Storytelling
Why The Queen’s Gambit Is Such Smart Visual Storytelling
How specific writing, filming, and editing choices turned this story about chess and addiction into a masterclass in visual storytelling.
How specific writing, filming, and editing choices turned this story about chess and addiction into a masterclass in visual storytelling.
Booksmart, Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut, is a glorious mess, just like its characters… and it works.
The final episode of Game of Thrones leaves no one entirely happy… and that’s exactly the way it should be.
In the penultimate Game of Thrones episode “The Bells,” the show explores the ugly side of war, power, and consequences — but is it good storytelling?
In “The Long Night,” Game of Thrones — a story built on unpredictability, mystery, and sacrifice — has now completely diverged from what made it great.
Avengers: Endgame owes its success to one word: character.
This caper flick wants you to believe it’s full of twists and turns… but it’s frustatingly empty.
Why, despite some stellar filmmaking, does First Man fail to satisfy?
From The Sopranos to Westworld, how the 10 of the best TV shows displayed their game-changing brilliance from their very first episodes.
From the humor to the pacing, Ocean’s 8 works in a way that provides a template for other heist movies to follow.