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I just came across this movie on HBO the other day and was reminded of this great moment, which is more about a shot that's NOT there and how that effects the story telling.  (Also, the late French auteur Robert Bresson, film maker and theorist, has as much to do with today's post as Steven.) I'd be really interested

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Today's post is pretty fun, if you ask me.  There is no doubt in my mind what an influence this Disney film must have had on a young Spielberg (someday I'll ask him), and I think today's 2 shots from The Absent Minded Professor, starring Fred MacMurray, prove it. It's well known how Spielberg admired Disney, but re-watching the

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Big Night is a lovely 'play' of a movie - small, contained, self-aware and full of charming and nuanced performances.  Ian Holm is spastically delightful, and the comic moments from the whole cast often play quietly and powerfully.  Two of the actors in the film, Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott, direct, and they have a particular love

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Quick post today - man, it's hard to blog when you're busy!  This is the classic less-is-more shot, famous from Tarantino's debut film.  I think it's pretty unique moment from Tarantino, as there's not a lot of "less-is-more" when it comes to violence in his work, to say the least.  Think the forehead carvings in his thrilling Inglourious