From perilous productions to reckless disregard for health and safety, here are eight films that could NEVER be made today…The modern-day movie has the benefit of current technology that allows a shoot to be made as simply, efficiently, and as safely as possible. These days, most modern blockbusters look like they’re carbon copies of each […]
10 Movies That Prove You Should Be Careful What You Wish For
Your wishes can come true, but in cinema there’s always a catch. Be careful what you wish for with these ten essential cursed wish movies… Some ideas become tried and trusted in the movies. One such is the cursed wish gone wrong. From horrors to comedies, it can often result in the protagonist on a quest […]
12 Essential Job Title Movies
Sometimes a movie does what it says on the tin, such as these movies named after job titles…Choosing the title of your movie can be one of the hardest tasks. Get it wrong, and you might find your film is wholly mis-sold or misinterpreted by audiences. That was one of the reasons William Friedkin’s Sorcerer […]
20 Essential Criterion Collection Films
It’s time to cast an eye on the Criterion Collection, a distribution company renowned for giving cult, classic and world cinema a new lease of life…The art of film curation and preservation is something one company in particular seems to exceed above all else. For the niche market of cinephile collectors, Criterion also has a […]
Seven Famous Cursed Movie Productions
Disasters, terrible luck, radiation poisoning and death. We look at some famous cursed film productions…With Flickering Myth’s first foray into movie-making on The Baby in the Basket now underway, we’ve found ourselves faced with a number of problems throughout pre-production as recently covered in our pre-production update. We’ve dealt with unavoidable dropouts, unexpected costs and […]
Trailer for FrightFest horror Stalker starring Sophie Skelton, Stuart Brennan and Bret Hart
Following its world premiere at FrightFest last month, Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment is set to bring the psychological horror Stalker to DVD and Digital in the UK this August.Directed by Steve Johnson, the film centres on Rose (Sophie Skelton), a young actress who finds herself trapped in an elevator in her empty hotel with a mysterious […]
The Art of Ambiguity in Cinema
Tom Jolliffe looks at the finest in ambiguous cinema, and asks ‘how do you pull it off?’… Often in the law books of screenwriting there’s a section which might tell the studious aspiring writer that a film must have clarity. Plot threads must lead to resolution. Each act and your central character arcs should be clear. […]
10 Great Long Takes
Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the best long takes in cinema history…The beauty of cinema, is the sheer litany of techniques available for film-makers to convey their story. It’s a collaborative effort between actors, directors, cinematographers, editors and everyone in between. The power of editing lies in the ability to manipulate the audiences emotional […]
15 Great Cinematic Journeys
Tom Jolliffe offers up 15 great cinematic journeys… When it comes to cinema, the very best films will grab the audience and keep us gripped throughout the runtime. Every character goes on a particular journey that can be literal and/or metaphorical. Those literal epic journeys which might see hobbits on a quest to take a ring […]
The Art of Giving Film Recommendations
Tom Jolliffe on the art of giving film recommendations…You’ve got to see The Matrix! You have to! It’s 1999, and there’s a distinct transition between the recommender of The Matrix as being ahead of the curve, to a couple of months down the line when such a recommendation is lost in a cacophony of like […]
