Sunday Emerson Gullifer’s black and white short film explores the often imbalanced and potentially dangerous power dynamic between actor and director, specifically between a male director and female actor. She…
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In this scene, Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) meets her love interest Marilyn Barnett (Andrea Riseborough). The close-ups, camera movements, and sound design capture the intimacy and romance of a…
Whip It makes use of a split screen in this scene explaining the basics of roller derby. By cutting between live-action practice and hand-drawn plays on a whiteboard next to…
Title cards efficiently communicate the film’s setting and main characters in this short, introductory scene. The classic use of freeze frames when introducing characters slows down the pacing of the…
Uzbekistan director, Soadat Ismailova’s debut film is “a poignant depiction of four generations of Tajik women living in the complete absence of men, was nominated for best debut film at the…
“The worlds of skate and fashion combine in a short for Miu Miu. Starring the ladies of the real-life skate crew “The Skate Kitchen,” Crystal Moselle (The Wolfpack) crafts a…
Although there’s an estimated 15,500 transgender people in the United States military, serving openly is a continuous struggle, even today. This New York Times Op-Doc documents the experience of a…
“Once a year on Mother’s Day, a charity buses children to remote prisons to visit their mothers.”
“After years of repression, a woman must journey back to her past and confronts her memories of teenage abuse while growing up on the Big Island of Hawaii. Adapted from…
