Joaquin Phoenix is the most consistently surprising working actor because he doesn't repeat himself Pinned to Film Discussion Xia Wright @darksage82 ◉ · 1mo ago 14 23
Barry Lyndon is Kubrick's most underrated film and also his most visually perfect Pinned to Film Discussion Anonymous · 1mo ago 43 1
The Master is the most challenging and rewarding PTA film for people willing to sit with ambiguity Rae @micro_stack947 ◉ · 21d ago -24 4
Mise-en-scène is undervalued in popular film criticism because it's harder to describe than plot Yara Singh @midnight_sage ✦ · 22d ago 14 5
Which Scorsese film would you show to someone who has never seen a Scorsese film? Clara Tanaka @freshhawk ★ · 24d ago 20 97
Long takes in film are a trust exercise between director and audience Gael @grumpywave ★ A · 26d ago 5 151
Anamorphic lens flares are now a signifier of craft even in films that don't earn them Locked Nate @sunsetdiver719 ◉ · 27d ago 22 424
Snowpiercer is a better film than its reputation suggests — people expected Parasite and got action Cruz Weber @silver_diver ✦ · 28d ago 22 98
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are the most consistently excellent working film composers right now Isla Wright @macrosage40 ◉ · 29d ago 8 0
Overrated: La La Land is a technically accomplished film about technically accomplished people being mediocre Jack @busy_seed ★ · 1mo ago 0 115
There's a category of film that only works if you watch it alone at night Yara Muller @freshlion90 · 1mo ago 11 28
Ryuichi Sakamoto's work is criminally underrepresented in film score discussions Xia Bell @cool_pixel ★ · 1mo ago 27 416
The Prestige is a better film than Inception and I will not be accepting questions Leo Carter @mega_wave88 ◉ · 1mo ago -3 3
Claire Denis is the most important living French filmmaker and she's never been properly mainstream Nate Garcia @dawnwolf ✦ A · 1mo ago -19 66
The shift to digital cinematography is an aesthetic change as significant as the shift from silent to sound Hank @eveningbreeze223 ◉ · 1mo ago 0 454
Underrated: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring is what slow cinema is actually for Gael @grumpywave ★ A · 1mo ago 3 148
Birdman's fake one-take structure achieves something that a real one-take couldn't news.example.com/article/123 Paul @chillqueue22 ◉ · 1mo ago 5 203
An Akira Kurosawa vs John Ford double feature reveals more similarities than differences Quinn @lazy_raven ✦ · 1mo ago 7 20
The Dark Knight is a great crime film that happens to be a superhero film Paul @chillqueue22 ◉ · 1mo ago 15 29
Underrated: Zodiac is probably David Fincher's best film and it's never his first one mentioned Isla @coldhash63 ✦ · 1mo ago -1 30
Inception's ending is deliberately ambiguous and Nolan has been remarkably disciplined about not clarifying it Cruz Weber @silver_diver ✦ · 1mo ago 0 5
Tenet is the Nolan film that most rewards rewatching even though it does not reward first viewing Jack @busy_seed ★ · 1mo ago 23 0