Author: Jacob Oller

Film theory and music theory combine in an interesting and in-depth look at Beethoven and movies. If pop soundtracks are time capsules, classical scores are…

Watch a wonderful video essay about how Todd Haynes uses the power of glances in Carol.

In 1917, Buster Keaton stepped in molasses. The world will never be the same.

Ben-Hur is shot wide, which gives it a specific and epic style. Ben-Hur was one of the first movies shot with MGM’s Camera 65, which…

Godard captures humanity and urbanity with his palette. I’m hearing people say that movies are just the combinations of writing and acting thrust on screen.…

115 years of science fiction and we’re still obsessed with the same things. Science fiction is perhaps our society’s most beloved genre. Romances and dramas…

I got yer goddamn whimsy right here. Wes Anderson is a director built on consistency. His pastel palette and perfectly-framed shots highlight narrative themes that…

Stone and clay look A-OK for Early Man. Aardman Animations has created some of the most striking and affecting animation about cheese in the history of…

Telluride and a trailer help build Gerwig hype. Greta Gerwig’s solo directorial debut Lady Bird had its engrossing trailer drop at the same time it…