Earlier this week my seventeen year old sister excitedly rang me and explained that whilst waiting outside the shop where she works at the end of her shift, an elderly gentleman had slowly driven past a few times as she stood alone in the street before nervously approaching her. In bumbling sentences he explained, [...]
The gender gap. A great enemy of women (and men.) This historic enemy lurks around the corner and throughout history, it has taken possession of the director’s chair in the film industry. With only 7% of female directors accounting for the 200 plus films made in 2016, a decrease from 2015’s 9%, these shocking [...]
Artistic expression has the power to take the world and its people into an era of progressive thought and action, but have recent changes put a damper on those efforts, or just fuelled the fire even more? There has been a lot in the news lately. We are in an era of change. [...]
Technical advancement in film technology never seems to cease, the newest advancement being accepted by festivals is virtual reality (VR) and 360° films. From the perspective of a filmmaker does this new technology allow one to expand on the world of the film, to allow the audience to truly experience the film as the [...]
Wes Anderson is a cinematic force who has marked his territory with his quirky and authentic style, making him one of the most recognised modern auteur directors, amongst some of the greatest directors of all time, from the likes of David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese and Alfred Hitchcock who have all contributed into [...]
