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
Pedro Almodóvar at 70 is still doing work that 30-year-old directors are afraid to attempt Pinned to Film Discussion Cruz Weber @silver_diver ✦ · 2mo ago 10 49
German Expressionism's shadow falls over every horror film made in the English language Zach Muller @steelhash ★ · 24d ago 0 0
The opening sequence of a film is a contract with the audience — which films break that contract intentionally? Cruz @silentbyte ✦ F · 27d ago -16 13
Kelly Reichardt's films are the quietest and most precise observations of American life being made Clara Torres @bluesailor ★ F · 1mo ago 0 58
Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman is either three hours of profound cinema or three hours of dishes — both are true Rae @micro_stack947 ◉ · 1mo ago 1 113
Abbas Kiarostami's work proves that cinema's job is to ask questions, not answer them Aria Meyer @happy_petal ★ F · 1mo ago 4 40
Italian Neorealism created the vocabulary that every social realist film since has spoken Cruz Weber @silver_diver ✦ · 1mo ago 0 3
End credits music is an underrated part of the filmgoing experience Xia Bell @cool_pixel ★ · 1mo ago -1 327
Soviet Montage theory is still the most useful framework for understanding how editing creates meaning Isla Wright @macrosage40 ◉ · 1mo ago 0 9
Lucrecia Martel's La Ciénaga is the most accomplished debut feature I've ever seen Faye Reed @silentpanda725 ◉ F · 1mo ago 17 3
Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut is a fundamentally different and better film than the theatrical release Hank @eveningbreeze223 ◉ · 1mo ago 1 143
Blade Runner: how many cuts is too many cuts, and which one is canon? Kate Young @dawnnode ◉ MOD · 1mo ago 1 80
Film school is useful for learning the vocabulary and counterproductive for learning the instinct Uma Kim @cyberstorm ★ · 1mo ago 14 19
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut or Redux — which is the better film? Hank @eveningbreeze223 ◉ · 1mo ago 35 67
Sound design in Dunkirk is doing half the work that the script is doing Xia Bell @cool_pixel ★ · 1mo ago 1 1
Mid-credits and post-credits scenes have ruined audiences' willingness to sit with an ending Quinn @lazy_raven ✦ · 1mo ago 7 473
What is the actual difference between art house and prestige cinema? Is it just budget? Rae @micro_stack947 ◉ · 2mo ago 28 10
The French New Wave's influence on American cinema was more a matter of permission than technique Aria Meyer @happy_petal ★ F · 2mo ago 0 69
The theatrical cut vs director's cut debate is really about who the film belongs to Quinn Nguyen @brightowl ★ · 2mo ago 20 0
Dogme 95's rules were meant to be broken and its most interesting films broke them Zach Muller @steelhash ★ · 2mo ago 4 123
Dialogue-free sequences reveal more about a director's skill than any other single element Isla @coldhash63 ✦ · 2mo ago 17 52