How Filmmakers Skirted the Hays Code: Sex in Cinema
From framing and blocking decisions to veiled dialogue, here’s how filmmakers got around censorship… Source: How Filmmakers Skirted the Hays Code: Sex in Cinema
From The Killer to Leon, Why Cinema Loves a Sniper
Movies, clearly, love snipers. Always have and always will. There’s something about them, in their murderous eagle-eyed efficiency — the watching and the sadism — that runs directly into the DNA of the medium. And it’s an appeal that’s unusually … Continued
Man facing trial accused of starting Belfast fire causing £3m of damage to listed building
A 20-year-old man is to stand trial accused of starting a fire that devastated a listed building in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, a judge has ordered. Patrick Gough was allegedly responsible for the blaze which caused millions of pounds worth of … Continued
Is the Line Between Stills and Cinema Gear Blurring?
A cine Camera with IBIS, a medium format stills camera with internal ProRes, external RAW recordings, face-detecting autofocus coming to a cine brand, and more. By now, the “hybridization” of the photo-cine market isn’t news, but in the last few … Continued
Cinema to be built in children’s hospital
A cinema is to be built inside a children’s hospital to offer patients the chance to experience the “magic” of movies. This colourful cinema, due to be opened in 2024, will be the only one in a solely paediatric hospital … Continued
Historic England’s 2023 heritage register reveals sites at risk
A hotel which was the inspiration for the inn in Charles Dickens’s Pickwick Papers and a rare Cold War defence system have been added to the Historic England at risk register. They are among 31 buildings in the East of … Continued