Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens occupies a fascinating space in cinema history. It was handed the nearly impossible task of waking up a dormant titan while simultaneously carving out a new identity for a new generation. The… Read More »Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) – Cinematography Analysis & Stills
Few films embody that raw, unvarnished reality quite like “Hoop Dreams” (1994). This isn’t just a “sports doc.” It’s an epic. Seven years of production, following Arthur Agee and William Gates from the hopeful playgrounds of Chicago to the crushing “weeding… Read More »Hoop Dreams (1994) – Cinematography Analysis & Stills
Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera (1929). This isn’t just some dusty historical artifact you study in film school and forget. It’s a living, breathing masterclass in visual language that still feels more audacious than most of what hits theaters today.… Read More »Man with a Movie Camera (1929) – Cinematography Analysis & Stills
When I sit down with Jules Dassin’s Rififi (1955), I’m not just watching a heist movie; I’m studying a blueprint. It famously reinvented the thriller with a thirty-minute heist sequence that contains no dialogue and no music. That isn’t just a gimmick… Read More »Rififi (1955) – Cinematography Analysis & Stills
Let’s talk about Autumn Sonata. Ingmar Bergman’s 1978 masterpiece is exactly that. It’s a raw, unflinching look at a mother-daughter relationship, steeped in decades of resentment. It feels less like a movie and more like a forensic excavation of the human… Read More »Autumn Sonata (1978) – Cinematography Analysis & Stills
Billy Wilder’s 1951 masterpiece Ace in the Hole (or The Big Carnival) is exactly that. It’s a blistering, uncomfortable watch. Even seventy years later, it feels like a punch to the gut, holding up a mirror to media sensationalism and human greed in… Read More »Ace in the Hole (1951) – Cinematography Analysis & Stills
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1948 masterpiece, The Red Shoes, isn’t just a film to me. It’s a foundational text. As a colorist and filmmaker, I look at this work as a searing exploration of the very thing that drives us:… Read More »The Red Shoes (1948) – Cinematography Analysis & Stills