Expanding and Enriching Cinema Knowledge with Eghosa Osula

  The French New Wave is truly one of the seminal and greatest movements in cinema history. It has paved the way for many directors and filmmakers of all kinds like cinematographers, costume designers, editors, etc... etc. In addition, the French New Wave has instigated some of the greatest movies of all time thus establishing itself as a truly iconic movement in cinema of all time. There are a lot of great film movements out there and the French New Wave will always be one of the best ones for real. The French New Wave began as a critical magazine called Cahiers du Cinema, which consisted of future filmmakers like Francois Truffaut, Jean Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette and Claude Chabrol. Andre Bazin was co-founder of Cahiers du Cinema and provided a sense of influence for the New Wave movement. Also, more future filmmakers of the wave like Agnes Varda, Jacques Demy, Chris Marker and Alain Resnais came from the associated Left Bank film community. Cahiers du Cinema was in...

After making his directorial debut with Caged Heat (1974) (produced by his mentor Roger Corman who is the founder of American International Pictures along with New World Pictures and one of the pioneers of Exploitation film) along with directing films like the documentary Stop Making Sense (1984) (about the famous rock group Talking Heads), Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift (1984), Something Wild (1986), Swimming to Cambodia (1987) and Married to the Mob (1988), Jonathan Demme was growing in reputation and stature as a filmmaker in the process. In 1987, Demme formed a production company called Clinica Estetico with producers Edward Saxon (Demme's long-running producing partner) and Peter Saraf in the midst of his growing directorial career. The movie Manhunter (1986) starring William Peterson as FBI profiler Will Graham along with Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecter and directed by Michael Mann was based on Thomas Harris's 1981 novel of the same name. Manhunter was not necessarily...

  Joseph H. Lewis is one name that is not mentioned in great director's lists. However, he has developed a cult following among cinephiles who appreciate the diversity that he has in his career. The genres in his career range from film noir, horror, adventure etc... etc. He flourished in B-movies throughout his career to where he was comfortable with making them without sacrificing his aforementioned versatility. In addition, he considered himself an artist without a diploma. He taught himself the filmmaking process in a dedicated way considering that he did not necessarily go to film school at all.  As far as his personal life is concerned, Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 6, 1907. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and their names were Ernstine and Leopold Lewis. Lewis had ambitions of being an actor in the industry, but his brother Ben Lewis gave him a camera. Lewis became a camera assistant in the early sound era thus foreshadowing his future career in...