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Category: Sam Mendes
October 17, 2016
October 13, 2016
Sam Mendes’ “Skyfall” (2012)
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October 14, 2016
October 13, 2016
Sam Mendes’ “Revolutionary Road” (2008)
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October 12, 2016
October 3, 2016
Sam Mendes’ “Away We Go” (2009)
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October 11, 2016
October 3, 2016
Sam Mendes’ “Jarhead” (2005)
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October 10, 2016
October 3, 2016
Sam Mendes’ “Road To Perdition” (2002)
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October 7, 2016
October 3, 2016
Sam Mendes’ “American Beauty” (1999)
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Episodes
01. Stanley Kubrick
[1.1]- The Early Independent Features
[1.2]- The Kirk Douglas Years
[1.3]- The Peter Sellers Comedies
[1.4]- The Master Works
[1.5]- The Final Features
02. David Fincher
[2.1]- Baptism By Fire
[2.2] – Redemption & Triumph
[2.3]- Capturing The Zeitgeist
[2.4]- Into The Digital Realm
[2.5] – The Bleeding Edge
03. Paul Thomas Anderson
[3.1]- The Sundance Kid
[3.2] – The California Chronicles
[3.3] – The Concept Comedies
[3.4] – Portraits Of Power
[3.5] – Surf Noir
[3.6] – Altered States
[3.7] – Passion & Poison
04. The Coen Brothers
[4.1]- Murder & Mania
[4.2]- The Postmodern Pictures
[4.3] – The Breakout Classics
[4.4] – An Odyssey Into Style
[4.5] – Screwball Scoundrels
[4.6] – A Prestigious Pinnacle
[4.7] – The Art Of Commerce
05. Christopher Nolan
[5.1] – The Non-Linear Neo-Noirs
[5.2] — The Blockbusters Begin
[5.3] — The Colossal Cornerstones
[5.4] — The Apocalyptic Epics
[5.5] — Present Tension
06. Terrence Malick
[Part I] — “Crimes Of Passion”
[Part II] – “Paradise Conquered”
[Part III] – “A SpaceTime Odyssey”
[Part IV] – “The FreeFall Triptych”
07. Sofia Coppola
[Part I] – “Teen Spirit”
Articles
Paul Thomas Anderson
The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)
Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)
Hard Eight (1996)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Music Videos & Short Works (1997-1999)
Magnolia (1999)
Music Videos & TV Work (1999-2000)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Short Works (2002-2006)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
The Master (2012)
Fiona Apple: “Hot Knife” Music Video (2013)
Inherent Vice (2014)
Joanna Newsom: “Sapokanikan” Music Video (2015)
Junun (2015)
Joanna Newsom: “Divers” Music Video (2015)
Radiohead: “Daydreaming” Music Video (2016)
Radiohead: “Present Tense” Music Video (2016)
Radiohead: “The Numbers” Music Video (2016)
Valentine (2017)
Haim Music Video: “Little Of Your Love” (2017)
Phantom Thread (2017)
Haim: “Night So Long (Live At The Greek”) Music Video (2018)
Anima (2019)
Wes Anderson
Bottle Rocket (1994)
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Rushmore (1998)
The Max Fischer Players Presents The MTV Movie Awards (1999)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Ikea Commercials (2002)
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)
Commercials (2004-2007)
Hotel Chevalier (2007)
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Softbank Commercial (2008)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Stella Artois “Le Apartomatic” Commercial (2010)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Cousin Ben Troop Screening (2012)
Commercials (2012)
Prada Shorts (2013)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
How To Make Courtesan Au Chocolat (2014)
Stella Artois “Give Beautifully” Commercial (2014)
Isle Of Dogs (2018)
Darren Aronofsky
Student Films (1991-1994)
Pi (1998)
Clint Mansell: “Pi R Squared” Music Video (1998)
Requiem For A Dream (2000)
The Fountain (2006)
The Wrestler (2008)
Black Swan (2010)
Music Videos & Commercials (2011-2012)
Noah (2014)
Commercials (2016-2018)
Mother! (2017)
Michael Cimino
Early Commercials (1963-1965)
Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1974)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Heaven’s Gate (1980)
Year Of The Dragon (1985)
The Sicilian (1987)
Desperate Hours (1990)
Sunchaser (1996)
A Debriefing
The Coen Brothers
Blood Simple (1984)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Miller’s Crossing (1990)
Barton Fink (1991)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Fargo (1996)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
The Ladykillers (2004)
Paris, Je T’aime: “Tuileries” (2006)
No Country For Old Men (2007)
To Each His Own Cinema: “World Cinema” (2007)
Burn After Reading (2008)
A Serious Man (2009)
Commercial Work (1995-2009)
True Grit (2010)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Mercedes: “Easy Driver” Commercial (2017)
Francis Ford Coppola
Early Works (1962)
Dementia 13 (1963)
You’re A Big Boy Now (1966)
Finian’s Rainbow (1968)
The Rain People (1969)
The Godfather (1972)
The Conversation (1974)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
One From The Heart (1982)
The Outsiders (1983)
Rumble Fish (1983)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Captain Eo (1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Faerie Tale Theatre: “Rip Van Winkle” Episode (1987)
Gardens Of Stone (1987)
Tucker: The Man & His Dream (1988)
New York Stories” Segment: “Life Without Zoe” (1989)
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Jack (1996)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Youth Without Youth (2007)
Tetro (2009)
Twixt (2011)
Sofia Coppola
First Works (1993-1998)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Air: “Playground Love” Music Video (2000)
Lost In Translation (2003)
Music Videos (2003)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Christian Dior Commercial: “Miss Dior Cherie” (2008)
Somewhere (2010)
Commercials and Music Videos (2010-2013)
The Bling Ring (2013)
Gap: “Dess Normal” Campaign (2014)
A Very Murray Christmas (2015)
The Beguiled (2017)
David Fincher
First Works & The Beat Of The Live Drum (1984)
Music Videos (1985-1988)
Commercials & Music Videos (1988-1990)
Alien 3 (1992)
Commercials & Music Videos (1992-1995)
Se7en (1995)
Music Videos & Commercials (1996)
The Game (1997)
Fight Club (1999)
A Perfect Circle: “Judith” (2000)
Panic Room (2002)
Commercials & Music Videos (2002-2007)
Zodiac (2007)
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008)
Commercials (2008-2010)
The Social Network (2010)
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Halo 4 “Scanned” Trailer (2012)
House Of Cards “Chapter 1” & “Chapter 2” (2013)
Music Videos & Commercials (2013-2014)
Gone Girl (2014)
James Gray
Little Odessa (1994)
The Yards (1999)
We Own The Night (2007)
The Immigrant (2013)
Two Lovers (2008)
Commercials (2013-2017)
The Lost City Of Z (2016)
Stanley Kubrick
First Works (1951)
Fear & Desire (1953)
The Seafarers (1953)
Killer’s Kiss (1955)
The Killing (1956)
Paths Of Glory (1957)
Spartacus (1960)
Lolita (1962)
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Shining (1980)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Stanley Kubrick: A Debriefing
Terrence Malick
Badlands (1973)
Days Of Heaven (1978)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
The New World (2005)
The Tree Of Life (2011)
To The Wonder (2012)
Knight Of Cups (2015)
Voyage Of Time (2016)
Guerlain: “Mon Guerlain” Commercial (2017)
Song To Song (2017)
“Together” VR Experience (2018)
Google: “Pixel 3” Commercial (2018)
Sam Mendes
American Beauty (1999)
Road To Perdition (2002)
Jarhead (2005)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Away We Go (2009)
Skyfall (2012)
Spectre (2015)
Christopher Nolan
Doodlebug (1997)
Following (1998)
Memento (2000)
Insomnia (2002)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Prestige (2006)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Inception (2010)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Interstellar (2014)
Quay (2015)
Dunkirk (2017)
Kelly Reichardt
River of Grass (1994)
Ode (1999)
Travis (2004)
Old Joy (2006)
Wendy And Lucy (2008)
Meek’s Cutoff (2010)
Night Moves (2013)
Certain Women (2016)
David O. Russell
Spanking The Monkey (1994)
Flirting With Disaster (1996)
Three Kings (1999)
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Soldiers Pay (2004)
Accidental Love (2008/2015)
The Fighter (2010)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
American Hustle (2013)
Joy (2015)
Prada: “Past Forward” Short (2016)
Martin Scorsese
First Short Works (1959-1966)
Who’s That Knocking At My Door (1967)
Early Professional Work (1967-1970)
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Mean Streets (1973)
Italianamerican (1974)
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
New York, New York (1977)
The Last Waltz (1978)
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
Raging Bull (1980)
The King Of Comedy (1983)
After Hours (1985)
Amazing Stories: “Mirror, Mirror” (1986)
The Color Of Money (1986)
Music Videos (1986-1988)
The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
New York Stories: “Life Lessons” (1989)
Goodfellas (1990)
Made In Milan (1990)
Cape Fear (1991)
The Age Of Innocence (1993)
A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
Casino (1995)
Kundun (1997)
Bringing Out The Dead (1999)
My Voyage To Italy (2001)
Gangs Of New York (2002)
Johnnie Walker “Scorsese” Commercial (2002)
The Blues: “Feel Like Going Home” (2003)
American Express Commercials (2004)
The Aviator (2004)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
The Departed (2006)
The Key To Reserva (2007)
American Express “Members Project” Commercial (2007)
Shine A Light (2008)
Shutter Island (2010)
Bleu De Chanel “The Film” Commercial (2010)
A Letter To Elia (2010)
Boardwalk Empire: “Pilot” (2010)
Public Speaking (2010)
George Harrison: Living In The Material World (2011)
Hugo (2011)
Commercial Works (2011-2013)
The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)
The Audition (2015)
“Vinyl” Pilot (2016)
Silence (2016)
Ridley Scott
Boy & Bicycle (1965)
Television Work (1965-1969)
Hovis Commercial: “Bike Round” (1973)
The Duellists (1977)
Alien (1979)
Chanel No. 5 Commercial: “Share The Fantasy” (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
Commercial & Music Video Work (1982-1984)
Legend (1985)
Commercials (1985-1986)
Someone To Watch Over Me (1987)
Black Rain (1989)
Nissan: “Turbo Dream” Commercial (1990)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
1492: Conquest Of Paradise (1992)
Midland Bank: “The Power Of Listening” Commercial (1993)
White Squall (1996)
G.I. Jane (1997)
Gladiator (2000)
Hannibal (2001)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Matchstick Men (2003)
Kingdom Of Heaven (2005)
Prada: Thunder Perfect Mind (2005)
A Good Year (2006)
American Gangster” (2007)
Body Of Lies (2008)
Robin Hood (2010)
Prometheus (2012)
The Counselor (2013)
Exodus: Gods And Kings (2014)
The Martian (2015)
Alien: Covenant – “Prologue: The Crossing” (2017)
Alien: Covenant (2017)
All The Money In The World (2017)
Commercials (2019)
Tony Scott
One Of The Missing (1969)
Loving Memory (1971)
Nouvelle De Henry James: “The Author Of Beltraffio” (1976)
The Hunger (1983)
SAAB Commercial: “Nothing On Earth Comes Close” (1984)
Top Gun (1986)
Kenny Loggins Music Video: “Highway To The Danger Zone” (1986)
George Michael Music Video: “One More Try” (1987)
Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987)
Days Of Thunder (1990)
Revenge (1990)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
True Romance (1993)
Crimson Tide (1995)
The Fan (1996)
The Hunger: “The Swords” Episode (1997)
Enemy Of The State (1998)
The Hunger: “Sanctuary” Episode (1999)
Commercial Work (2000)
Spy Game (2001)
The Hire: “Beat The Devil” (2002)
Commercial Work (2002-2003)
Man On Fire (2004)
Agent Orange (2004)
Domino (2005)
Deja Vu (2006)
Numb3rs: “Trust Metric” Episode (2007)
Dodge: “Launch” Commercial (2008)
The Taking Of Pelham 123 (2009)
Unstoppable (2010)
Mountain Dew: “Livin’ The Life” Commercial (2012)
A Debriefing
Steven Spielberg
Early Amateur Works (1959-1967)
Amblin’ (1968)
Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: “Eyes” Episode (1969)
Marcus Welby, MD: “The Daredevil Gesture” Episode (1970)
Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: “Make Me Laugh” Episode (1971)
Columbo: “Murder By The Book” Episode, and Other Television Works (1971)
Duel (1971)
Something Evil (1972)
Savage (1973)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
Jaws (1975)
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
1941 (1979)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
“The Twilight Zone: The Movie” Segment: “Kick The Can” (1983)
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984)
“Amazing Stories” Episodes: “Ghost Train” & “The Mission” (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
Empire Of The Sun (1987)
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989)
Always (1989)
Hook (1991)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Amistad (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
An Unfinished Journey (1999)
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Minority Report (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Terminal (2004)
War Of The Worlds (2005)
Munich (2005)
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2008)
A Timeless Call (2008)
The Adventures Of Tintin (2011)
War Horse (2011)
Lincoln (2012)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
The BFG (2016)
Whit Stillman
Metropolitan (1990)
Barcelona (1994)
Homicide: Life On The Street: “The Heart Of A Saturday Night” (1996)
The Last Days Of Disco (1998)
Damsels In Distress (2011)
“The Cosmopolitans” Pilot (2014)
Love & Friendship (2016)
Quentin Tarantino
My Best Friend’s Birthday (1987)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
E.R. : “Motherhood” (1995)
Four Rooms: “The Man From Hollywood” (1995)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
“Sin City” Sequence: “Designated Driver” (2005)
CSI: “Grave Danger” Episodes (2005)
Death Proof (2007)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Django Unchained (2012)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Ti West
Student Works (2001)
The Roost (2005)
Triggerman (2007)
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)
The House Of The Devil (2009)
The Innkeepers (2011)
Anthology Shorts (2012)
The Sacrament (2013)
Television Work (2015)
In A Valley Of Violence (2016)
“Wayward Pines” Episodes (2016)
Billy Wilder
Mauvaise Graine (1934)
The Major And The Minor (1942)
Five Graves To Cairo (1943)
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Death Mills (1945)
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Ace In The Hole (1951)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Sabrina (1954)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Love In The Afternoon (1957)
Witness For The Prosecution (1957)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
One, Two, Three (1961)
Irma La Douce (1963)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Avanti! (1972)
The Front Page (1974)
Fedora (1978)
Buddy Buddy (1981)
A Debriefing
Rob Zombie
Early Music Videos (1995-2001)
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
“Foxy, Foxy” Music Video (2006)
“Werewolf Women of The SS” Grindhouse Trailer (2007)
Halloween (2007)
Halloween II (2009)
The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto (2009)
CSI: Miami: “LA” (2010)
Tom Papa: Live In New York City (2011)
Commercials (2011-2012)
The Lords Of Salem (2012)
“Dead City Radio And The New Gods of Supertown” Music Video (2013)
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