4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Joseph Kosinski Edition

Posted on May 3, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!

Today, TSL wishes a happy birthday to director Joseph Kosinski! It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Joseph Kosinski Films

Tron: Legacy (2010, dir by Joseph Kosinski, DP: Claudio Miranda)

Only The Brave (2017, dir by Joseph Kosinski, DP: Claudio Miranda)

Top Gun: Maverick (2022, dir by Joseph Kosinski, DP: Claudio Miranda)

F1 (2025, dir by Joseph Kosinki, DP: Claudio Miranda)

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Lone Scherfig Edition

Posted on May 2, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today, TSL wishes a happy birthday to Danish director Lone Scherfig! It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Lone Scherfig Films

An Education (2009, dir by Lone Scherfig, DP: John de Borman)

One Day (2011, dir by Lone Scherfig, DP: Benoît Delhomme)

The Riot Club (2014, dir by Lone Scherfig, DP: Sebastian Blenkov)

Their Finest (2016, dir by Lone Scherfig, DP: Sebastian Blenkov)

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Wes Anderson Edition

Posted on May 1, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to Texas’s own Wes Anderson! It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Wes Anderson Films

Bottle Rocket (1996, dir by Wes Anderson, DP: Robert Yeoman)

Rushmore (1998, dir by Wes Anderson, DP: Robert Yeoman)

Moonrise Kingdom (2012, dir by Wes Anderson, DP: Robert Yeoman)

Asteroid City (2023. dir by Wes Anderson, DP: Robert Yeoman)

Lisa Marie’s Way Too Early Oscar Predictions For April

Posted on April 30, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

These are all pretty much random guesses so take them with several grains of salt.

Check out my predictions for March here!

Best Picture

The Adventures of Cliff Booth

Digger

Dune Part Three

Fatherland

I Play Rocky

Mr. Irrelevant

The Odyssey

Project Hail Mary

The Social Reckoning

Wild Horse Nine

Best Director

David Fincher for The Adventures of Cliff Booth

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller for Project Hail Mary

Christopher Nolan for The Odyssey

Pawel Pawlikowski for Fatherland

Aaron Sorkin for The Social Reckoning

Best Actor

David Corenswet in Mr. Irrelevant

Tom Cruise in Digger

John Malkovich in Wild Hose Nine

Brad Pitt in The Adventures of Cliff Booth

Hans Zischler in Fatherland

Best Actress

Daisy Edgar-Jones in Sense and Sensibility

Sandra Huller in Fatherland

Mikey Madison in The Social Reckoning

Renate Reinsve in Fjord

Michelle Williams in A Place in Hell

Best Supporting Actor

Scott Caan in The Adventures of Cliff Booth

Willem DaFoe in Werewulf

Colman Domingo in Michael

Matt Dillon in I Play Rocky

Jeremy Strong in The Social Reckoning

Best Supporting Actress

Elizabeth Debicki in The Adventures of Cliff Booth

Scarlett Johansson in Paper Tiger

Tao Okamoto in All Of A Sudden

Parker Posey in Wild Horse Nine

AnnaSophia Robb in I Play Rocky

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Phillip Noyce Edition

Posted on April 29, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy 76th birthday to Australian filmmaker, Phillip Noyce. It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Phillip Noyce Films

Heatwave (1982, dir by Phillip Noyce, DP: Vincent Monton)

Dead Calm (1989, dir by Phillip Noyce, DP: Dean Semler)

Blind Fury (1989, dir by Phillip Noyce, DP: Don Burgess)

Sliver (1993, dir by Phillip Noyce, DP: Vilmos Zsigmond)

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Nico Mastorakis Edition

Posted on April 28, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today is the 85th birthday of Greek filmmaker, Nico Mastorakis. And that means that it’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Nico Mastorakis Films

Island of Death (1975, dir by Nico Mastorakis, DP: Nikos Gardelis)

Death Has Blue Eyes (1976, dir by Nico Mastorakis, DP: Nikos Gardelis)

Blind Date (1984, dir by Nico Mastorakis, DP: Andreas Bellis)

In the Cold of the Night (1990, dir by Nico Mastorakis, DP: Andreas Bellis)

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Alien Invasion Edition

Posted on April 27, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!

The aliens are here …. or are they?

4 Shots From 4 Alien Invasion Films

It Came From Outer Space (1953, dir by Jack Arnold, DP: Clifford Stine)

It Conquered The World (1956, dir by Roger Corman, DP: Fred E. West)

Starman (1984, dir by John Carpenter. DP: Donald M. Morgan)

Predator (1987, directed by John McTiernan, DP: Donald McAlpine)

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Douglas Sirk Edition

Posted on April 26, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

129 years ago, on this date, Douglas Sirk was born in Germany. He would start out his career as a stage director in Germany before coming to the United States in 1937. In the U.S., he made his mark as the director of a series of lushly visualized and often over-the-top melodramas. Never a critical favorite, Sirk was rediscovered and his reputation rehabilitated when film students and critics started to reexamine his work in the late 60s and the 70s. Once dismissed as the maker of tawdry (if popular) melodramas, Douglas Sirk is now seen as a subversive master of irony, one who used his melodramas to comment on American society. It’s fair to say that, without the films of Douglas Sirk, there would be no Lifetime today.

It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Douglas Sirk Films

Magnificent Obsession (1954, dir by Douglas Sirk, DP: Russell Metty)

All That Heaven Allows (1955, dir by Douglas Sirk, DP: Russell Metty)

Written on the Wind (1956, dir by Douglas Sirk, DP: Russell Metty)

Imitation of Life (1959, dir by Douglas Sirk, DP: Russell Metty)

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Richard Donner Edition

Posted on April 24, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today would have been the 96th birthday of director Richard Donner. It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Richard Donner Films

The Omen (1976, dir by Richard Donner, DP: Gilbert Taylor)

Superman (1978, dir by Richard Donner, DP: Geoffrey Unsworth)

Lethal Weapon (1987, dir by Richard Donner, DP: Stephen Goldblatt)

Scrooged (1988, dir by Richard Donner, DP: Michael Chapman)

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special William Castle Edition

Posted on April 23, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Tomorrow, the Shattered Lens will celebrate the 112th anniversary of the birth of director and showman, William Castle! It’s time for for an early edition of….

4 Shots From 4 William Castle Films