gus van sant Archives - Movies In Focus

Uncovering Curiosities: Mark Cousins’ THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY

Mark Cousins’ epic documentary series. The Story of Film: An Odyssey is a fascinating fifteen hour documentary chronicling the last hundred-plus years of cinema. From the origins of cinema through to the present day, Cousins’ film leaves no [...]

January 27, 2022

Notebook Reviews: PSYCHO

Gus Van Sant – 1998. It’s obviously nowhere near as good as Alfred Hitchcock‘s original, but Gus Van Sant‘s updating of Psycho isn’t too bad. This shot-for-shot remake could have been a total disaster, but it manages to [...]

October 30, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Hitchcock Directs The Infamous PSYCHO Shower Scene

It’s no understatement to claim that Alfred Hitchcock is one of cinema’s greatest directors. Some might argue that Hitchcock’s 1960 film Psycho is a thriller, but in actuality it is a serious piece of horror cinema. Bernard [...]

May 23, 2020

Listen To How Bernard Herrmann Inspired Danny Elfman’s BATMAN Theme

Having enjoyed Bernard Herrmann‘s score for the 1972 mystery Endless Night, I was once again reminded of how Herrmann’s score for Journey To The Center Of The Earth(1959) inspired Danny Elfman‘s brilliant soundtrack for [...]

April 1, 2020

Chasing The Dragon: Drugs On Film

Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, coming to Blu-ray, DVD and digital platforms from February 1st, 2016 courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment, is a visceral, unflinching portrayal of the war against drugs. Critically lauded and impossible to tear your [...]

January 26, 2016

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson To Crack The Whip On 50 SHADES OF GREY

Sam Taylor-Johnson, the director of John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy has landed the directing gig on 50 Shades Of Grey. Well, at least we’ve got that sorted. Directing duties on 50 Shades have been (bizarrely) much sought after, and it’s believed [...]

June 22, 2013

Have They Found The Wright Director For 50 SHADES OF GREY?

I will never read E.L. James’ 50 Shades of Grey (or is it Fifty Shades of Grey). Life’s too short to read soft-core porn that started out as Twilight fan-fiction. That’s no slight at soft-core porn, but it is at Twilight fan-fiction and/or [...]

May 11, 2013

Get ‘Lost’ During A 10 Night Stay In BATES MOTEL

A&E has picked up a ten episode order of Bates Motel, a new Psycho prequel series from writer/producer Carlton Cuse.According to Variety: “Bates Motel examines the formative years of iconic “Psycho” character Norman Bates, and his [...]

July 3, 2012

DVD Review: THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY

Mark Cousins’ fifteen hour documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey is a fascinating chronicle through the last hundred plus years of cinema. From the origins of cinema through to the present day, Cousins’ film leaves no stone unturned when [...]

April 22, 2012