JumpCut Ranks The Films of Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction classic Dune is now out in UK cinemas and to celebrate, we’ve decided to get the team together to rank the films of Villeneuve, from his feature directorial debut August 32nd on Earth to the stunning sci-fi…
At a Distance, Pig
It can be uncomfortable getting close to someone. Some people don’t want others to learn anything about them, and our relationship becomes one of a mutually recognised, sturdy distance. Their emotional barriers and boundaries can be so established, so fortified, that it defines them. We…
The Green Knight and Non-White Identity
Beware…spoilers abound! King Arthur and the tales surrounding the kingdom of Camelot tend to only conjure images of white faces. From the exhaustive catalogue of films and television shows, to paintings and tapestries dating back centuries, the Middle Ages and its kings and knights, real…
Ranking Bond… Craig’s Bond
Cary Joji Fukunaga’s No Time To Die finally arrives in cinemas this week and with this being the final time we’ll see Daniel Craig in the iconic role, the JumpCut team has come together to rank all of Craig’s outings as Bond.. James Bond. The…
Camaraderie, Doubt and Inevitable Doom in Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’
Watch Everyone You’re With John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) focuses on an all-male research team based on a site in Antarctica as they attempt to survive a mysterious alien infection as it spreads rapidly across their camp. We are introduced to the cast of twelve,…
A Journey Through Ryan Gosling’s Filmography – Part 2: 2011-2018
Welcome to the second half of our journey through Ryan Gosling’s filmography. In the first half we started from the very beginning with his first feature film role in Remember the Titans (2000) all the way up to All Good Things (2010) and now we…
No Sudden Move and Soderbergh’s Prolific Post-Retirement Period
After making Behind the Candelabra in 2013, Steven Soderbergh expressed frustration with the film industry and ‘retired,’ spending the next few years on a TV show – The Knick – instead. In 2017 he came out of retirement with aplomb and has gone on to…
A Journey Through Ryan Gosling’s Filmography – Part 1: 2000 – 2010
As part of the JumpCut Charity Initiative this year I decided to marathon the filmography of JumpCut’s unofficial official mascot, Academy Award-nominee Ryan Gosling, in order to rectify my blindspots in his career so far. Shockingly, I hadn’t seen much of his earlier work and…
Spectacular Spectacular – ‘Moulin Rouge!’ at 20
At the very first Moulin Rouge test screening, 20th Century Fox did not tell the audience that the film was a musical. Studio executives were worried. Looking back, it feels impossible that anyone would have worried about Moulin Rouge. It was the final installment of…
Hampton v Hollywood
As ever, this year’s Academy Awards consisted of a strange celebration of trauma from the perspective of the elite, from the trial of Brock Turner in Promising Young Woman to the murder of George Floyd in Two Distant Strangers. The collective agony of the masses…
TCMFF 2021: Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Stewart in early Anti-Fascist Works
Black Legion (1937) and The Mortal Storm (1940) It is always fascinating and astonishing to look at works of art that come out of war time or political turmoil while the events are still ongoing. If you look at the war films made during World War…
“Somebody’s Gotta Save Our Skins!”: On Star Wars’ Death Star Escape Sequence
From space battles to superhuman fistfights, adventure has become one of the most prevalent elements for sculpting blockbuster entertainment. Big-budget spectacle was arguably kicked off by George Lucas’ original Stars Wars, and while its macro-structure depends on some winning storytelling archetypes to anchor its visionary…
It’s Called Fashion, Look it Up!
As today is the first Monday in May, we should be enjoying the red carpet photographs from the Met Gala, one of the biggest fashion events of the year. Unfortunately last year’s event, which had one of the most exciting sounding concepts in years –…
