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13 Must See Films and Shows at Cannes 2017
With coverage beginning on Thursday, here are 13 films we can’t wait to see at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Based on a True Story (Roman Polanski) Four years since his last feature, the excellent,...
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What Makes ‘Twin Peaks’ So Great?
Everything, the answer is “everything.” I’ve spoken in these virtual pages before – maybe even too often – about how David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks isn’t just an outstanding series, it’s a...
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What We Know So Far About Those Five ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoffs
On a scale from Jon Snow to Varys, how in the know are you? As a human being with internet access, you are certainly aware the penultimate season of Game of Thrones is coming up in July. You probably...
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Before and After: How Color Helps Tell the Two Stories of ’13 Reasons Why’
Two stories, two timelines, two filters. When you’re telling a story that takes equal place in two different time periods, cluing the viewer in to which time is which without blatantly spelling it...
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Short of the Day: ‘It Eats You Up’ Announces a Bold New Talent
Remember the name Kassim Norris. The best short films unfurl like a flower at dawn, quick but steady when kissed by the light, each second revealing the beauty and life tucked away inside. If that...
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From ‘Baywatch’ to Ted Bundy: Is Zac Efron Interesting Again?
The actor is to depart from his starring roles in comedies such as ‘Neighbors’ and ‘Dirty Grandpa’ with Joe Berlinger’s ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’. The most successful actor to come...
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Jordan Peele is a Hero of Original Content
Jordan Peele resists the ‘Akira’ temptation, plus a bunch of other important pop culture things to start your day. There’s a long-running debate that rages in the halls of geekdom. In fact, one could...
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40 Things We Learned from Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ Commentary
“In many ways, the African American experience is this country’s Frankenstein monster.” Jordan Peele‘s feature directorial debut is both one of the year’s most critically acclaimed films and one of the...
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From Ring to Reel: The Evolution of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
The greatest success story of our time? Let’s face a harsh truth: professional wrestlers are, by and large, really shitty actors. I know that’s a blanket and probably dangerous thing to say, but it’s...
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The Perfect Shots of ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’
As shot by cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli. This week on Shot by Shot, the official cinematography podcast of One Perfect Shot and Film School Rejects, myself and OPS creator Geoff Todd are...
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6 Filmmaking Tips from Barry Levinson
You definitely want to check out advice from the Oscar-winning director of Rain Man. Definitely. There are few back stories in Hollywood more interesting than Barry Levinson‘s. The man who would go on...
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The 50 Most Beautiful Shots of The Alien Franchise
From 1979’s ‘Alien’ to this week’s new release of ‘Covenant’ and everything in between — yes, even you, ‘AVP’ — we look at the 50 Most Beautiful Shots of a franchise that’s been terrifying us for...
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‘Xtro’ is The Revolting ‘Alien’ Rip-Off You Have To See
In a space of wannabe pretenders, ‘Xtro’ penetrates the final frontier of H.R. Giger’s grotesque imagination. In space no one can hear you scream…but on Earth, you can scream all you want especially...
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The Naked Forest: ‘Twin Peaks’ and Film Noir
A video essay explores connections on the surface and below. While it can be extremely difficult to classify Twin Peaks — is it drama? Horror? A supernatural thriller? A crime procedural? Sci-fi? Dark...
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Short of the Day: ‘The Last Exhibition’ Plays with Art, Perspective, and...
An animated thinker of a short. Art is subjective; we’re all film fans, we know this. It comes down to one’s personal perspective – who you are, where you’re from (physically and intellectually), and...
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Magic in the Mist: Niagara Falls on Film
The natural wonder has been captured on film in many different ways since the invention of the medium. “It is also plain water, thus plunging, will foam, and roar, and send up a mist, continuously, in...
View Article‘Get Me Roger Stone’ Review: Lies, Sex, and Videotape
Roger Stone’s narcissistic villainy can’t be addressed with this gawking doc. I’m not sure of documentary Get Me Roger Stone‘s intended audience besides Roger Stone himself. He’s been the ghoulishly...
View ArticleTom From MySpace is a Filmmaker Now
We look at what Tom is up to, what’s next for Chelsea Manning, and say goodbye to Chris Cornell in today’s Opening Credits. What happened to Tom Anderson, everyone’s first friend on MySpace? According...
View ArticleIn Space, No One Can Hear You Applaud: The History of the ‘Alien’ Franchise
A history of the future. Since its inception in 1979, Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise has constantly pushed the boundaries of science-fiction, often blurring the lines between that genre and horror,...
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Want to Watch the New ‘Twin Peaks’ But You Haven’t Seen the Old ‘Twin Peaks?’...
A 25-bulletpoint guide to everything you need to know. You might have heard that this weekend David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks is returning to television after a 27-year absence. To call this a...
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