A clearly defined midpoint can help to propel your story through the long Act Two, raising the stakes […]
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Overblown, gimmicky, stylised – and utterly mesmerising. Baz Luhrmann harnesses the visual power of cinema to take us […]
The recent release of Baz Luhrmann’s much anticipated Elvis (2022) offers the chance to take a closer look […]
The troubled life of WWI soldier and acclaimed poet Siegfried Sassoon is the subject of Terence Davies’ affecting […]
When is the flashback more than just a flashback? When it’s the B-story! The use of structural flashback […]
The second part of our analysis focuses on the opening to Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi’s sprawling Las […]
In this analysis, we take a closer look at how Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi’s Las Vegas-set crime […]
An unlikely art heist carried out in the name of social justice in 1960s Britain is the subject […]
We’ve all seen films that have an agenda woven through the narrative. When done well, these ‘social issues’ […]