Deconstructing Cinema

Deep Impact

Arpad takes a look at the Chelyabinsk meteor event in Russia and the work of astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson as he discusses a scene from the 1998 movie Deep Impact in part 89 Deconstructing Cinema. More…

Apollo 13

Ron Howard’s tribute to the fortitude of those at the heart of the nearly tragic Apollo space mission, and the moment the astronauts accept their dream shall never be. More…

William Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet

Take a drug fuelled trip into the decadent party of The Capulets in part 88 of Deconstructing Cinema with a scene from Baz Luhrmann’s bonkers but beautiful adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. More…

Fargo

Jack Murphy brings us part 61 of Deconstructing Cinema with a scene from Joel and Ethan Coen’s Fargo that makes us ask, “Is Minnesota nice, really that nice?” More…

The Straight Story

Part 77 of Deconstructing Cinema sees us continuing the David Lynch season with a scene from the 1999 film The Straight Story where Alvin learns of his brother’s stroke. More…

Reality Bites

In part 87 of Deconstructing Cinema we return to Generation X with a scene from Reality Bites in an attempt to save Generation Y R They So Stupid, soon to be followed by Generation Zzzz, from homogeneity. More…

A Place In The Sun

In Deconstructing Cinema we take a look at the gorgeous close-ups used by director George Steven in the 1951 film, A Place In The Sun, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift. More…

A Clockwork Orange

In Part 48 of Deconstructing Cinema, Simon Powell brings us the opening scene in Stanley Kubrick’s controversial and unsettling morality tale, A Clockwork Orange. More…

Full Metal Jacket

Part 56 of Deconstructing Cinema continues the Kubrick season and takes us to boot camp training with Marine Private “Pyle” Leonard Lawrence in a scene from Full Metal Jacket. More…

Barry Lyndon

For the 54th Deconstructing Cinema, Max takes a look at the final duel scene of Barry Lyndon and Stanley Kubrick’s deliberate emotional detachment from the unfoldings. More…

Gandhi

The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the northern Indian city of Amritsar on April 13th, 1919. This week’s Deconstructing Cinema is a scene from Gandhi recounting the incident. More…

A Beautiful Mind

John Nash was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 1994 for developing the Nash equilibrium. We take a look at the scene in A Beautiful Mind where it’s discussed. More…

The Fourth Kind

In part 84 of Deconstructing Cinema Patrick takes us to a scene from the 2009 film The Fourth Kind as he explains more about the classification scale used to describe encounters with aliens. More…

Scream

In part 45 of Deconstructing Cinema Patrick asks “What’s you favourite scary movie?” as he takes a look at the opening scene with Drew Barrymore in Wes Craven’s Scream. More…

This Is England

This week in Deconstructing Cinema, Peter takes a look at This Is England, written and directed by Shane Meadows, and the ease with which young men can be turned to a dark path of racism and hatred. More…

WRITE FOR STATIC MASS!

If you are passionate not only about watching movies but also about writing, we would love to hear from you!

Please get in touch and let us know whether you have a favorite genre, an interest for example in World Cinema, and how often you could write reviews and/or features for us.

You can as well send us your features and reviews right away. We look forward to receiving articles between 700 and 1,500 words, submitted as a Word document.

You can find more information here.

Please also read our Terms & Conditions.

Static Mass Emporium

— Founder & Editor in Chief —
Patrick Samuel

— Editor in Chief & Webmaster —
Jonahh Oestreich

— Contributing Editors —
Arpad Lukacs • Ben Nicholson
John Bleasdale • Paul Bullock
Paul Costello

— Authors & Correspondents —
Alison Devlin • Andrew Latimer
Barbara Diril • Ben Cook
Colin Williamson • Dipesh Parmar
Ian Roberts • Jack Murphy
James Arden • Jamie Suckley
Kyle Barrett • Max Lalanne
Nandini Godara • Pete Turner
Richa Rudola • Robert Bright
Rohan Mohmand • Thomas Grieve

— Guest Writers —
Danny Byrne • Joaquin Villalobos
Lauren Mannion • Lesley Coffin
Lito Velasco • Mark Patton
Norman Buckley • Toby C Prior
Tyson James Yates • V.Venkateshwaran

STAY IN TOUCH!

Static Mass Emporium is a UK-based independent film journal which looks at a broad range of work from the industry.

With research grounded in modern cinema, film theory, sociology, history and filmosophy, our approach is to explore the essence of film.

We are a nonprofit publication free of advertising — sustained entirely by its readers, fans and supporters. Read more about us here.