Author: Jacob Oller

Newfangled tech gives short film audience agency. Jeron Braxon and Julian Glander take us through four virtual, full-explorable environments in Plant Room thanks to a 360-degree…

The Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker loves synchronicity. The films of Wong Kar-wai, specifically In the Mood for Love, are vivid portraits of desire (and…

From music videos to videos…with music. A former music video director (“Vogue”, “Straight Up”, “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off” –  ok, and…

The ‘50s are alive with subtext. The melodramas of Douglas Sirk were stylized simply by existing. The director’s focus on small, domestic issues with housewives…

The wheat-loving poet creates touching interactions between his characters. While they may not technically be quiet fields and heartfelt voiceover, the actors in director Terrence…

No jokes here, just quiet without peace. When you think of the Coen Brothers, you might think of their bizarre, cockeyed characters and rapidity of…

Deep in the trench…coats. The New Yorker’s Anthony Lane wrote the following about a 2017 retrospective of Jean-Pierre Melville’s films: “This is how you should…

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The horror director’s scores changed the landscape. John Carpenter‘s recently released the album Anthology highlighting some of his most enduring themes. The innovative director took…