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Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey arrives on 4K and digital Nov. 17. He didn't expect Kurosawa's Ran to shape it: "It's shot very differently, but there's this relationship between the environment and the wind... I think it was a huge influence." theframeofreference.com/coll…
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma just landed on MUBI. Jane Schoenbrun says its slasher gaze traces straight to Carol Clover's theory, and one shot in particular: "The Michael Myers breathing point-of-view shot in Halloween was a key one." Lineage: theframeofreference.com/coll…
Disclosure Day is streaming now on Peacock. Spielberg traces it to one spark: the 2017 New York Times story on Navy UFO footage. "It rekindled my interest in telling a story about total disclosure," he says. The full trail: theframeofreference.com/coll…
Nouvelle Vague just joined the Criterion Collection, shelved right beside Breathless. Linklater on what drove the New Wave itself: "To me, the Nouvelle Vague really means personal filmmaking."
Full lineage explained: theframeofreference.com/coll…
The Invite starts streaming on HBO Max Oct. 23. Olivia Wilde traces it to one touchstone: "'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' was my number one." The full lineage of influences behind it: theframeofreference.com/coll…
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is now streaming on MUBI. Jane Schoenbrun points to one formative image: "The Michael Myers breathing point-of-view shot in Halloween was a key one." The full lineage behind their slasher: theframeofreference.com/coll…
Del Toro's Frankenstein returns Oct 27 on Criterion with a 158-min Reborn Cut + his own commentary. His own words: "I think The Shape of Water was a big rehearsal for Frankenstein." One director, building toward his monster for decades: theframeofreference.com/coll…
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma hit MUBI Oct 2. Jane Schoenbrun grew up on Friday the 13th, Halloween, and A Nightmare on Elm Street — slashers "I grew up watching at way too young an age."
The homage, unpacked: theframeofreference.com/coll…
The Substance just landed on Hulu. Coralie Fargeat has never hidden her ghosts: "There is David Cronenberg... John Carpenter... Stanley Kubrick... Tim Burton, David Lynch, and Paul Verhoeven." The full lineage behind the body horror: theframeofreference.com/coll…
Disclosure Day streams on Peacock starting today Oct 9. Spielberg traces it back to the 2017 NYT UFO disclosure story and a documentary he "binged through every season": The Secrets of Skinwalker Ranch. His own Close Encounters research comes full circle. theframeofreference.com/coll…
THE END OF OAK STREET just hit digital. David Robert Mitchell on its real DNA: an "80s Amblin vibe," The Twilight Zone, Poltergeist — the merging of character with spectacle he loved in 70s and 80s movies. The full lineage, watch now: theframeofreference.com/coll…
A24's BACKROOMS just hit HBO Max. Kane Parsons says its real root isn't horror — it's a video game: "Portal would be the earliest influence... the strongest influence over everything I've done in my entire life." The lineage behind the nightmare: theframeofreference.com/coll…
Three nights ago at NYFF, Kleber Mendonça Filho world-premiered South of Tehran, an 8-minute film shot with Jafar Panahi after festival director Dennis Lim handed him "a challenge." That same restless curiosity runs through The Secret Agent. The lineage: theframeofreference.com/coll…
The Invite lands on HBO Max Oct. 23. Olivia Wilde built it on Sidney Lumet and Mike Nichols — rehearse hard, shoot in order, let the camera get "emotionally unstable as the characters do," per Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The influences: theframeofreference.com/coll…
This month's Sight & Sound cover has Jane Schoenbrun tracing Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma back to the slashers that raised them — Friday the 13th, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, watched "at way too young an age." Full lineage: theframeofreference.com/coll…
Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day streams on Peacock starting Oct. 9. Before Close Encounters, before E.T., there was his father's stack of pulps: "Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories... our bathroom was piled high." The influences: theframeofreference.com/coll…
Ryan Coogler: "I watched Near Dark right before I made Sinners, and it had a massive influence on me... I loved that the vampires felt like a family." Its haunted house just opened for Halloween Horror Nights. Full lineage: theframeofreference.com/coll…
Christopher Nolan on adapting Homer: "The thing about Homer is it's the Marvel of its day." The Odyssey's 70mm IMAX run just got extended through the end of September. Worth the epic scale once more. Our collection: theframeofreference.com/coll…
Jane Schoenbrun's "Camp Miasma" leaves theaters for MUBI on Oct. 2. The film that convinced her body horror could be sincere, in her words: "The thrill of Crash is that I literally can't believe it exists. How is it possible?" Watch now: theframeofreference.com/coll…
"The Secret Agent" just landed on 4K UHD from Criterion — new interviews, deleted scenes, a Mendonça Filho-approved transfer. His own touchstone: Lúcio Flávio (1977), "just recently restored," which he calls "a strong reference”.
Watch now: theframeofreference.com/coll…