Wes Skinner writes about movies so his friends don't have to hear about it anymore. He's a lifelong enthusiast of samurai and western films and a firm believer that Nicolas Cage can, in fact, be loved ...

Leaving the camera solely on sticks can result in a boring final cut. But handheld camerawork can come off sloppy and shoddy. So how can a director or cinematographer ensure a film’s dynamism and ...

In Martin Scorsese’s crime thriller, a tense confrontation between Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) becomes all the more tense with the use of a medium long combined ...