Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie – Infinity Castle (2025) felt less like work and more like a wake-up call. Rarely does a project hit you with this kind of progressive vision. UFOtable isn’t just making another anime film… Read More »Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie – Infinity Castle (2025) – Cinematography Analysis
Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low might look like a standard police procedural on the surface, but if you shut off the dialogue and just watch the light, it reveals itself as a masterclass in visual psychology. While everyone talks about Kurosawa’s samurai… Read More »High and Low (1963) – Cinematography Analysis
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) is a reset button for my eyes. It’s three hours of grueling, essential storytelling about the Nazi judges on trial, but visually, it’s a masterclass in how to hold an audience’s attention without a single splash… Read More »Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) – Cinematography Analysis
Come and See (1985), Elim Klimov’s anti-war opus, does the exact opposite. It isn’t a film I just admire; it’s a film that scares me. It is a masterclass in how cinematography and color can weaponize the frame to inflict a… Read More »Come and See (1985) – Cinematography Analysis
Hamilton (2020) presented a different kind of puzzle. When it dropped on Disney+, the conversation naturally drifted toward the music and the cultural impact. But for me, the real story was the translation. How do you take a stage production relentless,… Read More »Hamilton (2020) – Cinematography Analysis
Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time staring at the grain structures of early cinema. It started as a technical curiosity, but it quickly led me back to the foundations the “ur-movies” that established the grammar we take for… Read More »The Kid (1921) – Cinematography Analysis
It’s not just a historical epic; Ran Japanese for “chaos” is a masterclass in visual tension. While critics often cite Seven Samurai as Kurosawa’s peak, I find myself constantly returning to Ran. The sheer visual ambition is staggering, especially when you consider Kurosawa was… Read More »Ran (1985) – Cinematography Analysis