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Unsane

The the trend of filming on smartphones has been growing across TV, movies, music videos and commercials for the last decade.

A Near-Complete History of Movies and TV Shows Shot on Smartphones

Steven Soderbergh might be the most famous filmmaker to turn to an iPhone lens—but he wasn't the first.
By Daniel Bean
Courtesy of TIFF

From ‘Paddington 2’ to ‘Roma,’ Film Crit Hulk’s Favorite Movies of Awards Season 2019

Ah, yes. The glory of awards season, when it seems like all the wrong movies get bolstered with praise while the nuanced, best films of the year get lost in the shuffle. What better way to combat all that than with a massive reconsideration of what we watched over the past 12 months?
By Film Crit Hulk

Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone Movie Nails His New MO: Act Like an Amateur

Soderbergh's latest film, 'Unsane,' shot entirely on iPhones, was, as he put it, 'part of my experiment of annihilating everything I’d ever done, I really wanted to throw my name away.'
By Stephen Garrett

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