Analyses

CIFF Final Report

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt An absolutely gorgeous video poem. The story follows the lead character, Mack, from her girlhood in the 1970s across several decades. The film has minimal dialogue and a narrative that offers fragments of her life in time-shifting episodes. As The Hollywood Reporter’s Cary James reviews: My rating 5+/5 The… Continue Reading

FORGOTTEN LOVE (2023) on Netflix

In a 2015 article Martin Scorsese stated “With Polish cinema, what I especially respond to is the mixture of passion, meticulous craftmanship, dynamic deep focal-length compositions, moral dilemmas and religious confilicts, often done with a very sharp sense of humor.” Such was my feeling as I watched this new film. It is unmistakenly Polish in… Continue Reading

FLORA AND SON

This film opens in limited theater distribution and streaming on AppleTV+today. The New York Times describes the film as “ONCE” with more feeling. It is a comfortable, satisfying film. It follows Flora (played by Eve Hewson, daughter of U2’s Bono) , a single mom who is at war with her son, Max. Trying to find… Continue Reading

DON’T MISS OUT

DON’T MISS OUT! Register immediately for one of the last spaces* for “The Filmmaking Collaboration – Storytelling Within the Mis-en-scène.” with Bob Moss. Learn how filmmakers work to convey the film’s story within the screen images. The actor Michael Keaton once put it fittingly, “Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.” The films to be studied… Continue Reading

ONLY A FEW SLOTS LEFT

There are only a few slots left for our fall course “The Filmmaking Collaboration — Storytelling within the mis-en-scene” Register now at vibesfromthescreen.com/class. Click here for the corrected link for flyer to forward to your friends Continue Reading

FALL COURSE DETAILS

Vibes From The Screen.Com presents “THE FILMAKING COLLABORATION — STORYTELLING WITHIN THE MIS-EN-SCÈNE” Instructor: Bob Moss Tuesdays – October 3rd through November 14th As we view the credits at the end of a film we realize that it takes hundreds of people to make a film. There is, however, a small group of very important… Continue Reading

AMC To Implement Sightline Pricing

AMC theaters revealed Feb. 7 that it is implementing a $1 and $2 price increase for many seats in the middle and even upper sections of the auditorium, according to a review of various seat maps by The Hollywood Reporter. The front-row, however, will be discounted by $2. Moviegoers will pay different prices based on… Continue Reading