Video Essay Updates (THREE BILLBOARDS & THE DIRECTOR'S CUT)
In addition to adding two new video essays last month-- one on Oscar winning film THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI and another...
Nitty Gritty's Top 3 Films of 2017...
Greetings al! Ryan Charles from Nitty Gritty Studios here. With 2018 freshly arrived I thought it'd be a nice time to take a look back at...
Eisenstein's Methods of Montage Explained | Russian Montage Theory | VIDEO ESSAY
If you're a filmmaker, a critic or a cinephile you may have come across a one Sergei Eisenstein in your dealings with cinema and it's...
Inherent Confusion | 5 Ways PT Anderson Screws With Your Head in INHERENT VICE (VIDEO ESSAY)
Ever wonder what makes some films so confusing? Is it the script? The direction? The camera-work? What if a film was MEANT to be...
24 Frames A Film: 'AMERICAN BEAUTY'- Nitty Gritty Blog (film critique)
AMERICA BEAUTY is dissected and broken down in this criticism from Ryan Charles at Nitty Gritty Studios as he takes a look at 24 specific fr
Nitty Gritty's first feature, "All God's Creatures", available on Amazon Video (st
The little thriller that could... It's been almost 5 years since All God's Creatures premiered at the Hoboken International Film...
Nitty Gritty's Top Movies & TV of 2016...
So 2016 has come and gone... ... but rather than give a more traditional "best of the year" list I decided to give you the full list of...
Classic Review of "SPEED"
"If you slow down this bus will explode!" They sure don't make them like they used to! Simple, daring and narratively comprehensible--...
David Bowie & Buddhism
After the sad passing of David Bowie I penned this article for Wakan Films-- a spiritual-based documentary film company-- exploring his...
From the vault...
Steven Spielberg seems to have inspired Doug Liman for his opening beach invasion scene in EDGE OF TOMORROW. Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, film, mo
