Cinematic Time Travel in Lumière and Company
What kind of films would Stanley Kubrick have made if modern CGI was at his disposal? What would Tarkovsky haveContinue Reading
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A Different Vantage Point of the Second World War in Europa Europa
As one of the most devastating events in the history of mankind, it was inevitable that the cinema industry wouldContinue Reading
The Soul of the Balkans in Ulysses’ Gaze
Theo Angelopoulos occupies a niche and very specific place in the history of cinema: his presence as a titan andContinue Reading
Elusive Connections in A Short Love Affair
Bae Ildo (Park Joong-hoon) is a tailor who runs away from his dead-end job at a shirt factory to anotherContinue Reading
Atlantics, His House, and Migration’s Ghosts
Is there actually always a way out? Taken literally, the answer to that question is an obvious yes, for thereContinue Reading
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
Malcolm X’s World, and the World Around Us
“I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believeContinue Reading
Psyche vs. Eros in Losing Ground
Losing Ground starts unremarkably enough with a scene of Sarah Rogers (Seret Scott), a college professor of philosophy, lecturing onContinue Reading
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
Old School from a New Perspective: Devil in a Blue Dress
Director Carl Franklin’s Devil in a Blue Dress opens with a shot of a Black neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles.Continue Reading
