Index

The Best Stuff I Found in 2025
In Review: Marty Supreme
Top 10 Films of 2025
When You're Making The Movie Up as You Go
Why AI "Art" Feels So Wrong
In Praise of Comfort Films
Why Does Sinners Look So Good?
Why The Movies Will Never Feel The Same Again
Why The Movies Don't Feel The Same Anymore
In Praise of Character Acting
A Casual Guide to Film Appreciation
Finding Connection Through Art - Cannes Week 2
This Is The Future of Cinema
Eddington's Americana Lunacy - Cannes Week 1
Art? At A Time Like This?
Why Is It So Hard To Make A Good Musical Biopic?
The Brilliance of Severance's Disturbing Precision
Have Film and TV Lost Their Imagination?
Willem Dafoe's War on Realism
Interesting Art Requires Risking Failure
The Top 10 Films of 2024
Why David Lynch Was Such a Brilliant Artist
David Lynch changed TV, Film, and How I Think About Art Forever
Why Does The Substance Look Like That?
The Best Cinematography I've Ever Seen
How Disaster Media Fails
Why They Just Don't Care About Continuity
Hollywood's Obsession with Ambition
Anthropomorphizing the Algorithm
Why Does Acting Feel So Different Now?
In Praise of Great Exposition
When you REALLY know how to use practical effects
Watching Both Parts of Dune as One Movie - Review
How The Zone of Interest was made as two films
Why The Zone of Interest Does Not Let You See
How Should Movies Depict Real Suffering?
Civil War - On The Complicated Power of War Photography
The Hidden Villain in Killers of The Flower Moon
Review: Perfect Days
It's not video. On AI "video" and post-cinema.
Refusing To Look: The Zone of Interest
Who Should Win at The Oscars 2024?
How Did The Oscars End Up Like This?
The Curse is a Masterpiece of Art House TV
Why The Curse is Such A Brilliant Show
Dreaming of the Apocalypse
The Top 10 Movies of 2023
The Biggest Decision You'll Make For Any Scene
How The Art of Filmmaking Is Still Evolving
The Best Acting I've Ever Seen
Watching the greatest living director contemplate his own legacy
Why The Bear Gets In Your Head
The Fictional Truth of Asteroid City
The Strange Reality of The Grand Budapest Hotel
Metamodernism at the Movies
Why Do Movies Feel So Different Now?
The Best Movie About AI
Long Live The New Flesh
The Best Performances Of 2022
5 Questions About The Banshees of Inisherin
How The Sounds of Dune Were Made
The Top 10 Movies of 2022
In Praise of Subtle Cinematography
Why Andor Feels So Real
In Praise of Subtle Performance
What is Screen Presence?
The Unsettling Power of Sonic Ambiguity
How Nope Tricks Your Ears
The Real Villain of Nope
How Real Is The Rehearsal?
Better Call Saul Did It Better
Why The Bear Hits So Hard
Why Everything Everywhere All At Once Hits So Hard
Labyrinth Ion - A Film By Thomas Flight
Why You Should Watch Experimental Documentaries
My Trip to Cannes Film Festival 2022
Why The Batman's Sound is Different
Visual Perspective in The Batman - Companion Video
Was I Wrong About The Irishman?
What is Everything Everywhere All At Once?
The 2022 Academy Awards
Why Donald Glover's Atlanta Feels So Weird
Why Dune's Editing Feels Different
The Art Movement That Changed Film Forever
How Pig Deconstructed John Wick
The Absurd Intricacy of The French Dispatch
The Evolution of Paul Thomas Anderson
Why Dune's VFX Feels So Real
What Makes Dune's Score So Brilliant?
Dune Sound Design Breakdown - Companion Video
The Succession Character You Never See
Why Omar Little was the Heart of The Wire
Omar's Code - Companion Video
What The Green Knight Wants You To Think About
Malick's Letter to Scorsese
The Deep Duality of Martin Scorsese
The Movies That Shaped Moonrise Kingdom
Why Were David Lynch's Movies So Strange?
Uncut Gems: Carefully Crafted Chaos
Why is Bo Burnham's Inside Like That?
Why Do Terrence Malick's Movies Look Like That?
What is Cinema?
Is Martin Scorsese Right About Cinema Dying?
Why Nomadland Won Best Director
How To Get Nominated for Best Editing
Justice League vs. The Snyder Cut - Filmmaking Comparison
A Beginner's Guide to Ingmar Bergman
The Director Who Mastered The Art of Filming Faces
Malick responds to Bergman
Sound of Metal's Brilliant Sound Design
Why You Can't Hear The Dialogue in Tenet
The Genius of Soul's Fake Light
The Gentle Brilliance of First Cow's Editing
TENET - Nolan Has An Exposition Problem
Why Do Yorgos Lanthimos' Movies Feel So Weird?
Is Parasite Better in Black and White?
How To Create Conflict Without Dialogue
Mulan's Terrible Editing - A Breakdown
Why Do Wes Anderson Movies Look Like That?
When The Editing is Bad on Purpose
How To Steal Like Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bong Joon-Ho Ranked
How Chaplin Made Me Less Anxious in 8 Seconds
Damien Chazelle's Vertical Cinema Shot Breakdown
Palm Springs vs. Groundhog Day: Finding Meaning in The Loop
What Makes TikTok So Popular?
When You Meticulously Plan Every Shot
Fleabag Play vs TV Show - A Comparison
Is the Crazy Long Take in Extraction a Gimmick?
Q & A - My Process, Favorite Movies and TV, How I Got Into Film, Equipment, and more!
How 1917 Edits With The Camera
Why Greta Gerwig's Little Women is The Best
What To Watch During Your Quarantine
Parasite's Perfect Editing
The Brilliant Cinematography of Parasite
Which Film Should’ve Won The Oscar for Best Editing?
The Visual Architecture of Parasite
How Robert Eggers Creates Atmosphere
How Scorsese Updated Goodfellas
My Favorite 15 Seconds From The Godfather | A Breakdown
Why Martin Scorsese is Right About Marvel Movies
How Vince Gilligan Crafted El Camino and Breaking Bad
Why Interactive Content Failed
Chernobyl - A Masterclass in Perspective
The Wire - Why Every Season Matters
Chernobyl Show vs Reality - Footage Comparison
How The Wire Uses Character Moments to Convey Its Themes
Why The Wire is one of the Most Brilliant TV Shows Ever
Why Are There So Many Group Therapy Scenes?
Bohemian Rhapsody's Terrible Editing - A Breakdown
What The Coen Brother's First Film Teaches Us About Their Style - Blood Simple
How to Make a Movie with Tommy Wiseau
Are Spoilers Actually Good?
The Directors Who Mastered The Art Of The Minor Character
How Bo Burnham Watches YouTube
The Hotel Amenities Wars
How Terrence Malick's Style Developed
Shawn Mendes Lost in Japan / Lost in Translation Comparison
Ex Machina is a Turing Test
The Genius Way Better Call Saul Starts its Scenes
Why Are Nolan Movies Like That?
Language and Translation in Isle of Dogs
How A Quiet Place Creates Suspense Scene Breakdown
What Wes Anderson's First Film Teaches Us About The Rest
How The Disaster Artist Adapts the Book
How Rian Johnson Created a Breathtaking Explosion in The Last Jedi
Why Movies Never Actually Show Science
How Cars Shaped The Movies
Editing an Interview - David Letterman's "My Next Guest" Has a Distracting Problem.
Malick's Obsessions
How Damien Chazelle Crafts an Ending
Your Netflix is Special
Blade Runner vs. Blade Runner 2049 | Cinematography Compared
Tell A Story in Three Frames | The Panic In Needle Park
A Realistic Portrait of The American South
Mindhunter vs Real Life Ed Kemper - Side By Side Comparison
How Memes Capture Our Attention - Distracted Boyfriend
How Edgar Wright Sets Up Baby Driver - First Scene Breakdown
Twin Peaks: The Return - How David Lynch Picked Up Where He Left Off
Why Coca-Cola's Postmodern Soda Failed
Why Better Call Saul is Brilliant
Showing Realistic Grief - Manchester By The Sea
The Snowden Movie vs Real Life
In Praise of Exposition
How Derek Cianfrance Communicates Themes
Nightcrawler Incriminates Its Viewers
THOMAS FLIGHT