Every once in a while, a film comes along that makes all our technical rules feel completely irrelevant. 20 Days in Mariupol (2023) doesn’t care about being “cinematic” in the traditional sense; it’s a film that demands you look at the unvarnished,… Read More »20 Days in Mariupol (2023) – Cinematography Analysis & Stills
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), I’m not just looking for nostalgia. I’m looking at the “imperfections.”On paper, this special shouldn’t work. It’s often called “cheap” or “rudimentary,” and yeah, by the standards of a high-budget Disney feature, the technical execution… Read More »A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) – Cinematography Analysis & Stills
If you’ve seen the 2019 Turkish version of Miracle in Cell No. 7 on Netflix, you already know it’s designed to wreck you emotionally. But with this film, the technical choices are so tightly wound into the story that you can’t help… Read More »Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019) – Cinematography Analysis
On April 21st, 2024, that Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. officially hit its centenary. A hundred years. Let that sink in. As a colorist running Color Culture, obsessing over shadow density and LUTs, yet I often find myself looking back at 1924 wondering… Read More »Sherlock Jr. (1924) – Cinematography Analysis & Stills
Few films animated or otherwise dive into the human psyche with such brutal honesty and visual daring. It’s a masterclass in using every tool in the kit to articulate internal states, cosmic dread, and the very messy business of what… Read More »Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) – Cinematography Analysis
Blackfish (2003) isn’t just a documentary to me; it’s a masterclass in using visual storytelling to dismantle a deeply ingrained illusion. It did so with a force that didn’t just change public perception it actually forced corporate policy to buckle. When… Read More »Blackfish (2013) – Cinematography Analysis
Few Westerns get under my skin quite like John Ford’s 1962 masterpiece, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. I find myself returning to it constantly, not just for the powerhouse lineup of Stewart, Wayne, Miles, and Marvin, but for its deceptively… Read More »The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) – Cinematography Analysis