Posts by Leigh Singer

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By Leigh Singer

Part playful scrap book, part poignant confessional, this documentary self-portrait reveals plenty about its subject.

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Watch: The Lion King – original vs remake

By Leigh Singer

Our Remake/Remodel series continues with a breakdown of Disney’s most successful “live-action” update yet.

Watch: Yojimbo vs A Fistful of Dollars

By Leigh Singer

Our latest Remake/Remodel video essay analyses the impact of Akira Kurosawa’s samurai epic on Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti western.

Watch: Ocean’s 11 vs Ocean’s Eleven

By Leigh Singer

Comparing the classic Rat Pack heist caper with Steven Soderbergh’s equally star-studded early noughties update.

Watch: The Movie GIFs That Keep On Giving

By Leigh Singer

In a new video essay, Leigh Singer explores a curious modern phenomenon...

Alain Delon vs Matt Damon – Who’s the perfect Tom Ripley?

By Leigh Singer

A side-by-side analysis of Purple Noon and The Talented Mr Ripley, as adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel.

Suspiria vs Suspiria – Argento’s original vs Guadagnino’s remake

By Leigh Singer

The latest video in our Remake/Remodel series compares the classic horror with its modern update.

Is The Peanut Butter Falcon a watershed moment for on-screen disability?

By Leigh Singer

The film’s directors and star Zack Gottsagen, who has Down syndrome, discuss overcoming industry stigma.

Watch: A Star Is Born – Judy Garland vs Lady Gaga

By Leigh Singer

A side-by-side look at two very different takes on a classic Hollywood cautionary tale.

Watch: A side-by-side analysis of Infernal Affairs and The Departed

By Leigh Singer

In the latest Remake/Remodel, Leigh Singer interrogates Martin Scorsese’s remake of a Hong Kong crime classic.

Ghostbusters vs Ghostbusters – Ivan Reitman’s original vs Paul Feig’s reboot

By Leigh Singer

A side-by-side look at the classic 1984 comedy and its “she-boot” counterpart from 2016.

Psycho vs Psycho – Hitchcock’s classic vs Gus Van Sant’s remake

By Leigh Singer

A side-by-side video comparison of the seminal 1960 horror and its near-identical 1998 update.

I, Monster: The First-Person POV in Horror Cinema

By Leigh Singer

Video essayist Leigh Singer explores the use of the first-person perspective in horror cinema.

The Truman Show and The Rise of Unreality TV

By Leigh Singer

A new video essay offers an insightful reappraisal of Peter Weir’s eerily prophetic media satire.

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