Author: Jacob Oller
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The Emotion-Drenched Colors of ‘Peaky Blinders’
We always knew colors were important to gangs Peaky Blinders is one of the more idiosyncratic gang shows that grew out of Sons of Anarchy…
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Creative Visualization of the Human Condition
The animator finds humanity in every detail of his wild worlds. The sheer variety of director Hayao Miyazaki‘s Studio Ghibli films makes it easy to…
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The Eerie Cinematography Similarities of ‘Raising Arizona’ and ‘The Evil Dead’
Travelling POV shots are an ambiance-creating hallmark.
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Peeping Bates: Voyeurism and Murder in 1960
Peeping Tom and Psycho share more than a year. Two of the foundational texts of voyeuristic murder movies, Peeping Tom and Psycho (both released in…
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‘The Rabbit Hunt’ Quietly Tracks Tradition and Modernity
Hunting season blends primal history and the needs of the now. In the Florida Everglades, hunting rabbits during the harvest has been a century-long tradition.…
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‘The Postcard’ Brings Inventive, Colorful Vacations To Sci-Fi
Memories of a future trip have never looked so…trippy. What will vacations look like in the future? Probably nothing like the inventive and color-drenched animation…
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‘A Chair at the Beach’ Is Absurd, Anxious Comedy
The short has the rare comedy voiceover that’s as funny as it thinks it is. Comedy shorts often undermine themselves by being overly jokey, under-produced,…
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The Intimate Reflections of Claude Sautet
Finding closeness in the glass barriers between us. Director and author Claude Sautet is best known in the U.S. for his Oscar-nominated film A Simple…
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Burt’s Got the Mad Hits: An Appreciation of Burt Lancaster
The actor ran the show for six decades.