
The Fabelmans (2022): The Return of Spielberg’s Magic
Steven Spielberg is someone who has become synonymous with cinema and the history of filmmaking. Everyone has that one film that the...

Love and Aliens: The Influence of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial on Americans in the Eighties
Perhaps one would recognize the iconic film from the infamous image of a certain bicycle flying in the sky with a full moon in the...

Chaplin: Comedy and Tragedy
Charlie Chaplin is one of the world's most famous comedy filmmakers, and perhaps the most acclaimed director and actor of the silent film...

Quentin Tarantino Ranked
Quentin Tarantino is one of the most notable filmmakers when you ask someone about the world of cinema, especially if you ask film...

South Korean Cinema: Deeper Than You Think
South Korean Cinema has been something that has fascinated me since I first saw the works of Bong Joon Ho as a teenager. The way that...

X (2022): Examining the 70s and Sexuality
Horror fans if asked the question, would all agree that the seventies was a very transformative decade for the genre. Hollywood had...

Barbarian (2022): Men Are The Real Monster!
I finally got around to watching the surprise 2022 hit “Barbarian” and it’s pretty fucked up. The film itself is a simple horror film...

Blumhouse’s Halloween Trilogy: Deconstructing a Fanbase
Halloween Ends has just been released and the expected has happened, the fandom is mixed on the film. Some are stating that the film is...

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022): Gen-Z and Toxic Assumptions
BODIES BODIES BODIES is a reinvention of the murder mystery genre with a twist. I can’t disclose what that twist is as it would ruin the...

Gummo (1997): Hyper-Realism in Cinema
Gummo is quite the film. It’s an examination of a town after devastation. A film that showcases how people move on from a disaster or in...

Crimes Of The Future (2022): High Art, Evolution, and Environmentalism
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE is a much smarter film than I thought I was getting myself into. I was expecting some classic Cronenberg body horror...

Is Citizen Kane (1941) The Greatest Film Ever Made?
The question being asked can be looked at in multiple ways. When someone asks if a film is the “greatest film of all time”, I see two...

Neorealism and Bicycle Thieves (1948)
The film “Bicycle Thieves” does some pretty strange things for a film to do in its time. These things now fit into a genre known as...

Easy Rider (1969): Death to Non-Conformity
The year’s 1969, the world (most specifically America) is going though drastic changes. The hippie “free love” movement is coming to an...

Robert Eggers and Sexual Repression (The Witch & The Lighthouse)
“Sexual repression is a state in which a person is prevented from expressing their own sexuality. Sexual repression is often associated...

Dogme 95 and The Celebration (1998)
Dogme 95 is an interesting way of filmmaking. Directors using the technique throw away all the preexisting ways Hollywood has been making...

Birdman or (The Stress of Celebrity Status)
Birdman is one of the most interesting films of late. The film covers some interesting topics through artsy surrealism. It shows off the...

The Matrix (1999) and Genre Conventions
Sci Fi has traditionally been a genre of wonder and possibly. This film definitely delves into those components heavily especially with...

Her (2013) and Sound Design
Sound is one of the big components of “Her” (along with colour). The film uses the sound to emphasize the internal and external emotions...




















