The short horror flick “Vinyl” illustrates a number of classic horror film techniques: isolated protagonist, flickering candles, in-your-face close-ups. But perhaps director Harrison Nowak’s most powerful trick is quick cutting. In three and a half minutes, we get 50 cuts, which means that the average cut is 4.2 seconds. But averages can be deceiving. Close to…
read more →What do “The Wizard of Oz,” “Gone with the Wind,” “Blade Runner,” “The Graduate,” “War of the Worlds,” and “The Maltese Falcon” have in common? Along with hundreds of other memorable feature movies, these hits were based on previously published material. Often the source was a novel. But in some cases the underlying text was a…
read more →Manon Gaurin’s “Monsters” has taken the top prize for a French film at the the PNB Paribas Mobile Film Festival. The French filmmaker’s one-minute movie is an illustrated poem on nocturnal terrors, inspired by Nikita Gill’s writings. Launched in 2005, the Mobile Film Festival has been detecting and promoting new talents through a competition with simple rules: 1 mobile…
read more →Regg Skwarko’s “Steam” immediately brings to mind Psycho’s shower scene. But—spoiler alert—there is a terrific twist. The film is one of the finalists in the 2017 Cinephone Film Fest. Anything else we might say about it would ruin your viewing experience, so instead, let’s talk about the art of homage. In the world of film…
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