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‘Avatar 2’ to Start Shooting This Fall…Probably.
Sigourney Weaver updates the long-gestating project from James Cameron.People have been talking about Avatar 2 (and 3, and 4, and 5…) since before James Cameron’s first installment was even released...
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The Illusion of ‘Birdman:’ Hidden Edits in Inarritu’s “One-Take” Film
Blink and you miss them.One of the greatest tricks Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has yet to play on audiences is the illusion that Birdman (OR: The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a single-take film....
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‘Paterson’ Takes Viewers on a Bus Ride Through One Man’s Secret to Happiness
This Week in Home VideoPlus 7 more new releases to watch at home this week on Blu-ray/DVD.Welcome to this week in home video! Click the title to buy a Blu-ray/DVD from Amazon and help support FSR in...
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On Friendship and Vulnerability: The Wisdom of Disney’s ‘Zootopia’
We can learn a number of things from Disney’s smash animated hit.Crowning Disney’s Zootopia my favorite film of 2016 has earned me a reasonable amount of polite mockery among the film fan community....
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Amazon vs. Netflix: An Itemized Guide to What You Should Be Streaming This Year
You time is valuable, and so are both services for different reasons.War Machine (Netflix)Although there may be a competition going on between Amazon and Netflix for subscribers, the truth is that both...
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A Supercut Celebrating the Power and Beauty of ‘Legion,’ the Best New Show of...
The game-changing series gets a succinct and gorgeous tribute.If you missed Noah Hawley’s Legion on FX, you missed one of the greatest television series to come along since, well, Noah Hawley’s Fargo....
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‘Signs’ and ‘Arrival’: A Philosophical Comparison
What the two alien invasion films tell us about existential questions.Ever since H.G. Wells released “The War of the Worlds” in 1898, the alien invasion genre has become a vehicle for humanity’s fears,...
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‘The Saurus’ is a Verbose, Erudite, Jocular Film About Disappointment
Short of the DayOne man’s letter of complaint is today’s side-splitting short film selection.As the description of The Saurus tells us, this short film is the story of “a man with a robust vocabulary”...
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All That Hollywood Allows: Douglas Sirk’s Brilliant Melodramas
The European filmmaker directed a series of deceptively complex melodramas in the 1950s.“This is the dialectic — there is a very short distance between high art and trash, and trash that contains an...
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My Pet Monster: 5 Films That Made Allies From Beasts
A fistful of monster mashes in the wake of Nacho Vigalondo’s ‘Colossal.’This weekend Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal stomps into New York and Los Angeles to establish itself as the new King of the Monsters....
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Rejoice: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg To Adapt Another Comic Property, This...
Rejoice: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg To Adapt Another Comic Property, This One From ‘The Walking Dead’ Creator Robert KirkmanIt’s called ‘Invincible,’ and it’s headed to the big screen.Fresh off the...
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The Perfect Shots of ‘Silence’ and an Interview with Cinematographer Rodrigo...
On this week’s ‘Shot by Shot’ Podcast.For the third episode of Shot by Shot, the official cinematography podcast of One Perfect Shot and Film School Rejects, myself and OPS Founder Geoff Todd talk...
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21 Things We Learned from Simon Barrett’s Commentary on ‘Cathy’s Curse’
“You might ask why we are doing this commentary track.”Cathy’s Curse (1976)Commentators: Simon Barrett (filmmaker), Brian Collins (critic/author)1. This original cut features opening text that Collins...
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6 Filmmaking Tips From Marc Webb
You needn’t be gifted or amazing, just follow this advice.Whatever your opinion of his Amazing Spider-Man movies, there’s no denying Marc Webb’s proficiency as a director. He’s been filming in some...
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And The Next James Bond Is…
Let’s take a few minutes to reflect on what could have been.After two years of speculation, it seems like the question of who will be the seventh actor to take on the iconic role in the long-running...
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City of Angels, City of Devils: The 80s L.A. of Cinematographer Robby Müller
How one DP captured and defined the juxtaposition of glamour and grime.Like most major metropolitan areas of the United States, Los Angeles is a juxtaposition of fortune and failure. It’s a city where...
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San Francisco Presents Cinema as a Catalyst for Bridging Cultures
A preview of this year’s San Francisco International Film Festival.The Cinema TravellersWith nationalism on the rise there is a palpable hunger for art than connects nations and peoples. No art form...
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‘Cool Unicorn Bruv’ is a Quick Shot of Fantasy and Dry Comedy
Short of the DayA quick blast of British humour.In just over 100 seconds, writer-director Ninian Doff manages to blend fantasy, reality, and comedy into a particularly British short film he calls Cool...
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Should Netflix Make Shorter Marvel Series?
Even at its best, thirteen episodes seems to drag out the action.I have a confession to make: I still haven’t finished Iron Fist. In fact, I haven’t even progressed past the second episode. Sure, life...
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‘Colossal’ is the ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ of Monster Movies
Fans of the rom com-subverting Wright film will fall in lesbians with Colossal.Colossal, Nacho Vigalondo’s excellent genre-bending monster movie, seems to focus on the central relationship between...
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