#The Delicate Art of the Focus Pull

#The Delicate Art of the Focus Pull

“#The Delicate Art of the Focus Pull” Home Columns Movies Meg Shields July 23, 2020 Focus up, with this video essay on the storytelling potential of the rack focus shot. Welcome to The Queue — your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we’re watching a video essay on the…

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#How Stanley Kubrick Hypnotizes You

#How Stanley Kubrick Hypnotizes You

“#How Stanley Kubrick Hypnotizes You” Home Columns Movies Meg Shields July 22, 2020 Here’s a video essay on why watching a Stanley Kubrick film can be a trance-like experience. Welcome to The Queue — your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we look at how Stanley Kubrick hypnotizes his…

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#Keanu Reeves’ ‘BRZRKR’ Comic Allows the Actor to Unleash His Wolverine

#Keanu Reeves’ ‘BRZRKR’ Comic Allows the Actor to Unleash His Wolverine

“#Keanu Reeves’ ‘BRZRKR’ Comic Allows the Actor to Unleash His Wolverine” Welcome to Stapled Cinema, our ongoing series celebrating the valiant adaptations of one sequential art form into another. Comic book movies are seemingly everywhere, but sometimes, it’s the movies that come to the comics. In this entry, we consider one actor’s first foray into the…

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#How to Introduce Kids to the Silent Film Comedians Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd

#How to Introduce Kids to the Silent Film Comedians Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd

“#How to Introduce Kids to the Silent Film Comedians Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd” Welcome to Cinephile Summer Camp, a new column dedicated to introducing children to classic movies as well as learning about film history and other subjects through cinema. This entry spotlights the three most accessible silent film comedians. Children love slapstick. Pratfalls and other…

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