Film Essays
Greed and Desire in Different Times
Greed and Desire in Different Times
Intersecting Themes of A Most Violent Year and Black Narcissus
The Skullduggery of a Scullery Maid: A Look at the Ass-Licking and Lack Thereof in The Favourite
The Skullduggery of a Scullery Maid: A Look at the Ass-Licking and Lack Thereof in The Favourite
Abigail Masham has a case of the coughs in an early scene in The Favourite. The Queen, Anne, and the Queen’s Favourite, Sarah…
Oscars nominations demonstrate how foreign directors are crucial to Hollywood
Oscars nominations demonstrate how foreign directors are crucial to Hollywood
This year, the Academy Awards recognized immigrants’ influence on Hollywood by best director nominations being more than half non-American.
A Separation is a dichotomy of marriage and religion
A Separation is a dichotomy of marriage and religion
It takes a great deal of talent to pull of what Asghar Farhadi was able to do in his Academy Award-winning A Separation. He successfully…
The Gentrification of Beale Street: Discrepancies Between the Novel and Film
The Gentrification of Beale Street: Discrepancies Between the Novel and Film
Although James Baldwin has had an outsized presence in American culture, namely in the literary and political spheres, since the…
How Logan marries the western genre of the 1960s with the superhero genre of today
How Logan marries the western genre of the 1960s with the superhero genre of today
Concluding the narrative of the famed comic book character Wolverine, director James Mangold combines the archetypal call to action…
A Response to Marvel Critics
A Response to Marvel Critics
From Iron Man to Infinity War, Marvel has changed the course of cinematic history.
