New on Video: ‘Day for Night’
“Day for Night,” a much loved, widely awarded, and truly joyous work about the trials and triumphs of making a film and the extraordinary power of motion pictures as objects of affection and obsession.
Citizen Kane
SOS This Week #17: There’s a Poll For Everything
Two polls have come out in the past few weeks …
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Kael Vs. Kane: Pauline Kael, Orson Welles and the Authorship of Citizen Kane
Part I. In 1963, Film Quarterly published an essay entitled …
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New on Video: ‘The Lady from Shanghai’
Yes, The Lady from Shanghai is now a classic. But like so many Welles films, that current evaluation doesn’t save it from the studio tampering of its time.
The Conversation: Drew Morton and Landon Palmer discuss ‘Blow-Up’
The Conversation is a new feature at Sound on Sight bringing …
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‘Citizen Kane’ getting first ever showing in Hearst Castle this spring
While William Randolph Hearst may not agree with the decision, …
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New on Video: ‘F for Fake’
The most enjoyable thing about F for Fake is that Orson Welles seems to be having such fun. It’s rare to see a filmmaker displaying, though his actual presence and through the tools of his trade, such an unadulterated delight in expression.
The Past, Present, and Future of Real-Time Films Part Two
SIDNEY AND THE SIXTIES: REAL-TIME 1957-1966 Throughout the 1950s, Hollywood’s …
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Understanding Plot Holes – Misdiagnosis & Bad Lexicon
The term ‘Plot Hole’ has grown legs and begun a marathon sprint in the last few years. In most cases, the vast majority of accusations were false, revealing a common misunderstanding of what plot hole means.
‘Ender’s Game’ – If You Silence A Bad Message, Is It Still Censorship?
I don’t remember when I’d first heard about the film …
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The Artful Roger: A Thank You To Roger Ebert
Some of you (hopefully) may have noticed my recent profile …
Video of the day: Top 20 Cinematic Techniques Part 2
Not to long ago we posted a pretty cool …
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Sketch group explores how studio executives may have reacted to famous movie pitches
The Tumblr round-up is a compilation of images, links, posters, …
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Video Of the Day: 20 Cinematic Techniques
The Tumblr round-up is a compilation of images, links, posters, …
The Act of Seeing for the first Time and the Ideal Cinema: Sight & Sound’s Best Films of All Time
How do you measure the value of art? Influence, innovation, …
How to make a perfect movie, according to Rotten Tomatoes
Not every film can be Citizen Kane. Deemed by many …
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