New Line Cinema sliper knivhansken og «rebooter» A Nightmare On Elm Street
The Wrap melder at New Line Cinema forbereder en reboot av Wes Cravens ikoniske suburbia-slasher, A Nightmare On Elm Street. [2]
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Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, plan C: The love of gravity
We are unable to let go of Interstellar…! This third article explores the film as an experience and its music, editing and consistency. And perhaps there are more plans in the film than Plan A and B?
Lady in the Water, Part I: A reappraisal
It was one of the most hated films of the 2000s, but with the trauma now at a distance, it is time to appreciate M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water for its very real qualities.
Desperate connections: An analysis of Anne Sewitsky’s Homesick (2015)
«Homesick primarily plays on the unspoken. Dialogues are marked by pauses and silent tensions between characters. Most films increase their pace towards a climax, but in Sewitsky the pauses just grow longer and more pregnant.»
The Village, part II: A tapestry of characters
After a general evaluation of this M. Night Shyamalan tour de force, the large cast of characters and their relationships are examined, with a special emphasis on subtext and how that is expressed through mise-en-scène.
The Cinema and the Gallery – When worlds collide?
A strange case of parallel universes explored through Declan Clarke’s Geist Trilogy from 2015. Are you ready for film at its absolute weirdest, flouting all cinematic conventions and ‘hung out’ in a gallery?
Lady in the Water, Part II: Self-reflexivity and visual stylisation
A return to this severely under-appreciated film, for its discussion of storytelling, interpretation, film criticism, artificiality, stylisation, interconnectedness – and whether stories can become real.
A Modern Miracle
Once more with feeling! Yes, it took about a century, but silent film is back. [2]
The Happening, Part III: Do you think it could be plants?
A Shyamalan enthusiast is struggling mightily to come to terms with the conundrum of The Happening, a split identity film that swings wildly between excellence, rampant quirkiness and unchecked hysteria.
Joachim Trier’s Thelma (2017) Part I: What does it all mean?
Zeitgeist is replaced by timelessness, chamber music by a symphony. The systematically unpredictable Thelma is Joachim Trier and his team’s most sonorous, lyrical and adventurous film.
J.R.R. Tolkiens verden åpnes igjen – Amazon bekrefter finansiering av ny tv-serie fra Midgard
It is happening again. Variety bekrefter idag ryktene som har svirret en liten stund: Den første tv-serie-adaptasjonen fra J.R.R. Tolkiens Ringenes herre-univers skal gå i produksjon – fullfinansiert av Amazon, i samarbeid med Tolkien-stiftelsen og New Line Cinema.
What makes a film festival truly great? Searching for clues at Karlovy Vary’s 50th Anniversary
The festival – of film or anything else – is a powerful modern symbol of freedom and, at its best, an astonishing outpouring of human creativity. It depends on a delicate balancing-act between order and spontaneity, however.
Unbreakable, Part I: Characters and relationships
Our in-depth look at M. Night Shyamalan’s early films continues with Unbreakable: perhaps the only mainstream Hollywood formalist film, a mass-market movie approached with an unrelenting European art film sensibility.
Aldersupassende moteparade: Maysles-brødrenes Grey Gardens (1975)
«Som levende utstillingsobjekter i et vanskjøttet museum stiller mor og datter tillitsfullt ut hverandres historier.»
Les Croix de Bois: An Encounter with War
«Upon its release, Raymond Bernards Les Croix de bois (1932) was seen as a pacifist march of death.»
Unbreakable, Part III: Visual style
M. Night Shyamalan’s visual style consists of a series of recurring formal devices. Watching Unbreakable feels like participating in a ritual where these devices are applied and reapplied, in new variations and combinations.
The Sixth Sense, Part III: Motifs and a Funeral
We conclude our in-depth analysis of M. Night Shyamalan’s masterpiece with a close look at motifs and structural aspects, concluding with a shot-by-shot commentary on the post-funeral sequence.
Wes Craven (1939-2015)
I natt ble det kjent at Wes Craven, den legendariske horror-regissøren som står bak A Nightmare on Elm Street og Skrik, har gått bort, 76 år gammel.