The Portland, Ore.-set “The Texture of Falling” is an erotic enigma of a film, and as befuddling as its title. “The texture of falling” is a phrase that sounds cool but means nothing, and ...

Film grain can give your movie a tactile feel. Think of the way Steven Soderbergh uses it in his 2000 Oscar-winning crime thriller, “Traffic.” These are characters who move through the gritty ...