Walter Benjamin; a German philosopher, writer, media theorist and one of the founders of the Frankfurt School of thought has had allowed us to develop an acute insight into the way narratives (particularly film) work upon us as emotional beings. To him, film was more than just a narratological reproduction of traditional storytelling, but rather […]
Year: 2016
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20 Character Actors Who Should Get More Leading Roles
Character actors are an interesting breed since they don’t usually fit into pre existing personality slots. Hollywood tends to prefer actors they can reuse in various similar roles and character actors don’t usually fit that requirement. They jump around to different personalities, perhaps never solidifying exactly what their character type is but also managing to […]
Pulling Focus: Don’t Look Now (1973)
“The blind one. She’s the one that can see.” –Laura Baxter (played by Julie Christie) Death and the compass An autumn garden in the English countryside, bucolic yet somehow unquiet, two children, Christine and Johnny Baxter (Sharon Williams and Nicholas Slater), gambol and play, unconsciously on the precipice of tragedy. Their parents, John and […]
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The 20 Best Asian Movies Remade in Hollywood
Hollywood has been remaking masterpieces of Asian cinema since the 60s, picking the most commercially successful and the most adaptable productions to bring to both American and worldwide audiences. Some were equal masterpieces, some were mediocre, and there were even disappointing ones. However, it is always interesting to trace the originals, not just because they […]
Pulling Focus: My Dinner With Andre (1981)
“We’re just going around all day like unconscious machines, and meanwhile there’s all this rage and worry and uneasiness just building up and building up inside us.” – Wallace Shawn, My Dinner With André All you can eat A few summers ago, back in 2009, I hand picked some of my favourite films for […]
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The 15 Best Movies Set In The American South
Thanks in part to its troubled past, the American South has seen a blossom of artistic endeavors. The culture of the region is steeped heavily in the appreciation for oral tradition, so it is no wonder that so many Southerners have made careers out of the art of storytelling. For this reason, many brilliant films […]