Apocalypse Road, 2016. Directed by Brett Bentman. Starring Katie Kohler, Ashlyn McEvers, Nellie Sciutto, and Lance De Los Santos. SYNOPSIS: Apocalypse Road follows the journey of two sisters while separated during a post apocalyptic depression. There was a time in the 80’s when you couldn’t move for post apocalyptic action films. After the success of […]
Movie Review – Live-Evil (2015)
Live-Evil, 2015. Directed by Ari Kirshenbaum. Starring Vladimir Kulich, Charlene Amoia, Vincent M. Ward, Tony Todd, J. Richey Nash, and Karen Wheeling Reynolds SYNOPSIS: Supernatural forces are locked into a college town police force’s basement jail. The sheriff and his deputies are subjected to psychic attacks, preying on the fears of the loyal officers and only those […]
Flickering Myth Film Class: Taking time to immerse your audience
In the latest instalment of Flickering Myth’s film class, Tom Jolliffe looks at immersing the audience… In the ever changing landscape of film, it seems in the modern age of digital film-making, modern editing programmes with limitless options and changing temperament (seemingly) with film audiences, that we’ve seen an inherent shift from film-makers devoting time […]
Flickering Myth Film Class: How to Open Strongly
In the latest instalment of Flickering Myth’s film class, Tom Jolliffe looks at how to open strongly… It takes a great deal to get an audience to succumb to your film. You need to keep their attention for the entirety of the film. The best way to hook them in of course is to open […]
The Essential Jared Leto Films
Tom Jolliffe looks at the essential Jared Leto films… Concluding our build up to Blade Runner 2049 with a series of essentials on the principal cast, we finish with Jared Leto. A musician/actor who seems to have been around for a while now, ageless and when perusing his CV you will find that he’s not […]
The Essential Ryan Gosling Films
Continuing in the build up to Blade Runner 2049 [read our review here], Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the essential Ryan Gosling… In the past decade, Ryan Gosling has seen something of a transformation. He’s developed into an actor who can be relied upon to deliver a note worthy performance. He’s gone from being […]
The Essential Harrison Ford Films
In the build up to the release of Blade Runner 2049 [read our review here], Tom Jolliffe looks at the essential films of the key cast, starting with Harrison Ford… A long, varied and fine career has seen Ford become iconic in two franchises in particular (and indeed the upcoming reprise of Rick Deckard could […]
Flickering Myth Film Class: How To Do An Ensemble Film
In the latest instalment of Flickering Myth’s film class, Tom Jolliffe looks at how to pull off an ensemble film… The art in pulling off the ensemble film. It’s a tricking balance. In the vast majority of cinema you may be limited to one or two clearly defined protagonists with a cast of supporting artists. […]
Getting Naked Again: Revisiting Mike Leigh’s Naked
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Mike Leigh’s 1993 film, Naked… The other day I attended a special screening at The Prince Charles Cinema in London. It was part of a specially curated selection of films (from NFTS) devoted to the vile and unlikeable. The first film of the series was Mike Leigh’s 1993 […]
Flickering Myth Film Class: Using Colour
In this instalment of Flickering Myth’s Film Class, Tom Jolliffe looks at intentional use of colours in film… When it was discovered that film stock could have colour painted onto it, though painstaking and meticulous, it opened up a new dimension in cinema, previously locked into black, white and grey. It allowed a film-maker to […]
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