Neill Blomkamp is sowing Oats
District 9, Elysium, and Chappie director Neill Blomkamp speaks with Glixel about his new experiment in short form movies called Oats Studios.
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K-Noir and J-Noir
Korean Film Noir movies are making an impression across the globe, most recently "The Villainess" at Cannes. In our interview with Miyazaki Daisuke, he expresses his hope to one day help create a "J-Noir" movement in Japan through mid-budget movies, but there are inherent challenges.
Kikuchi Takeo
I don’t believe all Japanese independent films are of that style. Personally, I don’t like styles that are too explanatory and over-emotional. The fact that I like classic films have affected my style, I believe. When you trace back the history of cinema, it begins with silent films and films by the Lumière brothers where the picture said it all. That is why I now produce and think of ways of how I can use […]
King Kong and Kojima
Vogt-Roberts is a growing number of young, upcoming directors who have been influenced by other mediums of storytelling besides just cinema. Staid, cineaste movie writers will need to familiarize themselves with an entirely different sphere of creative muses.
Reading Tea Leaves
Now that a month has passed since the site went live, I thought I'd share some interesting observations from the site's statistics and how these may (or may not) guide the operation of the site moving forward.