Rob GallinTalking PicturesMaking It Out AliveConflict. Resolution. Roll credits. Avoid eye contact with the mint holding teen who has to pick up the extra buttery popcorn you spilled.15 min read·May 12, 2020----
Rob GallinTalking PicturesWomen, Film, and the 40'sIn this latest series of blog posts, we’ve talked a lot about adaptation. Whether it be adapting a book into a movie, or adapting a style…11 min read·May 11, 2020----
Rob GallinTalking PicturesA Star is WornBoy that’s a big picture, huh? It’s made even bigger by the big star it features sprawled on a Hawaii beach, Burt Lancaster. This still…14 min read·Apr 15, 2020----
Rob GallinTalking PicturesYou Can’t Fight the System, ManThe art of adapting a story for film is about much more than changes in plot or dialogue. As we discussed last week, film adaptations are…13 min read·Apr 4, 2020----
Rob GallinTalking PicturesThe Medium is the Message“The medium is the message” is a phrase coined by philosopher Marshall McLuhan in the 60s. In his day, he watched and studied the…13 min read·Feb 19, 2020----
Rob GallinTalking PicturesRio Bravo (1959)Rio Bravo is a classic John Wayne western directed by Howard Hawks, who also directed the first film we analyzed on this blog, Twentieth…3 min read·May 13, 2019--1--1
Rob GallinTalking PicturesPrince of Darkness (1987)John Carpenter’s 1987 horror film Prince of Darkness is the chilling adventure of Satan (or in this case “the anti-god’s son) unleashing…3 min read·May 13, 2019----
Rob GallinTalking PicturesPodcast: Drive (2011)I’m proud to present the first episode of the Talking Pictures podcast! I discuss one of my all-time favorite films, Drive, while pausing…1 min read·May 6, 2019----
Rob GallinTalking PicturesContagion (2011)Steven Soderbergh’s star-studded Contagion is a disaster movie of the plague variety, a highly topical expression of modern anxiety…3 min read·Apr 30, 2019----
Rob GallinTalking PicturesFeature Story: Movies as MetaphorMovies are a medium like any other, with the capacity to tell stories out of our wildest imaginations. Like any other medium, the stories…5 min read·Apr 23, 2019----