• What is Recognition Cinema?

    I have recently come across the term ‘recognition cinema’. Not knowing exactly what to make of it, I did some research and came with the definition ‘the phenomenon of trying to please an audience by including brief references to […]

    Apr 6, 2018
    Julian A. Leu
  • 7 Mistakes to Avoid in Making a Short Film

    Sort films are great for more reasons than one. First, they are entertaining in their own right, and often end up transmitting just as much meaning or emotion as feature films do – without feeling unnecessarily stretched. Second, they […]

    Mar 28, 2018
    Julian A. Leu
  • Upcoming 2018 Blockbusters

    The first two first three months of the year are usually quiet when it comes to new releases. We get the big awards, and this is the time when most of the high-profile movies will be in cinemas. Late […]

    Mar 21, 2018
    Julian A. Leu
  • 4 Facts About the 2018 Academy Awards

    The 2018 Oscars came and went, a bit later than the normal scheduling of late February. The 3 hours and 53 minutes long ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the second year running, awarded its famous statuettes to the […]

    Mar 13, 2018
    Julian A. Leu
  • How Silent Films Work

    The word ‘movie’ has its origin in the syntagma ‘moving picture’, also known as ‘motion picture’, which accurately, if rather simplistically described what an ensemble of successive pictures would be called. In the beginning, films implied motion, but no […]

    Mar 4, 2018
    Julian A. Leu
  • BAFTA Awards 2018

    Another one of the big ceremonies has come and gone – the BAFTA Awards took place on Sunday, 18 February 2018 in London, UK. This meant that, for once, us Europeans could watch a winter season award without having […]

    Feb 23, 2018
    Julian A. Leu