I, completely unintentionally, seem to have created a mini-marathon lately here on Cinematic Century revolving around the Cold War. I guess by this period in time, the early sixties, the paranoia and stress of the Cold War had finally percolated in the American subconscious enough that […]
Looking ahead at the coming years of the Cinematic Century project I’m both pleased and stressed out to see that I have some incredibly difficult decisions in my future. Yeah, there’ll be a couple of years with really clear-cut winners, but it seems like I’m entering a […]
It’s interesting to see some creators attempt to be jack of all trades, trying out a litany of different genres of storytelling, while others decide to carve themselves out a very specific niche. They can devote their life to becoming the undisputed master of a very specific […]
There’s an old adage when it comes to filmmaking that sometimes you need to make one for them in order to make one for you. The idea is that creators often have to make a less personal and more commercial film that will earn the studio some […]
The spy genre is very similar to the Western. There was certainly a heyday where most of the classics of the genre came from, but it’s continued to come about. Because the spy genre is one that people will never get old of. There’s always going to […]
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