While glazed over with gratuitous amounts of gore, brutality, and overt sexuality, the 2009 science fiction film Gamer’s surface-level thrills house a time capsule—a message from the past that is even more relevant now than it was over ten years ago when the movie was released.
Director Jûzô Itami’s 1985 comedy Tampopo draws parallels between two inherent human needs: the consumption of food and the consummation of relationships between people.
After a string of shitty '80s stalk and slash films, Scream revamped the dying genre by pastiching the horror subgenre and redefining its trite formulaic structure.
“What is an ocean but a multitude of drops?” is the question posed by the character of Adam Ewing in the 2012 science fiction drama Cloud Atlas. The film keeps ... READ MORE
The sequel to Ridley Scott’s timeless sci-fi masterpiece sparked a viral fervor, with fans of the original tweeting, sharing and posting any and every bit of di... READ MORE
In his book “The Sixties: 1960-1969”, a fascinating meditation of the cultural and technical changes the American film industry saw amidst political assassinati... READ MORE
Through all of our advancements within society, we still can’t shake fearing the unknown. That dark corner of the room that makes our senses heighten in t... READ MORE
It’s a tale as old as time—not just of Beauty and the Beast, but the whole global enterprise Disney has created to further monetize their name towards an adorin... READ MORE
Anytime I’ve heard a discussion on Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories, Federico Fellini is brought up almost immediately. Another director comes to mind: Ingmar B... READ MORE
“Our tale is perhaps difficult to believe, but as long as there are children, and mothers and grandmothers, it will live on in memory,” states the narrator of... READ MORE
The Western genre has been largely associated with American cinema and culture. While many other filmmakers from different regions and perspective of the craft ... READ MORE
The quintessential Lynch film encompasses so many of his fundamentals that you can learn nearly everything you want about his methodology from this film alone.
Tragic events rooted in historical fact are not often laughing matters within the realm of film and storytelling. There aren’t many descriptions or artists who ... READ MORE
Music cinema has a tempo, commonly known as pacing. Pacing relates to the aspects of writing and the narrative fluidity of a scene or story. Tempo on the oth... READ MORE
