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.
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.
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?
Like many of its own films, the Midnight Sun Film Festival remains true to perhaps the greatest cinematic – and human – aspiration of them all: to express an understanding of, and solidarity with, all the others washed up with us here on this strange little planet of ours.
Before The Visit came M. Night Shyamalan’s early masterpiece The Village. Mismarketed and misunderstood as a horror movie, it has gained a following as a mood piece of pastoral beauty, intense emotion and stylised lyricism.
Her i del 2 av vårt intervju med Roger Deakins fortsetter vår samtale med mesterfotografen om hans særegne uttrykk, samarbeidet med Coen-brødrene på True Grit, med mer.
A final look at M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, this time its formal approach with a special emphasis on his inventive use of point-of-view shots, stealthy camera movements, overhead and underhead shots, and many other subtleties.
M. Night Shyamalan is particularly adept at creating a set of hidden motifs that govern the film. We look at circles, water, doors, houses, the sky and how they operate in two brilliant horror set pieces.
Hvor i Vest-Afrika finnes de kuleste filmplakatene? Hvilket britisk filmblad er vakrest? Og hvem er Rumle Hammerich og Andrea Arnold? Svarene, og et vakkert filmklipp, finnes i denne ukas Kortklipt. [2]
Montages kan i dag eksklusivt presentere 10 tidligere ukjente elementer ved Lars von Triers Nymphomaniac. [2]
«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.»
This Disney film is remarkably dark and sophisticated for this company, made during a brief period of a more adult approach to their live action family films. 11-year-old Fairuza Balk is absolutely enchanting as the resourceful heroine.
The Hunt er et rått, kroppslig rop om selvransakelse fra en nasjon som er i ferd med å rives fra hverandre som en smellbonbon.
Frem til nå har det vært stille rundt hvordan vi i Norge skal få sett Steve McQueens kritikerroste antologi Small Axe, men nå kan Montages melde at ting endelig er på vei til å skje. [1]
Hollywood in Vienna 2013: Montages var tilstede da James Horner holdt konsert i Wien Konserthus. Vi fikk også anledning til å slå av noen ord med den legendariske komponisten.
I likhet med stormen Bodil har Lars von Triers Nymphomaniac kastet en markant skygge over København de siste par dagene. I kjølevannet av det mye omtalte pressearrangementet har det dukket opp et knippe nyheter om filmen.
A visual analysis of key scenes of M. Night Shyamalan’s masterpiece and his virtuoso use of motifs, staging and interconnectedness to achieve coherence and closure.
Dagens mest forbløffende filmnyhet må være endringen i Oscar-reglene fra Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, som i dag ble offentliggjort. [3]
