The Innocence of Childhood & the Destruction of Gentrification in Crooklyn
Following his success with Malcolm X, Spike Lee turned the camera onto his own life with Crooklyn, a semi-autobiographical filmContinue Reading
Author: Henry Baime
Inside Man, Heists, and the Distribution of Power
Inside Man may be Spike Lee‘s most commercial joint but it’s far from lacking in the incisive social commentary alwaysContinue Reading
50 First Dates and the Horrifying Joys of Repetition
Has any horror film been able to immediately conjure up a feeling of dread, discomfort, and pure terror as theContinue Reading
Pride & Prejudice & Pandemics
There has been a strange phenomenon during this year in quarantine where thousands of people seem to watch the sameContinue Reading
Doctor Sleep, A Single Sequel to Many Sources
Any time there is an attempt to expand upon a film that is held in high regard, whether by makingContinue Reading
Psycho (1998) and the Philosophy of Remakes
The movie industry today tends to reward anything with any sort of name recognition and has prompted an endless supplyContinue Reading
The Birth of Horror in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
At one hundred years old, it has been widely argued that The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was the first filmContinue Reading
Sátántangó: A Dance of Cold War Despair
When it comes to Hungarian cinema, there are few names bigger than Béla Tarr. Known for his slow works thatContinue Reading
Dekalog: The Mosaic of Life
Five years before his Three Colors trilogy followed three different stories with different characters, themes, tones, and visual compositions, withContinue Reading
An Original Imitation: Love and Art in Certified Copy
Is a copy of art valuable on its own, simply something that leads to the original, or is it evenContinue Reading
