Fun fact: it was shot in northern Quebec, and that fog was really there on the day of that shoot. The filmmakers must have thought they struck gold.

I liked that the strangeness of the physical ship defied laws of physics, adding another sense of how"alien" or advanced the being were. It's an old Sci-Fi trope in some ways, but this take was simple and elegant. In the end, it was all part of the simple graphic language of the film - circles, rectangles, ovals. The…

Don't want to get picky here, but …ok I'm going to get picky. It's not time travel, it's perception of non-linear time.

I used to complain about that, but movies not only disregard certain areas of expertise, but life in general - perfect parking spots, never closing doors when entering a room, not saying goodbye when hanging up, computers making little beeps and tinkling sounds when typing and displaying anything, people waking up…

That's because a forehead prosthetic is way cheaper than designing and executing a complex alien for a weekly TV series. All those boardroom crew meetings in Next Generation? Blame it on that one expensive visual effect that blew the budget at the beginning of the season. Mind you, the old Star Trek had a few "energy…

I thought Interstellar fans were snobs already; Nolan-is-god's-gift-to-filmmaking snobs. Have we become so cynical that we give superhero movies 90% ratings, but a low-key, modest budget intelligent science fiction film is "snob" material? We should applaud whenever a film doesn't spoon-feed us "I Fucking Love…

I know he has some cultural influence. My students keep reminding me how "cool" he is because he used a theme song from a 70s TV show during a chase scene.
With 10 films that mostly reference other films and full of pop culture nods, I wonder how long that will last, as opposed to directors that made movies for…

Oh grow up, Quentin. You don't plan to be a legend, you do what you love, and over time the world decides if you are a legend or not. In the 100-year-plus history of film, he's an anecdote.

Excellent season. It's great to have such a high quality science fiction anthology show. Extremely well directed, top-notch acting, some beautiful production design, and the visual effects were great. Those bees were so convincing, and it's hard to get CG swarms like that to look real, plus the excellent sound design…

A+ for Chiwetel Ejiofor
also…
Jimmy Stewart
Scoot McNairy
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Rooney Mara
Marion Cotillard
Vincent Cassel
Brendan Gleeson
Ron Livingston
Tilda Swinton
Sam Rockwell
Viola Davis

The problem with Kevin Smith is he thinks motion pictures should be motion talkies. Turn the sound off on his movies and they're meaningless. He's a smart guy, but he's better off doing radio plays.

Nice obscure reference there! Bring back Kier Dullea and cheap chroma key effects.

Indeed, one of my favourite stories, and an incredible writer.

Hell yeah! Inside information - it's going to be amazing. Fantastic screenplay, combined with one of the best directors working today.

I didn't think it needed any more plot detail than it already had. After seeing a couple of blockbuster films, then watching this, it was a refreshing antidote. There's a nice parallel trend happening now, with at least one or two excellent low budget science fiction films each year - Moon, Under The Skin etc. - that…

So the Queen has a ranking on the Enterprise now, according to the 200-dollar one. I'd love to see her boss Captain Kirk around - "Young man, show some decorum and fix that ripped shirt of yours." "Wave politely to that Klinging-on gentleman, and fetch me some tea." "Sod your superstitions! I will wear red when I am…

How about artists, as in visual artists? I'll star by saying the illustrator N.C. Wyeth, the great master of American illustration. Everyone remembers Norman Rockwell or Maxfield Parrish, but Wyeth's work had a power and energy that felt like he just instantly captured a moment in his mind.
Maybe I'm on the wrong forum…

I worked on some commercials years ago, and we needed stock footage of time-lapse clouds. I noticed that the shots we got were almost identical to Koyaanisquatsi. Guess what? They were. Reggio shot a lot of footage and sold quite a bit of it to stock libraries, so this makes sense.

Spielberg is a master craftsman. He's had hits and misses, but I always appreciate that his films are immersive, and he is a master of staging a scene. His action sequences never leave you confused about where the shot is, or from which POV. This sequence works because as chaotic as it is, we know exactly where we…

The real "Making Shit Up" part of this movie is having Rolling Stone interested in jazz. Why not Down Beat magazine?