Asghar Farhadi's films don't strike me as having much of a cinematic precedent, which is not at all to suggest they aren't "cinematic." Consider, rather, the fa...
There aren't many films we're anticipating more than Martin Scorsese's priest drama Silence. An adaptation of Shûsaku Endô's novel, the story follows Andrew...
If you agree with cinematographer Robert Richardson that no other director has matched the cinematic knowledge of Quentin Tarantino -- yes, even besting Mar...
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the mean...
“The cinema began with a passionate, physical relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, a...
When one makes themselves a go-to man for both Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese, it's safe to say you'll receive more attention than the average cinema...
Dailies is a round-up of essential film writing, news bits, videos, and other highlights from across the Internet. If you'd like to submit a piece for consi...
John Hillcoat is going to make a great film someday. Each of his last three films (Lawless, The Road, The Proposition) have skirted this quality to various deg...
Dailies is a round-up of essential film writing, news bits, videos, and other highlights from across the Internet. If you'd like to submit a piece for consi...
While we've long preferred to focus our energies on "film" in a defined category -- that which is created with the medium in mind, tends to follow its typic...
