Film Directors at the Lahore School

Sur une plage, il y a 124 ans, séquence filmée par les Frères Lumière (1896). La séquence a été restaurée.

The Unintended Emancipation of Women in Satyajit Ray's Two Iconic Films 'Charulata' and 'Mahanagar' – Stayajit Ray’s much-applauded classics – although set in different times and socio-economic classes, have the parallel theme of the awakening of its female lead and its impact on marriage.

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'Cinema is gone': According to Martin Scorsese, 'younger people' just don't understand 'The theatre will always be there for that communal experience, there's no doubt. But what kind of experience is it going to be?'

An offer they couldn't refuse: The Godfather cast reunite, 45 years on Stars get together in New York to swap stories about casting, drinking and even mooning during the making of the films

RIP Jonathan Demme, director of one of the most viscerally chilling films ever made.

the Silence of the Lambs Blu-Ray Trailer - 2013 [HD] I made this trailer for the 1991 Cult Classic, the Silence of the Lambs. The movie won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actress (Jodie Foster), ...

Netflix to restore and release unfinished Orson Welles film The company will finance the restoration of The Other Side of the Wind, the director’s final film from 1970, starring John Huston and Dennis Hopper

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/how-to-tell-good-acting-from-bad-acting-according-to-a-shakespearean-director-a6892731.html

How to tell good acting from bad acting, according to a Shakespearean director There’s an argument to be made that good acting is increasingly being confused with intense acting. That’s not to take anything away from Eddie Redmayne (last year’s Oscar winner) or Leonardo DiCaprio (probably this year’s), but both roles (The Theory of Everything and The Revenant) are exalted for…

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In view of the security situation, today's class is cancelled as most students will be unable to show up.

One of the world’s rarest films just showed up on YouTube Une Femme Coquette may not sound like anything special—a 9-minute no-budget short film, shot on a borrowed 16mm camera by a 24-year-old amateur with no formal film school training. But the short, which was the subject of our article “Neither lost nor found: On the trail of an elusive icon’s rarest f

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Every Best Cinematography Oscar Winner in One Gorgeous Supercut — Watch See every film that won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in under 8 minutes.

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Yoko Ono, Bill Murray Cast in Wes Anderson Animated Film Wes Anderson has announced his new forthcoming animated film 'Isle of Dogs,' which features Yoko Ono, Bill Murray, Edward Norton and others.

See the Influence of Alfred Hitchcock in the Films of Brian De Palma in New Video Essay “He is the one who distilled the essence of film. He’s like Webster. It’s all there. I’ve used a lot of his grammar,” Brian De Palma says of Alfred Hitchcock. Indeed, …

Couple on the subway, New York City, 1946. Photograph by Stanley Kubrick.

Dear students, today's class is cancelled. I'll inform you about the makeup at a later time.

Django Reinhardt Demonstrates His Guitar Genius in Rare Footage From the 1930s, 40s & 50s American jazz guitarists,” Ray admits of only one rival—Parisian gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, whom Emmett worships, obviously patterns himself after, and can’t stand to see in person without fainting dead away.

Why The Girl on the Train heralds the return of the Hitchcockian thriller The spirit of Alfred Hitchcock has returned to push filmgoers back to the edge of their seats with the release of a set of suspenseful new films but why does Hollywood keep returning to his template?

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American Cinematographer: A Flexible Finish A key transitional sequence in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is captured in the camera by Newton Thomas Sigel, ASC.

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https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/nov/16/my-favourite-film-sunrise

My favourite film – Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Pamela Hutchinson tops up our writers' favourite film series with a passionate paean to FW Murnau's monochrome melodrama

The brilliant set design of Hugo includes posters by celebrated poster artist Cassandre.
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cassandre | Design Writings Cassandre posters in Scorces’s ‘Hugo’ Posted on August 22, 2013 by writer Reply The centerpiece of Scorceses movie ‘Hugo’ is the station resembling the Gare du Nord. It has a remarkable amount of advertising posters on display. Many of them are by the famous French poster artist Cassandre (1901-1968...

Curtis Hanson, director of one of the greatest Film Noirs ever - L.A. Confidential - is dead. RIP. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/21/curtis-hanson-director-of-la-confidential-and-8-mile-dies-aged-71

Curtis Hanson, Oscar-winning director of LA Confidential, dies aged 71 Hanson, who won an Oscar for his screenplay of the James Ellroy novel, also directed Wonder Boys and River Wild

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Georges Méliès • Great Director profile • Senses of Cinema b. Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès b. December 8, 1861, Paris, France d. January 21, 1938, Paris, France Filmography Select Bibliography Web Resources Then, if you plan it, he Changes organity, With an urbanity, Full of Satanity, Vexes humanity With an inanity Fatal to vanity – Driving your foes to the ve...

Hello students! As discussed last week, we'll have our Eid make-up tomorrow (Thursday, 15th Sept) in the 5th slot. Please come to aud 7 at 2.45 and we'll take it from there.