The New Hollywood wave may be the most significant film movement in the history of American cinema. The classic era of Hollywood was built on vertical integration, meaning that the film studios controlled the production, distribution and exhibition of every movie they made, until the United States v Paramount Pictures Case forced the studios to […]
Christmas is a time of joy. A time mostly all western human beings look forward to during the rest of the year. Family gatherings that take place once a year where siblings set aside their differences for a while and forgotten relatives seem closer than what they really are. People everywhere experience a subtle change […]
Hong Kong has always been associated with over-the-top violent Kung Fu fare which obscured the view of Western audiences towards the sheer diversity of great cinema the island nation had to offer. One of the biggest casualty of this has been the crime film genre, with occasional bursts into the limelight. Crime films have been […]
Latin culture is rich, beautiful and full of many traditions that comes from years of European colonization and an even richer native culture, making it a very difficult culture to understand but also very interesting to analyze and explore. The Latin art is the perfect presentation of the many contrasts of its culture. In painting, […]
One of the most disheartening things to happen to a hardcore movie fan is watching when one of their heroes falls from cinematic grace. This isn’t just making a bad movie occasionally — create a large enough body of work, it’s bound to happen. This is when a once great filmmaker, a bastion of film […]
Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement and the subsequent hiatus of the famed Studio Ghibli left many movie-goers riddled with disappointment. Renowned for its gorgeous animation, spiritual themes and imaginative worlds, fans consider the studio one-of-a-kind and anticipate every new release. A Ghibli-less world would be that much less imaginative, that much less interesting. But there’s no need […]