MUSÉE 29 – EVOLUTION
Evolution explores the concepts of progress, transformation, growth, and advancement in an age when images are taking a dramatic shift in the role they play in our lives.
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Women and men experience their world visually in unique ways. These directors explore the meaning of womanhood in their stories and utilize symbols of that womanhood to share their experiences.
Our writer sits down with Eiiza Hittsman, the director of this year’s indie hit Never Rarely Sometimes Always
The film poster has undergone many changes throughout its history, as has the importance of photographers in their creation. This article discusses the significance of photography in both contemporary and classic film posters.
Dear Mr. Adrian Lyne, We miss your presence in theatres. Your films gather characters’ dysfunctions and mend their gloomy lives through the delicate haze of soft and natural lighting.
Columbine shocked the world in 1999. “It should never happen again.” Then, Virginia Tech in 2007. “It should never happen again.” Then, Sandy Hook in 2012. “It should never happen again.”
Released in 2009, Coraline isn’t often considered a horror movie because of its PG rating and because horror movies aren’t usually made for children. It’s a shame that there aren’t many horror movies made for kids when one considers how easy it is to terrify them; at least half of the original Brothers’ Grimm fairy tales read more like nightmares than whimsical bedtime stories.
If all Shivers amounted to was a savaging of the bourgeoisie it would hardly qualify as a horror movie, at least not in the tradition sense. Where the movie unsettles and disturbs is in its - and by extension, Cronenberg’s - capacity to tap into our deep-seated fear of our own vile bodies and their capacity to betray us.
When we think of motion and motion photography, we think of dancers gliding across a stage or perhaps people made still, captured between moments of intensity. Either way, we think of the subject in motion while the camera remains steady, nearly predatory in the way it remains calm until the time to pounce. But what does it mean to flip this concept? The subjects still, the camera in motion. With this particular type of photography, movement is so apparent in the way that the photographs show a blend of blur and focus while also leaving the movement out of frame.
