Italy has been involved in film since the origins in the early 1900s and were highly influential to the development of cinema with the Futurist movement. Unfortunately due to the Fascist restrictions on culture during the 1920s and 30s the output of film was weaker. In the 1940s, however, that the Italians made a significant […]
In her classic supernatural novel The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson noted that no creature can exist under conditions of complete realism and that even grasshoppers are supposed to dream. If grasshoppers need to dream, then why also not adult human beings? What would life be without dreams and what are fantasies but waking […]
Being a member of the LGBT community is a life altering experience. This experience starts with the first discovery of true identity and it can vary greatly depending on the person. This realization may come at four, fourteen or one hundred, but there is a moment of profound revelation . In cinema, these moments of […]
Today, animation is a profitable and influential industry. Due to the rise of CGI, it could be argued that most of today’s cinema is really animation. When the word “animation” is mentioned, most think either Disney or Japanese anime. But the rest of the world has a long and proud animated history as well. It’s […]
Short films remain, compared to their lengthier siblings, under-appreciated and unknown today. But, as anyone who’s ever seen an art film (or an exploitation film) knows, a lack of commercial appeal can bode extremely well for artistic potential. A seeming irony, there’s nothing shocking about this contrast at all: not having to find commercial success […]
A film movement is a wave of films usually following a particular trend in cinema of the time. Most trending movements in cinema are regional but influence world cinema. These films have cultural origins usually influenced by national tragedy, popular culture, or social issues. Experimental techniques can be used to create the innovating filming styles. […]