Gladiator (2000) is an iconic 2000’s action film which defined Russel Crow’s career, and is in Ridley Scott’s top 3. It tells the story of a beloved Roman general who gladiator, and seeks vengeance on the emperor.
The film is an undeniable epic with powerful and poignant moments, despite its occasion excessive steer into cheese and melodrama. There is intensity and drama in every scene with acting, eye , dialogue, lighting, and soundtrack all performing their maximum. The fades, flashbacks…
I enjoyed the Substance (2024), but it pushed me right to the edge of my comfort zone, with several scenes creating a visceral reaction in the cinema forcing me to look away. Coming into Revenge (2017), I didn’t know what to expect. Would it be as graphic, in your face, and controversially feminist? After 20 minutes I spotted several stylistic / thematic similarities and realised it would be just as extreme.
Coralie Fargeat has such a distinct cinematographic style unashamedly…
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Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is a truly beautiful and unique sci-fi film set in a world where you can ask for other people to be erased from your memory. This service is most popular (unsurprisingly) on Valentine’s Day. The film follows a non-linear narrative and uses incredible in camera techniques to capture our protagonists attempts to hold on to cherished fading relationship memories. This is a beautiful way for the audience to learn about the characters relationship and…
Yorgos Lanthimos has cemented his reputation as a director who creates some of the most bizarre mainstream films, often disturbing and dystopian. Poor thing is no different, but it also adds new elements, it’s experimentation primarily driven by the cinematography, rather than the script. The film uses fish eye lens and switching colour gradients / aspect ratios to great effect, unnerving yet compelling the viewer to engage with a twisted Frankenstein escque storyline with a feminist edge. Lanthimos shows a…
