Author Archives: Bolaji O

What makes a queer film? Is it the pioneering meditations on forbidden love explored in films like Tea and Sympathy or Maurice? Is it the scrappy, DIY spirit of Derek Jarman in the 1980s, or the New Queer Cinema movement … Continued

Some people believe in the quasi-sacredness of guns, that they are more often the solution than the problem and, besides, like the poor, they will be with us always and forever. And other people — like me — believe that … Continued

In Mountain View, California there’s a museum that aims to offer “unique perspectives” on software, stressing a belief that “our computational past informs our digital present” and declaring their goal to “preserve our collective history.”Or, to put it another way, … Continued

Before filming “Top Gun: Maverick,” with actors taking real G-forces in Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets sporting Imax-grade cameras, cinematographer Claudio Miranda pulled a Tom Cruise and climbed into the cockpit himself. Source: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ aerial cinematography secrets … Continued

Some filmmaking movements leave a lasting effect on modern-day cinema. French New Wave possibly crashed upon the world of cinema the hardest, engraving its experimental practices that challenged the filmmaking of the mid-1950s and late 1960s. French New Wave, also … Continued