Abhinav Sunder Nayak's Mollywood Times follows Vineeth Madhavan from cinephile boyhood to the bruising realities of filmmaking. The film turns that journey into a reflection on obsession, compromise ...

Hollywood is struggling, but Spielberg insists that the big screen is still the best place to work out our collective dreams, ...

A pop-rock classic takes on new life in a groundbreaking film scene critics say forever changed the way movies use music.

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

A great opening scene does more than just start a story; it grabs you by the collar and refuses to let go. In a thread on r/movies, redditors discuss the films that master the art of the introduction, ...

A New York native, Joe graduated from an avant-garde theater school upstate, where he was obsessed with sketch comedy. There, he and his lunatic friends founded The Sketchies — which still lives on at ...

First impressions always matter, and movies are no exception. An opening scene doesn't necessarily make or break a film, but a great opening certainly helps audiences go into the rest of the movie ...

The opening is inarguably the most important part of any film, pulling viewers into the story and introducing its world within the first few minutes. It’s a promise of the experience to come, setting ...

The Mandalorian and Grogu might have recorded the lowest opening for a Star Wars movie in the Disney era (from The Force Awakens onwards), but with strong audience approval, there's a chance it'll ...

As we mentioned in our summer curtain raiser, for the most part each weekend this summer is relying on one studio tentpole film, making the first weekend in June when one of a handful where there’s ...

Nikki leans her head on Bear's shoulder in bed in Obsession - Focus Features After generating buzz on the festival circuit, Curry Barker's "Obsession" is here, and guess what? It lives up to the hype.