Entertainment

The Small Venue Gives a Performance a Different Scale

2025-10-07

In a small performance space, the distance between audience and performer becomes part of the event. A quiet gesture or a change in breath may be visible in a way that it is not across a large auditorium. The room can encourage...

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A Costume Tells a Story Before a Character Speaks

2025-09-14

The audience can begin reading a character before hearing a line of dialogue. A jacket's fit, a worn cuff or the way a person handles a formal outfit can suggest habits and circumstances. Costume design contributes through these...

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Film Editing Finds Meaning Between Two Shots

2025-08-20

Two shots can contain the same information and still produce different effects depending on how they are joined. The length of a pause, the point of a cut and the image that follows a reaction influence what the viewer expects. Editing...

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The Sound of a Film Begins Before the Music

2025-07-23

A scene can establish its world through sound before a character speaks. Footsteps suggest a surface, distant traffic implies a location and a pause in the background can change the audience's attention. These details contribute to...

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"Let Sound Be the Storyteller": A Conversation with Li Wenze, the Architect Behind Cross-Cultural Music Production

2025-06-27

By Elaine Patterson (Special Correspondent)On a bright, dry afternoon in early summer, Li Wenze walked into the studio’s meeting room with a cup of black coffee in hand. Before he spoke a word, a mult

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The only times Johnny Depp dreamed in character

2025-04-25

Johnny Depp is known as one of the great character actors. He has created some truly compelling cinematic alter egos, each one incredibly different from the last. What are the similarities between Cap

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The only role that traumatised Christopher Walken: “He haunted me for a long time”

2025-04-25

While acting requires a star to pretend to be someone else, there are definitely times when actors get a little too attached to their character, like when Daniel Day-Lewis asked to be carried and spoo

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The career-changing role Angelina Jolie tried to turn down: “I didn’t want to do it”

2025-04-24

Like many actors, Angelina Jolie was born into Hollywood, but her rise to fame was considerably different to your average nepo-baby. Born the daughter of Jon Voight, the actor appeared alongside him i

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The only time Robin Williams played a “flat-out” villain: “I did it once in a movie no one saw”

2025-04-24

Robin Williams is one of those rare and special actors with the impressive ability to occupy all areas of the emotional spectrum in his performances, imbuing his dramatic roles with a sense of warmth

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The “truly great American actor” who always impressed Martin Scorsese

2025-04-24

There isn’t much about the movie industry that could surprise Martin Scorsese. An icon of his field, Scorsese’s turns as a director have given him a vantage point over the industry that very few can a

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The most devastating moment of James Stewart’s career: “Absolutely a slap in the face”

2025-04-24

Even though his on-and-offscreen reputation was that of an all-around nice guy who didn’t have a bad or malicious bone in his body, nobody makes it to the top of an industry as ruthless as Hollywood w

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Emma Stone names the greatest comedy actors of all time: “People I grew up loving”

2025-04-24

Despite becoming known for her expansion into the world of Greek Weird Wave cinema, Emma Stone established her roots within the realm of comedic acting, starring in cult classic films such as Superbad

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