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Portrayal of Mrs Danvers Character in Rebecca Book vs Rebecca Movie Adaptations
Portrayal of Mrs Danvers Character in Rebecca Book vs Rebecca Movie Adaptations
One of the characters, apart from the elusive image of Rebecca herself, that lingers long before the Rebecca book (1938) by the English…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Dec 30, 2020
A Man, a House, and Two Women
A Man, a House, and Two Women
Recent adaptation Rebecca (2020) of the same title by Daphne Du Maurier yet again has attempted to cope with a dubious image of Maxim de…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Nov 16, 2020
Movies: Ouija Board as Truth Communicator
Movies: Ouija Board as Truth Communicator
‘It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.’ — Charles Condomine (Blithe Spirit play by Noel…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Oct 26, 2020
Spiritualism and Séances in the Movies
Spiritualism and Séances in the Movies
‘The world may or may not be without a purpose but it is not totally without some kind of magic.’ — aunt Vanessa, Magic in the Moonlight…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Oct 12, 2020
Movies: The Colour Palette
Movies: The Colour Palette
Movies are like paintings and photographs that speak to the viewer with their lights and colours. There is no need for words when colours…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Oct 12, 2020
Female Cine Portraiture: Part 3
Female Cine Portraiture: Part 3
The list ‘Female Cine Portraitures’ came out of my wish to portrait female characters as opposed to female ‘roles’ of the movies that are…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Aug 17, 2020
Female Cine Portraiture: Part 2
Female Cine Portraiture: Part 2
The list ‘Female Cine Portraitures’ came out of my wish to portrait female characters as opposed to female ‘roles’ of the movies that are…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Aug 17, 2020
‘Must-see-top-ten’ — Oh, really?
‘Must-see-top-ten’ — Oh, really?
‘Must See’, ‘Top Ten’, ‘Oscar awarded’ and so forth lists contribute little or nothing at all to understanding and appreciation of the…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Aug 17, 2020
Female Cine Portraitures: Part 1
Female Cine Portraitures: Part 1
The list ‘Female Cine Portraitures’ came out of my wish to portrait female characters as opposed to female ‘roles’ of the movies that are…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Aug 15, 2020
Of Love… Women to Women
Of Love… Women to Women
As I was compiling the list of the movies by women about women, I came across some 2010s movies that have been made about women who…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Aug 13, 2020
A Dying Male Paradigm of ‘Money, Career, Sex’…
A Dying Male Paradigm of ‘Money, Career, Sex’…
n life, we play certain roles without even being aware of it, as they have become such an integral part of our Self. Some of these roles…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Aug 11, 2020
A transformation of female ambition: L’Étudiante (1988) vs L’Étudiante et Monsieur Henri (2015)
A transformation of female ambition: L’Étudiante (1988) vs L’Étudiante et Monsieur Henri (2015)
Sometime this year, I spoke with a school friend of mine from St Petersburg (Russia). We both studied at the French language school there…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Aug 10, 2020
‘Me Before You’ (2016) vs ‘Pretty Woman’ (1990)
‘Me Before You’ (2016) vs ‘Pretty Woman’ (1990)
Four years ago, when I still headed a literature club in Geneva (Switzerland), we had the book ‘Me Before You’ by Jojo Moyes read and…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Aug 10, 2020
Movies: written by women about women. Part 3: 2010s
Movies: written by women about women. Part 3: 2010s
The Help (2011)
Seraphima Bogomolova
Aug 8, 2020
Movies: Written by Women About Women. Part 2: 2000s
Movies: Written by Women About Women. Part 2: 2000s
Bridget Jone’s Diary (2001)
Seraphima Bogomolova
Aug 3, 2020
Movies: written by women about women. Part 1: 1990s
Movies: written by women about women. Part 1: 1990s
The list of ‘Movies: Written by Women About Women’ has come as a result of the conversation with my friend, the focal point of which was…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Jul 31, 2020
What’s Wrong With ‘Pretty Woman’?
What’s Wrong With ‘Pretty Woman’?
I never liked Pretty Woman (1990), never will. Perhaps that is where I can stop and not go further into the detail. This would be…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Jul 26, 2020
Finding Meaning Where There is None…
Finding Meaning Where There is None…
I was not going to write a post on David Lynch’s movie Mulholland Dr., but could not help it, really. The reason being while studying the…
Seraphima Bogomolova
Jul 25, 2020
The Wrong Advice from The Best
The Wrong Advice from The Best
Nowadays, one can find online all sorts of advice on movie making, but especially are aplenty the advice-quotes from the globally…
Seraphima Bogomolova
May 4, 2019
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