The Long Day Closes & Terence Davies’ Best Sequence.

Terence Davies is frequently referred to as one of Britain’s greatest living directors. Having served as screenwriter and director on all of his projects, Davies has whether creating his own biographical trilogy or adapting great works of literature for the screen. His refusal to compromise and lack of interest in creating traditional three act structure … More The Long Day Closes & Terence Davies’ Best Sequence.

How Orson Welles Changed documentary forever in just a five minutes.

Werner Herzog said about the craft of documentary style filmmaking “It’s all movies for me. And besides, when you say documentaries, in my case, in most of these cases, means Feature Film in disguise”. This quote was personified by the ground breaking (first time) director of Citizen Kane in his 1973 Docudrama “F for Fake”. … More How Orson Welles Changed documentary forever in just a five minutes.

Art Cinema Practice: Tokyo Story & Wild Strawberries

“Once you get over the one inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films” Bong Jong Ho said this year at the Golden Globes. (Long, 2020).The Oscar winner was referring to the “Hollywood Myopia” towards Foreign Language films, which despite growing critical praise and acclaim, do not benefit … More Art Cinema Practice: Tokyo Story & Wild Strawberries