1+ hour, 15+ min ago  (378+ words) No one is saying ‘Surviving the Game’ (1994) is high-art cinema, but it’s also not as bad a movie as you might remember, including a quite poignant, but also insane, monologue from Gary Busey that is actually a great writing lesson....

2+ hour, 36+ min ago  (305+ words) These titles deserve more attention during their 30th anniversary. We know it’s hard to believe that 1996 was already 30 years ago, but we can’t let that devastation distract us from celebrating the anniversaries of some of the most underrated movies of that…...

3+ hour, 23+ min ago  (724+ words) As it turns out, it's much easier to make a movie when everyone knows who the bad guys areo n screen. I will admit that I love a good WWII movie or TV show. I have sat and watched Band…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (1025+ words) "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" — Cody Jarrett, White Heat (1949). If you're like me, you probably have a list of movie endings that completely rewired the way you think about movies. The ones that rocked you in the theater…...

5+ hour, 55+ min ago  (688+ words) Steven Spielberg and editor Michael Kahn have been making audiences feel big emotions for years, usually through subtle editing tweaks that work on a subconscious level. A new video essay from Storytelling Workshop tries to explain the mechanism. The neuroscience…...

23+ hour, 43+ min ago  (811+ words) We saw science fiction take a massive leap forward that year. A few years before I was born, there was a summer of science fiction movies where it seemed like every film released was unforgettable. I don't have access to…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (973+ words) Advice on breaking into the film and TV industry from one of its longtime hostages. Last night, I was sitting across from a kid at a coffee shop in Los Angeles who asked me how to break into Hollywood. I…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (841+ words) You can take the lessons and tropes from traditional westerns and spin them on their heads. We've been covering a lot of Westerns on the website, and for good reason. They often are emblematic of the America in which they…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (856+ words) The moves behind every Nolan ending. You know the Nolan ending when you feel it coming. A montage. A character delivers a final monologue or a voiceover, and Hans Zimmer's score climbs. It's a signature at this point. But Like…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (591+ words) And how you can use the same method. Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption has so many quotable and inspirational lines, despite being a story about a wrongfully incarcerated character suffering mental and physical abuse in prison. Hope is a good…...