You Can Always Tell When Green Screen is Bad
If you're looking for a technical breakdown of why some green screens are better than others, this is the video… Read More
July 7, 2020
The Queue
How Filmmakers Use the Binary of Black-And-White
What we're watching: a pair of video essays that highlight the strengths and limitations of black-and-white's narrative power. Read More
July 6, 2020
Want to Break Your Brain? Watch ‘A Mind Sang’
An experiment in perspective and parallel storytelling, 'A Mind Sang' is a hypnotic visual journey that blurs the boundaries between… Read More
July 5, 2020
What A Vase Can Teach Us About The Filmography of Yasujiro Ozu
What we're watching: a video essay that breaks down the enigma of the vase shot from Yasujiro Ozu's 'Late Spring.' Read More
July 5, 2020
More Cartoon Recaps and Fewer “Live-Action” Remakes, Please
Why watch a redundant photorealistic remake when you can watch a charmingly irreverent recap video that's under five minutes? Read More
July 1, 2020
How Wendy Carlos Created Iconic Scores With The Moog Synthesizer
Here's an interview clip where Wendy Carlos—the pioneering synth composer behind the scores for 'A Clockwork Orange,' 'The Shining,' and… Read More
June 29, 2020
The Movie-Making Miracle of ‘The Prince of Egypt’
What we're watching: a behind the scenes featurette on the making of DreamWorks Animation's masterpiece: 'The Prince of Egypt.' Read More
June 27, 2020
Animating Ugly: The Wonderful Weirdness of ‘Rango’
Here's a video essay celebrating the bizarre imagination of 'Rango'. Read More
June 26, 2020
A Brief History of Dance in Film
Here's a montage celebrating 125 years of one of the greatest artistic team-ups of all time: dance and film. Read More
June 23, 2020