Everybody's Got A Movie Blind Spot!
Serious question, is "Christmas" a genre of film on its own? A film can be set near or on the day, near or during the month, but can a film solidly be a "Christmas" film? I'm not really here to decide that but I'll hedge my bets. Here is a list of the best genre... Continue Reading →
Exploring the new artistic and political possibilities presented by the policies of thaw and de-Stalinization must include a conversation about a few films, one of them is The Cranes are Flying. The film makes great use of the thaw’s artistic freedom in almost every way. The freedom to show workers, farmers and soldiers in a... Continue Reading →
Watching Tenet was like when a friend explains a movie to you, and you can't really understand what he is saying, and he is ranting and raving on like a lunatic forever and you just wish he would stop. You nod once an a while, just to make sure that he knows you still care,... Continue Reading →
The Third Man tells the story of Holly Martins (Joseph Cotton), who has just arrived in Vienna. He is looking forward to seeing an old friend he hasn't seen in years. Harry Lime is his name and unfortunately, he is dead. The film opens very casually with light music and the credits giving you a... Continue Reading →
The movie adaptation of The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, directed by W.S. Van Dyke, is unfortunately hilarious, and what I mean by that is that even though it entertains a dark story filled with unfortunate circumstances, it remains a comedy at heart, and can be laugh out loud entertaining. Nick Charles (William Powell) and... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-w6MbK_eZA The film follows our four characters around Mexico City, set in 1999 during a massive student protest. The protest are just a backdrop, although the main characters are protesting the protest, or rather procrastinating their inevitable adulthood. They are not motivated to go to school and protest or motivated to do much at all.... Continue Reading →
Eraserhead is a truly ambiguous and almost unsolvable film. Attempting to decipher is message proves to be difficult at best. Is this entire thing a dream or reality? Are we watching events that are actually taking place or is this all in the mind of a character, or more importantly, in the mind of... Continue Reading →
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