summer (2010)
Few movie directors can be proud of achieving realism and artistic perfection. Zach Weintraub does this in his first feature. Shot on a ridicule budget and using a single DSLR camera that is perfectly balanced by Nandan Rao’s perfect black and white photography and using pretty much no written dialogue, Bummer Summer is a delicate surprise (…)
Bummer Summer (2010)
Few movie directors can be proud of achieving realism and artistic perfection. Zach Weintraub does this in his first feature. Shot on a ridicule budget and using a single DSLR camera that is perfectly balanced by Nandan Rao’s perfect black and white photography and using pretty much no written dialogue, Bummer Summer is a delicate surprise (…)
Docs for People 2: Free Fruit for Everyone (I Am Los Angeles)
Los Angeles, the film entertainment capital of the world, is known as a place of glitz and glamour, palm trees, and living the high life. Hollywood, after all, is a place where dreams can come true. But is also a place where many dreamers come to meet their reality. Some succeed, but far more pack up and…
Docs for People 2: Free Fruit for Everyone (I Am Los Angeles)
Los Angeles, the film entertainment capital of the world, is known as a place of glitz and glamour, palm trees, and living the high life. Hollywood, after all, is a place where dreams can come true. But is also a place where many dreamers come to meet their reality. Some succeed, but far more pack up and…
My Joy (2010)
Director Sergei Loznitsa’s first fiction is a deep journey through the alienation and Soviet remains on the remote population around Russia’s deepest villages. It’s also a journey of a man, Georgy, that gets lost in his cargo truck deep into the wilderness unable to find his way, just like the characters that he encounters, filled with desperate and starving violence and psyche.
Keep reading for the full review and more shots of this fabulous movie, and remember: you read it first on Heartbreak Motel!
My Joy (2010)
Director Sergei Loznitsa’s first fiction is a deep journey through the alienation and Soviet remains on the remote population around Russia’s deepest villages. It’s also a journey of a man, Georgy, that gets lost in his cargo truck deep into the wilderness unable to find his way, just like the characters that he encounters, filled with desperate and starving violence and psyche.
Keep reading for the full review and more shots of this fabulous movie, and remember: you read it first on Heartbreak Motel!
Docs for People 1: Scrapertown
California is a Place are putting some gorgeous docs out there, short, human, and simply beautiful. Scrapertown is a cute little tale of a group of young folks that created a club for scrapper bikes, complete with a king and a strict membership, that requires the bike to be approved beforehand
Docs for People 1: Scrapertown
California is a Place are putting some gorgeous docs out there, short, human, and simply beautiful. Scrapertown is a cute little tale of a group of young folks that created a club for scrapper bikes, complete with a king and a strict membership, that requires the bike to be approved beforehand
Top 11 Weird, Strange and Best Song Versions
There are tribute bands and there are bands that earn their gold doing miserable and sloppy versions of popular songs, but countless covers abound that are weird and truly beautiful. You probably didn’t know most of these are actually versions so be prepared for a top 10 of the most underrated and bizarre covers ever. Start the journey!
Top 11 Weird, Strange and Best Song Versions
There are tribute bands and there are bands that earn their gold doing miserable and sloppy versions of popular songs, but countless covers abound that are weird and truly beautiful. You probably didn’t know most of these are actually versions so be prepared for a top 10 of the most underrated and bizarre covers ever. Start the journey!
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The only directing effort from the actor Charles Laughton, this is a phenomenal exercise in style and narrative, one true classic that inspired many and is as frightening today and breathtaking as it was 60 years ago.
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The only directing effort from the actor Charles Laughton, this is a phenomenal exercise in style and narrative, one true classic that inspired many and is as frightening today and breathtaking as it was 60 years ago.
The Day the Music Died: Alex Chilton is Gone
The brightest star has left us alone.