John P. Hess Movies

John Hess traces the evolution of the screen shape from the silent film days through the widescreen explosion of the 50s, to the aspect ratio of...

This short documentary explores eight theories on why humans are so fascinated with fright.

The Collective Evolution is a documentary aimed at showing the current state of the world, why it needs to be changed, and how each and every one of...

Color is a subtle tool that can transport us from our ordinary lives to extraordinary worlds of cinema. Peel back the layers of history and look at...

Go inside the history of the travelling mattes (now called chromakey) and learn the history of visual trickery used by filmmakers from the earliest...

Jump into the world of Film Noir and look at how the technology and economic factors gave birth to a genre that still deeply influences the way...

See how the changes in technology have changed our own social attitudes towards how to watch movies.

Tom is about to propose to Stephanie, if she can put down Twitter long enough to listen.

Dissect the history of horror, from it's roots deep in Gothic literature, through B-movie status and director's proving grounds to ultimate...

PC Master Race will accept nothing less than glorious 60 fps, but John proclaims that 24 will be the frame rate of cinema. Now they have come for...