Category: Article

by James E Cutting AbstractWe measured 160 English-language films released from 1935 to 2010 and found four changes. First, shot lengths have gotten shorter, a [more…]

BY: STEVE TERILL Reporting from Kigali, Rwanda — — Beneath a star-filled African sky, crowds of city dwellers and rural farmers gather before a giant inflatable [more…]

BY: VIKAS SHAH MBE In this exclusive interview we talk to Tom Sherak, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (best known for [more…]

by Ben Child Stand by for the sound of clinking champagne glasses chiming around the Hollywood hills. A leading accountancy firm has predicted that the [more…]

By Abigail F. Schoenberg With David Fincher’s “The Social Network” sweeping the Golden Globes and Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech” pulling an upset at the Director’s [more…]

by SDG 2011 was a good year for film, and particularly for depictions of faith in film — but not in the Hollywood mainstream on [more…]

BY MARK HARRIS Top Gun (1986) **The Pitch: **Tom Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell has a need for speed and a need for paternal approval. Thank God [more…]

By Neil Miller One of my favorite non-starters for articles is the very bland “as you may know.” There’s no doubt in my mind that you’ve [more…]