When I first watched Barry Lyndon, I wasn’t just looking at a movie; I was looking at a series of 18th-century oil paintings that somehow learned to move. It’s a film that demands patience, but the payoff is a visual education… Read More »Barry Lyndon (1975) – Cinematography Analysis
Jim Sheridan’s In the Name of the Father (1993) drama isn’t just a brutal recounting of the Guildford Four scandal; it’s a blueprint for how cinematography and color can do the heavy lifting in storytelling. We all know the stories… Read More »In the Name of the Father (1993) – Cinematography Analysis
When Mathieu Kassovitz dropped La Haine in 1995, it landed like a bomb. It wasn’t just a movie; it was a snapshot of a fracture in French society that people were trying to ignore. Shot in stark black and white, it follows… Read More »La haine (1995) – Cinematography Analysis
Sometimes a film comes along that reminds me why we do this in the first place. Wild Tales (2014), the Argentine-Spanish anthology, is one of those films. It’s a masterclass in visual storytelling where the cinematography isn’t just aesthetic decoration it is… Read More »Wild Tales (2014) – Cinematography Analysis
To call The Bridge on the River Kwai a “war movie” feels like a disservice. It’s a psychological thriller disguised as an epic. While the backdrop is the brutal reality of a World War II Japanese POW camp, the real battlefield is… Read More »The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) – Cinematography Analysis
It’s easy to get lost in the technical weeds, but every so often, a film comes along that reminds me why I fell in love with this craft in the first place. The Iron Giant (1999) is one of those films.… Read More »The Iron Giant (1999) – Cinematography Analysis
As a filmmaker and full-time colorist, I spend most of my waking hours staring at screens, tweaking curves, and obsessing over how an image feels rather than just how it looks. Usually, I’m focused on making things look polished. But every so… Read More »Memories of Murder (2003) – Cinematography Analysis