News From Home and the Curse of an Early Masterpiece
At times, Orson Welles was known to express that he felt Citizen Kane, though proclaimed by many as the greatestContinue Reading
Category: July Theme Month
Each July, we choose a theme and write pieces that relate to the given theme:
2021 – Underseen Films From the 90s
2020 – International Cinema
2019 – Documentaries
2018 – Criterion Collection films
Coming-of-Age in Girlhood
At the beginning of Girlhood, Marieme (Karidja Touré) is timid and self-conscious. She takes care of her younger sister atContinue Reading
Loving Vincent and Painted Biography
Biographical films about artists often seemed doomed to failure or, at the very least, extreme dullness. Often seeming to beContinue Reading
Emotional Outcry Through Brutal Revenge
Revenge. The title says it all with admirably decisive clarity in today’s cinematic climate. And while the story really isContinue Reading
It’s More Than One Night in Miami…
Regina King’s One Night in Miami… is masterful. Not only is its premise – a meeting of minds between CassiusContinue Reading
Ramsay’s Lesson-like Directing in You Were Never Really Here
A veteran who makes a living by finding missing girls finds himself trapped in a conspiracy on one of theContinue Reading
Thank You for the Music Mamma Mia!
“July 17th. What a night!” Incidentally, my personal Mamma Mia! journey started only one day later, on a July 18thContinue Reading
The Cipher of Wanda
Perhaps the most visually striking and poetic scene in Wanda occurs early in the movie, when Wanda is walking inContinue Reading
Diaspora and Personal Identity in Calendar
Though the role of technology in the lives of ordinary people is a theme as old as the film mediumContinue Reading
Metropolitan and the Modern Austen
Whit Stillman’s 1990 debut feature Metropolitan, while about the disconnected upper class youth of a bygone era of New YorkContinue Reading
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