Beginner’s Guide

The Beginner’s Guide: Stanley Donen, Director
The Beginner’s Guide: Stanley Donen, Director

Stanley Donen is a testament to the fact hopes and dreams are necessary because sometimes they do come true.

The Beginner's Guide: Don Hertzfeldt, Animator, Writer & Director
The Beginner’s Guide: Don Hertzfeldt, Animator, Writer & Director

We analyze the short films of Don Hertzfeldt, which though seemingly simple, actually have quite a lot to say.

Beginner's Guide: Lynne Ramsay
Beginner’s Guide: Lynne Ramsay, Director

Across her four uncompromising features, Scottish director Lynne Ramsay has unsparingly invited us to the darkest recesses of the human condition.

The Beginner's Guide; Charlie Kaufman, Director & Writer
The Beginner’s Guide: Charlie Kaufman, Director & Writer

Throughout Charlie Kaufman’s stellar career, he’s analysed ideas and worries that every audience member will be familiar with.

The Beginner's Guide: Joe Dante, Director
The Beginner’s Guide: Joe Dante, Director

In this beginner’s guide we look back at the career of director Joe Dante, focusing mostly on his iconic 1980s hits.

The Beginner’s Guide: Park Chan-wook, Director

In this Beginner’s Guide we dive into the works of South Korean director Park Chan-wook, who is best known for his excessive and notorious use of extreme violence.

The Beginner’s Guide: New German Cinema
The Beginner’s Guide: New German Cinema

We discuss five films that epitomize the New German Cinema and provide an accessible entryway into one of the most intriguing movements in cinema history.

The Beginner's Guide: Neo-Noir
The Beginner’s Guide: Neo-Noir

Neo-Noir films are full of cynicism, despair and characters who are trying to find a way out of the shadows – here are the genre’s essential films.

The Beginner's Guide: Darren Aronofsky, Director
The Beginner’s Guide: Darren Aronofsky, Director

Darren Aronofsky has made a career out of provoking his audience with visceral films of addiction, obsession and the imbalance it brings to a character’s mental state.

The Beginner's Guide: The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema
The Beginner’s Guide To The Golden Age Of Mexican Cinema

Many of the greatest Mexican films of all time were made during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, an era of timeless stars, legendary directors, and critically-acclaimed film classics.

The Beginner's Guide to Stephen King Adaptations
The Beginner’s Guide To Stephen King Adaptations

With a plethora of source material, Stephen King has become the king of Hollywood adaptations, with both failures and successes terrifying viewers of all ages.

Beginners Guide To The Netflix Marvel Television Universe
Beginners Guide To The Netflix Marvel Television Universe

In this guide, we introduce you to the world of Marvel across four distinctive yet interconnected TV series on Netflix. It’s a journey worth taking.

How One Avengers Deleted Scene Shows The Central Flaw Of The MCU
The Beginner’s Guide: Marvel Cinematic Universe

In this Beginner’s Guide, we look back on the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) so far and pick out the most important films to watch from the collection.

Pitch: The Music of Michael Giacchino
The Beginner’s Guide: Michael Giacchino, Composer

It’s rare that composers adapt themes and pieces, but Michael Giacchino’s bold steps to make everything he composes personal makes him stand out as one of contemporary cinema’s leading composers.

The Beginner's Guide: Fifth Generation Chinese Cinema
The Beginner’s Guide: Fifth Generation Chinese Cinema

While ‘Fifth Generation Chinese Cinema’ technically refers to the films produced by the fifth generation of graduates from the Beijing Film Academy following Mao Zedong’s ‘Cultural Revolution,’ the connotations of the phrase are far deeper in meaning than simply referring to a group of people.