Sean Wilson chats to filmmaker David Lowery about his acclaimed Disney remake, the power of movie magic… and the results of a certain American Presidential election… Few could have anticipated back in August that in a month dominated by the overhyped and underwhelming Suicide Squad, it would be a comparatively unheralded Disney reboot that would […]
8 killer cues from Cliff Martinez’s The Neon Demon soundtrack
Sean Wilson takes a closer look at the latest captivating collaboration between director Nicolas Winding Refn and composer Cliff Martinez… Filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn doesn’t court controversy and outrage so much as revel in it, and his latest hallucinatory nightmare The Neon Demon is no exception. A surrealistic and increasingly shocking tale of the fashion […]
Flickering Myth’s Formative Movie Experiences
Sean Wilson asks his fellow Flickering Myth writers about the film experiences that shaped their childhoods… I was more than a little startled when hit with the recent revelation that nineties family classic Free Willy this year passed its 22nd birthday. It’s not a lengthy period in the grand scheme of things but for me […]
Movie Review – Love & Friendship (2016)
Love & Friendship, 2016. Directed by Whit Stillman. Starring Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel and Stephen Fry. SYNOPSIS: Set in the 1790s, Love and Friendship centers on beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon, who has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, […]
Exclusive Interview: Composer Jason Graves talks video game soundtracks
Sean Wilson chats to the Tomb Raider and Far Cry composer about what makes a truly great score… Video game music has come on extraordinary leaps and bounds since the early days of 8-bit synths. Orchestral sophistication and symphonic power is now the order of the day, and at the forefront is acclaimed, award-winning artist […]
Tomorrowland: or The Curse of the Standalone Blockbuster
Sean Wilson re-evaluates the unfairly maligned Disney movie, and why its failure is an unfortunate reflection of the modern-day cinema industry… Just under a year ago, I appeared to be one of approximately five people on the planet who was more than a little dismayed and disheartened at the critical roasting afforded to Disney epic […]
The Greatest Ghost Stories Ever Written
In time for Halloween, Sean Wilson takes a look at some of the most delightfully ghoulish and flesh-creeping stories ever put to paper. The Turn of the Screw Author Henry James described his own sensational chiller as a ‘pot-boiler’ but it’s clearly so much more than that. A deeply unnerving tale of a young governess […]
Martin Scorsese’s Lost Masterpiece: Remembering The King of Comedy
With Silence getting the critics salivating, Sean Wilson examines what is possibly Martin Scorsese’s greatest – and almost certainly most underrated – film, The King of Comedy… Do portrayals of celebrity culture and fan worship get more lacerating and acute than 1983’s masterpiece The King of Comedy? Martin Scorsese’s follow-up to Raging Bull is quite […]
Review – Brian Tyler live at the Royal Festival Hall
Sean Wilson reviews Iron Man 3 composer Brian Tyler’s sensational London concert… What does it take to an endure as a successful film composer in the 21st century? The answer, if you’re Brian Tyler, is versatility – and a lot of energy. Making his concert debut at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Saturday night, the […]
7 awe-inspiring tracks from David Arnold’s classic Independence Day score
Ahead of the release of Independence Day: Resurgence, Sean Wilson remembers one of the first movie’s greatest assets in the form of David Arnold’s absurdly rousing and patriotic soundtrack… However long-overdue sci-fi sequel Independence Day: Resurgence turns out, it’ll be lacking the thunderous impact of David Arnold on soundtrack duties. The British composer reportedly wasn’t even […]
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