The Epitaph – Eyes Wide Shut
A few years before making Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick turned up at the reception of the Groucho Club in London, introduced himself and was immediately admitted on the strength of his name alone. The only trouble was, it wasn’t Stanley Kubrick at all but an impostor, who cleverly surmised that since few people knew … Read more
Unseen Animation – Only Yesterday
Nathanael Smith returns after a week hiatus with this weeks Hope Lies In Animation article. Until now I’ve only been writing columns on films that I previously knew and loved (excepting Tangled) so I’m starting a new sort of sub-column in which I’m exploring some animated films for the first time. So this will be … Read more
Genre #1 – The Silence Of The Lambs
Tim Matthews returns with his first column proper, a look back at Jonathan Demme’s The Silence Of The Lambs, in celebration of the films 20th anniversary. “Do not touch the glass. Do not approach the glass. You pass him nothing but soft paper – no pencils or pens. No staples or paperclips in his paper. … Read more
Eastern Premise #2 – Ju Dou
Jason Julier once again provides a slice of East Asian cinema, with this look at Zhang Yimou’s Ju Dou. Zhang Yimou, 1990. China. Following my debut piece for Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second this is the torrid ‘second album’ experience. Previously I had discussed the merits of Tetsuo: The Iron Man, one of … Read more
Black Swan – Review
Just a quick note to explain that our review of Black Swan will actually be on Clothes On Film, as opposed to here at Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second. Check it out here. In short, although I don’t doubt that you’ve no doubt already guessed this, I loved the film. It comes as highly … Read more
Chronofinchical #4 – Fight Club
David Fincher, 1999. US. Guest poster – Tim Popple – The 24th Frame. Let’s get this out of the way first, having just watched Fight Club soon after seeing The Social Network, and having seen all of Fincher’s other films, I can clarify that yes, Fight Club remains his greatest achievement in film. Even more … Read more
Chronofinchical #3 – The Game (part 2)
A note from the editor – Due to a “clerical” error we wound up with two pieces on David Fincher’s third outing. Not one to overtly exert my editorial power, I thought it only fair to put both articles on the film up. This is the second of the two pieces. Guest writer – Carl … Read more
Chronofinchical #3 – The Game (part 1)
A note from the editor – Due to a “clerical” error we wound up with two pieces on David Fincher’s third outing. Not one to overtly exert my editorial power, I thought it only fair to put both articles on the film up. Edwin Davies is the first up, with the second appearing at some … Read more
Chronofinchical #1 – Alien 3
Guest writer – Colin Oakley, Slacker Cinema. David Fincher, 1992. US. It’s the production that’s gone down in infamy. It’s the start of a downward spiral in the Alien franchise. It’s the film that almost killed David Fincher’s career before it had really started. In 1992 David Fincher was a very different filmmaker to the … Read more
A Few Words on Léon
Luc Besson, 1994. FRA/USA. Perhaps rather embarrassingly, I had never seen Luc Besson’s seminal hitman drama Léon up until this week. Somehow it had always eluded me. I was familiar of course with the legend of an 11 year old Natalie Portman trading swipes with men three times her age (both physically and verbally), and … Read more
