I can talk about "The Silence of the Lambs" for hours, but now I would like to focus on one aspect - about how cleverly and coolly the film works with the subject...
Respect for the viewer using the example of the film "No Country for Old Men". The Coen brothers, in addition to their many obvious advantages, have one more, less obvious one - they have great respect for their viewer. This is good demon...
How copyright issues were handled a hundred years ago
There is such a wonderful film by M. Night Shyamalan - “The Sixth Sense.” This is a mystical thriller that tells the story of the relationship between child psychologist Malcolm Kra...
Long ago, in 1918, four Warner brothers (children of migrants from the Russian Empire) founded the Warner Brothers film company. Jack and Sam are doing t...
I recently rewatched Isle of Dogs (it's scary, 8 years have already passed!) - how gorgeous it is! There was no reason to write a separate post about it, but then I found out why it has such a name - and there was a reason...
A charming behind-the-scenes detail about Quentin Tarantino and his longtime editor Sally Menke.
Remember the old jokes about Donald Duck never wearing pants or how Goofy is dressed while Pluto isn't? Here’s a playful taxonomy of cartoon wardrobe choices.
Why Hollywood keeps releasing nearly identical movies at the same time, plus a gallery of famous 'twin films.'
There is such a film with Mel Gibson - “Mad Max” from 1979. By all definitions, this is a low-budget Australian exploitation in the genre...
Today we will analyze incomprehensible things from the credits - both the final and the opening ones. Let's start with different types of producers, using the example of "Crime Reader...
In 1877, the famous politician Leland Stanford (the one whose name is given to Stanford University), being an avid horse racing fan,...
Today I want to talk about the first film about John Rambo - which is called "First Blood" (even without mentioning...
Brosnan’s Bond contract forbade him from wearing a tux anywhere else — here’s how The Thomas Crown Affair solved that wardrobe puzzle.
For me, one less mystery today — what exactly sounds in the Netflix intro (the iconic tu-dum intro). It turns out, it's the sound of a fist hitting a table — and not some abstract fist, but a very specific one...
A brief note on why mothers rarely appear in Disney classics and the tragic story often cited as the reason
Trivia about the making of Guy Ritchie's crime classic: lost scenes, casting surprises and its release story.
In addition to the fact that “Stuart Little” is a rather sweet and naive children’s movie that evokes a feeling of nostalgia, the film also provided great help to the world...
The rise of silent-film prodigy Jackie Coogan, the legal battle over his earnings, and how it led to California’s landmark Coogan Act.
A “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper is my favorite painting (painting - literally, not a film, but those that are painted on canvas). I always...
A brief look at the cinematography and composition in “Parasite”: vertical movement, light, water, and the boundaries between the rich and the poor.
Today I want to talk about an interesting effect in TV series called Flanderization. This is when throughout...
The sugar and slavery metaphor, Western references, and interesting details in Tarantino's film.
All my life I thought that a disclaimer was just some kind of warning in films. Well, in the spirit of “not one...
It's funny how several cult 1999 releases shared one idea: routine drives people mad, and they break free in the wildest ways.
A quick dive into one of those film-industry coincidences that make my brain melt: the family tree linking Danny Trejo, Andrei Konchalovsky, and Andrei Tarkovsky.
Why credits sometimes use an ampersand instead of the word “and”, and how the Writers Guild of America explains the distinction.
There's a film with James Belushi, 'K-9, Dog's Work'. And I only found out today that K9 (kay-nine) in English sounds like 'Canine', which is literally the scientific term for 'Dog'...
