FXRant

This is just a simple apples-to-apples comparison in the most basic sense of lighting techniques and style . No judgment, no "this is r...

There's a lot to like about "It" (2017). It's gorgeous, has an amazing cast, some genuinely scary moments and an incredibl...

I read this somewhere. In an attempt to answer the question "What is great cinematography?", a solid answer is "if you ...

larger Here is one of my many half-finished FXRant articles and graphics. I decided to just tidy it up and post it because, well, why n...

I have a new metaphor to describe the studio-driven push for 3D stereo films. I've said, and many agree, that 3D is not part of the nat...

In Part 1 , we looked at cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema's geometric motifs in "Let The Right One In." In this post, we loo...

Illustrating a visual motif without being overt and obvious is not a simple task. Director Tomas Alfredson and his cinematographer Hoyte v...