Movies that travel back in time are usually expensive to produce. This is true whether the time frame is centuries (“Ben Hur”) or just decades (“Back to the Future”). Finding appropriate clothing and objects can be challenging. But in “Good Ole Days,” mobile moviemaker Ayesha Jordan demonstrates that recreating the past is possible even on a shoestring budget. In…
read more →Ticking clocks are used so often in movies for a simple reason: they work. Just as deadlines unleash tension, fear, and adrenaline in our everyday lives, a danger with a fixed time of arrival motivates action in movies. Ranker offers a list of 25 classic movies with ticking clocks including “Back to the Future,” “Terminator 2:…
read more →Public Service Announcements (PSAs) often are cerebral. But as human rights lawyer Adebayo Okeowo demonstrates in “Not for Sale,” telling a story can give a message astonishing power. In this case, the short PSA, shot using an iPhone 7, dramatizes the tragedy of migration. In the first half of 2017, more than a thousand migrants perished in the Mediterranean.…
read more →Mohsin Hamid’s celebrated novel Exit West deals with societal fragmentation and dehumanization in 230 pages. Simon Powell’s “Murmuring Goodbye” probes the same issue in 60 seconds. While we’re talking apples and oranges—book vs. movie—a case can be made that the emotional impact of Powell’s silent film equals that of the book. The film uses a variety of elements to convey the unspeakable…
read more →When directing a child actor, limiting dialogue can lead to getting a first-rate performance.
read more →Chechen filmmaker Anzor Mulkoev dramatizes the philosophy of pioneer photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson in creating a film based on a series of photographs that capture decisive moments in a man’s life.
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