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This Shot-By-Shot Comparison of Old and New Mad Max Is a Blast
Reboots are hard. It’s hard to find the sweet spot between paying tribute to the original while improving upon it at the same time. Watching a shot-by-shot comparison of the original Mad Max and Fury Road, however, reveals what a great sequel can be.
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25 years of IMDb, the world’s biggest online movie database
The year 2015 heralded a number of notable Internet milestones -- the humble .com domain name reached 30 years of age, while both eBay and Amazon reached the grand old age of 20. That the Internet Movie Database, a gargantuan film and TV show encyclopedia better known as IMDb, began 25 years ago as a pre-Web hobby project and is now one of the top 50 most visited websites on the Internet is a notable achievement.
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The Thirty-Seven Basic Plots, According to a Screenwriter of the Silent Film Era
In his 1919 manual for screenwriters, Ten Million Photoplay Plots, Wycliff Aber Hill provided this taxonomy of possible types of dramatic "situations," first running them down in outline form, then describing each more completely and offering possible variations. Hill, who published more than one aid to struggling "scenarists," positioned himself as an authority on the types of stories that would work well on screen.
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Trash
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'Suffrajitsu': How the suffragettes fought back using martial arts
The film Suffragette, which is due for release, portrays the struggle by British women to win the vote. They were exposed to violence and intimidation as their campaign became more militant. So they taught themselves the martial art of jiu-jitsu. Edith Garrud was a tiny woman. Measuring 4ft 11in (150cm) in height she appeared no match for the officers of the Metropolitan Police - required to be at least 5ft 10in (178cm) tall at the time. But she had a secret weapon.
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Which is the Best Ever Bond film?
From Dr No to Skyfall: vote for the greatest of 007's adventures
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Remember the Warriors: Behind the Chaotic, Drug-Fueled, and Often Terrifying Making of a Cult Classic
The D, F, N, and Q trains all converge at Stillwell Avenue near the southernmost tip of Brooklyn. Visitors are funneled through the newly polished Coney Island Terminal, past the growing line of souvenir shops, until they are shot out toward the bustle of Surf Avenue and Bowery Street.
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Stephen Colbert, J.J. Abrams to Hold a Nerd-Off at Montclair Film Festival
The Montclair Film Festival has lined up noted nerds Stephen Colbert and J.J. Abrams for a fundraiser event this fall that will see the duo hold a public discussion on their influences and work. Set for late November, “Stephen Colbert and J.J. Abrams: Celebrity Nerd-Off!” will take place just as the hype for Abrams’ upcoming “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” reaches it peak ahead of the film’s Dec. 18 release. Colbert, meanwhile...
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The secret sounds in movies and TV
The sounds added to movies, TV and sport often have unusual origins, says William Park, from everyday objects to manipulated animals.
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Richard Speight, Jr. on Twitter
“My award winning short film "America 101" is finally available on iTunes! It stars #RickGomez - my incredibly... http://t.co/wBL7VY7Ejo”
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Rain is sizzling bacon, cars are lions roaring: the art of sound in movies
Skip Lievsay, an unassuming-looking guy in his mid-60s with highly trained ears, stood before the stacks of speakers and giant movie screen in his office, fussing quietly. Lievsay is one of the preeminent sound designers working in film today, and whatever he does – whether it’s fussing or making jokes or padding down the hall of his New York offices to murmur instructions to employees – he does it quietly, as if his personal volume dial operates...
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'Pee-wee's Big Adventure': Famous Lines & the Ones That Oughta Be
'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' turns the big 3-0 this week. Ha! Ha!
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Rain is sizzling bacon, cars are lions roaring: the art of sound in movies
The long read: Skip Lievsay is one of the most talented men in Hollywood. He has created audioscapes for Martin Scorsese and is the only sound man the Coen brothers go to. But the key to this work is more than clever effects, it is understanding the human mind
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Top Ten Samurai Films - The Film Box
The ten best samurai films of all time.
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James Bond: Spectre to be Released on 26 October
Spectre, the next James Bond film, will have its world premiere on the same day as its release across the UK and Ireland on 26 October, Sony Pictures announces.
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The Phantasmagoria of the First Hand-Painted Films
How the silent screen burst to life with color. By Joshua Yumibe.
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Back to the Future heads to theaters for 30th anniversary
Just as Star Wars did in 1997 for its 20th, Back to the Future will be re-released for its own 30th anniversary this year. This means that on the 21st of October, 2015, throughout the United States the original Back to the Future will be coming to a theater near you.
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Movies That Came Out at the Same Time and Are Basically the Same
You know how they say there are only seven types of stories, but Hollywood tells them
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Guidelines for Talking During a Horror Movie: Don't
Someone at Gawker thinks it's okay to talk in a horror movie. Nope. It's not. Don't talk in movies.
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Academy's New Oscar Rules Stick with Best Picture Status Quo
Every summer the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors hunkers down and reviews and approves proposed rule changes from the branches.
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