The Star Wars Cash Cow
Star Wars Episode I was the first film - animations excluded - that I distinctly remember watching at the cinema, with my dad. It came out in 1999, 16 years after the Original Trilogy had concluded with Return of the Jed
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5 Facts About the 2018 Oscars
The Oscar nominations have finally been announced this week, and save for a few surprising omissions, the list is pretty much as everyone expected it to be. We're not here to discuss the potential award winners - we've h
Box Office Earnings and Film Quality
How can you tell that a film has been successful or not? One of the two easiest ways are either looking at the aggregate scores (on Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes or IMDb) or looking at the amount of box office revenue achi
5 Highlights from the 2018 Golden Globe Awards
Either the Globes have been scheduled really early this year, or the Academy Awards have been scheduled really late, but there's almost two months inbetween the two neighbour awards. The Golden Globes often act as a tren
A Look Back at 2017
2017 is history, and 2018 is here to stay. It wouldn't feel right to start the new year with just about any article on a random subject, so then let's all honour 2017 before turning to new and hopefully better things. He
10 Films to Watch this Christmas
In case you were just cozying up in a bed of cushions underneath your recently decorated Christmas tree (unless you're one of those weird indivuduals that had it up since late September), the thought of watching somethin
The Big Award Season Has Started
The end of each year brings along many perks that simply cannot be ignored. Yes, you will be yet another year older, but hey, that's completely manageable if you've got a ton of Christmas presents to compensate for it, r
7 Films About Kings and Queens
When you hear the word 'queen', chances are that you have the image of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in mind. British monarchs have been particularly influential throughout history, and continue to be widely recognised
How to market an indie film
As someone who has worked in marketing, I might sound biased, but I firmly believe that the marketing process of an indie production is just as important as any other aspect. Because it all boils down to the audience: yo
5 Most Likely Oscar Contenders
It's that time of the year again when the Oscar bait starts to roll in, and films that you've been longing to see all year finally make their appearance in cinemas. Some will disappoint, some will downright infuriate, ma
What should a film's soundtrack do?
Music in film is always an interesting discussion topic, I believe, simply because of the fact that there's no right or wrong answers. This is such a complex matter, that encompasses so many variables, moderators and med
6 Series That Returned After a Long Absence
There comes a point in the life of a TV series where, no matter how good it is, things start to drag on. Now, don't get me wrong, this can still continue as a win-win relationship: producers and distributors keep making
The Most Common Horror Tropes
We've been talking quite a lot about horror films lately, so the important thing to mention before we move on to the matters at hand is that we're not narrowing down the scope of our festival to the horror genre. Far fro
8 Legendary Horror Film Directors
Since we're still in October, let's continue exploring the seasonal potential of the month with another article centred around things that terrify us for their tendency to go "boo!" in the dark. We've had a number of fil
Darren Aronofsky - The Thin Line Between Environmentalism and Controversy
Before screening his newest film, Mother , at a film festival in Toronto, writer and director Darren Aronofsky declared: 'I apologise for what I'm about to do to you'. Just how much basis would you expect an argument lik
7 Autumn Horror Film Festivals
The month of October is upon us, and what does October famously bring along? Yes, the Daylight Saving Time too, but that's not exactly what I meant - I'm more leaning towards that celebration which always takes place on
Damien Chazelle and How to Get Big With a Short
When he was in his mid-20s, Damien Chazelle wrote a screenplay about a jazz drummer. The main source of inspiration was his own self, a couple of years younger, as a jazz musician in a high school band, bullied by an ove
10 Stephen King Films and Series to Watch
It's easy to assume that literally everybody has at least once read a Stephen King book - there's a lot of them to begin with, since he averages more than one per year, and this is quite impressive, since a large majorit
Choosing a Genre for your Film Project
The moment when, quite a while ago, one caveman split a pile of small rocks separately from a pile of big boulders, mankind discovered one of its main defining characteristics: the ability to categorize things. By a proc
8 Films for a Proper Autumnal Mood
Each year, around this period, we stop and think things through for a minute, and conclude that summer has indeed passed suspiciously fast. Sadness instills itself bit by bit, alongside a short-term sense of nostalgia fo